NVIDIA GeForce 820A vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 820A and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 820A

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 820A

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 63% higher core clock speed: 775 MHz vs 475 MHz
6.5x more texture fill rate: 12.4 GTexel / s vs 1.9 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
3.1x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 46 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 128 MB
2x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 900 MHz
16.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 556 vs 34
Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 158 vs 126

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 March 2014 vs 23 October 2003
Core clock speed	775 MHz vs 475 MHz
Texture fill rate	12.4 GTexel / s vs 1.9 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 46 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	556 vs 34
PassMark - G2D Mark	158 vs 126

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 820A
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

556

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

158

126

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 820A	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark	556	34
PassMark - G2D Mark	158	126
Geekbench - OpenCL	2983
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1705
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1705

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 820A	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Rankine
Code name	GF117	NV36 A1
Launch date	17 March 2014	23 October 2003
Place in performance rating	1282	1280
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Technical info
Core clock speed	775 MHz	475 MHz
Floating-point performance	297.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	96
Texture fill rate	12.4 GTexel / s	1.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	46 Watt
Transistor count	585 million	82 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length		229 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x Molex
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0a
OpenGL	4.6	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	900 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR2