NVIDIA GeForce 820M vs NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 820M and NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS 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, 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce 820M

NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 820M

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 53% higher core clock speed: 810 MHz vs 530 MHz
2x more pipelines: 96 vs 48
Around 89% better floating-point performance: 240.0 gflops vs 127.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 60 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 1802 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Around 77% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 492 vs 278
3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 113 vs 38
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3349 vs 3297
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3349 vs 3297

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 March 2015 vs 29 July 2008
Core clock speed	810 MHz vs 530 MHz
Pipelines	96 vs 48
Floating-point performance	240.0 gflops vs 127.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 60 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1802 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	492 vs 278
PassMark - G2D Mark	113 vs 38
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349 vs 3297
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349 vs 3297

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS

Around 27% higher texture fill rate: 12.72 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	12.72 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 820M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

492

278

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

113

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3349

3297

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3349

3297

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 820M	NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS
PassMark - G3D Mark	492	278
PassMark - G2D Mark	113	38
Geekbench - OpenCL	2787
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	7.765
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	161.305
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.686
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	14.257
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	22.768
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1195
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1447
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349	3297
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1195
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1447
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349	3297
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	847

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 820M	NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Tesla
Code name	GK107	G94
Launch date	21 March 2015	29 July 2008
Place in performance rating	1461	1458
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	810 MHz	530 MHz
Floating-point performance	240.0 gflops	127.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	96	48
Texture fill rate	10 GTexel / s	12.72 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	60 Watt
Transistor count	1,270 million	505 million
CUDA cores		48
Gigaflops		180
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 2.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1802 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
CUDA
GameWorks
GPU Boost
Optimus
Verde Drivers
HybridPower
PureVideo HD