NVIDIA GeForce 820A vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 Rev. 2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 820A and NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 Rev. 2 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 820A

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
  • Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 25 Watt
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1716 vs 1615
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1716 vs 1615
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 17 March 2014 vs 29 May 2013
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 25 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1716 vs 1615
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1716 vs 1615

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 Rev. 2

  • Around 16% higher core clock speed: 902 MHz vs 775 MHz
  • Around 16% higher texture fill rate: 14.43 GTexel / s vs 12.4 GTexel / s
  • 4x more pipelines: 384 vs 96
  • 2.3x better floating-point performance: 692.7 gflops vs 297.6 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2263 vs 1705
  • Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2263 vs 1705
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 902 MHz vs 775 MHz
Texture fill rate 14.43 GTexel / s vs 12.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 384 vs 96
Floating-point performance 692.7 gflops vs 297.6 gflops
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2263 vs 1705
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2263 vs 1705

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 820A
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 Rev. 2

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1716
1615
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1716
1615
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1705
2263
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1705
2263
Name NVIDIA GeForce 820A NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 Rev. 2
PassMark - G3D Mark 556
PassMark - G2D Mark 158
Geekbench - OpenCL 2983
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1716 1615
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1716 1615
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1705 2263
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1705 2263
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1483
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1483

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 820A NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 Rev. 2

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0 Kepler 2.0
Code name GF117 GK208
Launch date 17 March 2014 29 May 2013
Place in performance rating 1282 1283
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 775 MHz 902 MHz
Floating-point performance 297.6 gflops 692.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 96 384
Texture fill rate 12.4 GTexel / s 14.43 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 25 Watt
Transistor count 585 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x8
Length 145 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory type DDR3 DDR3