NVIDIA GeForce 820A vs NVIDIA GeForce3

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 820A and NVIDIA GeForce3 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 GeForce3

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 820A

Videocard is newer: launch date 13 year(s) 0 month(s) later
3.9x more core clock speed: 775 MHz vs 200 MHz
7.8x more texture fill rate: 12.4 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 150 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 64 MB
7.8x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 230 MHz
111.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 556 vs 5
Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 158 vs 120

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 March 2014 vs 27 February 2001
Core clock speed	775 MHz vs 200 MHz
Texture fill rate	12.4 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 230 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	556 vs 5
PassMark - G2D Mark	158 vs 120

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 820A
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce3

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

556

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

158

120

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 820A	NVIDIA GeForce3
PassMark - G3D Mark	556	5
PassMark - G2D Mark	158	120
Geekbench - OpenCL	2978
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 GeForce3
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Kelvin
Code name	GF117	NV20 A5
Launch date	17 March 2014	27 February 2001
Place in performance rating	1278	1275
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Technical info
Core clock speed	775 MHz	200 MHz
Floating-point performance	297.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	96
Texture fill rate	12.4 GTexel / s	1.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Transistor count	585 million	57 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x VGA, 1x DB13W3
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 4x
Length		165 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	8.0
OpenGL	4.6	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	3.68 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	230 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	SDR