NVIDIA GeForce 820A vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 820A and NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 820A

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
  • 3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 45 Watt
Launch date 17 March 2014 vs 1 April 2013
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 45 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M

  • Around 8% higher core clock speed: 837 MHz vs 775 MHz
  • 2.2x more texture fill rate: 26.78 GTexel / s vs 12.4 GTexel / s
  • 4x more pipelines: 384 vs 96
  • 2.2x better floating-point performance: 642.8 gflops vs 297.6 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 97% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1093 vs 556
  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 176 vs 158
  • Around 12% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 3333 vs 2978
  • Around 83% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3133 vs 1716
  • Around 83% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3133 vs 1716
  • Around 97% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3352 vs 1705
  • Around 97% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3352 vs 1705
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 837 MHz vs 775 MHz
Texture fill rate 26.78 GTexel / s vs 12.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 384 vs 96
Floating-point performance 642.8 gflops vs 297.6 gflops
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1093 vs 556
PassMark - G2D Mark 176 vs 158
Geekbench - OpenCL 3333 vs 2978
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3133 vs 1716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3133 vs 1716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3352 vs 1705
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3352 vs 1705

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 820A
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
556
1093
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
158
176
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
2978
3333
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1716
3133
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1716
3133
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1705
3352
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1705
3352
Name NVIDIA GeForce 820A NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M
PassMark - G3D Mark 556 1093
PassMark - G2D Mark 158 176
Geekbench - OpenCL 2978 3333
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1716 3133
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1716 3133
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1705 3352
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1705 3352
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 10.489
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 202.905
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.66
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 8.184
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 19.323
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2255
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2255
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 820A NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0 Kepler
Code name GF117 GK107
Launch date 17 March 2014 1 April 2013
Place in performance rating 1278 1279
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 775 MHz 837 MHz
Floating-point performance 297.6 gflops 642.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 96 384
Texture fill rate 12.4 GTexel / s 26.78 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 45 Watt
Transistor count 585 million 1,270 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support Up to 3840x2160
eDP 1.2 signal support Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection
HDMI
LVDS signal support Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support Up to 2048x1536

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12 API
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory type DDR3 DDR3, GDDR5
Shared memory 0
Standard memory configuration DDR3 / GDDR5

Technologies

3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
Blu-Ray 3D Support
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus