NVIDIA GeForce GT 820M
VS
AMD Radeon R9 M270X
NVIDIA GeForce GT 820M
VS
AMD Radeon R9 M270X

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between NVIDIA GeForce GT 820M  vs  AMD Radeon R9 M270X.

795
Place in performance rating
591
Fermi 2.0
Architecture
GCN 1.0
GF117
Code name
Venus
Desktop
Type
Desktop
27 November 2013 (8 years ago)
Release date
21 March 2014 (7 years ago)
$310
Price now
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0.09
Value for money
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GF117
GPU code name
Venus
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce GT 820M  vs  AMD Radeon R9 M270X in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

96
Pipelines
640
775 MHz
Core clock speed
725 MHz
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Boost Clock
775 MHz
585 million
Transistor count
1,500 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
15 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
12.40
Texture fill rate
31.00
297.6 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,536 gflops
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Compute units
10
96
Pipelines / CUDA cores
640
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Boost clock speed
775 MHz
585 million
Number of transistors
1,500 million
15 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 820M and AMD Radeon R9 M270X come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Bus support
PCIe 3.0 x16

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GT 820M vs AMD Radeon R9 M270X.

DDR3
Memory type
GDDR5
1 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
1800 MHz
Memory clock speed
1125 MHz
14.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
72 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GT 820M vs AMD Radeon R9 M270X.

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Display Connectors
No outputs
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Eyefinity
1

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

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AppAcceleration
-
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FreeSync
1
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HD3D
+
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PowerTune
+
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TrueAudio
-
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ZeroCore
+
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Enduro
-
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DualGraphics
1
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Switchable graphics
1

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce GT 820M and AMD Radeon R9 M270X is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

12 (11_0)
DirectX
DirectX® 11
4.6
OpenGL
4.4
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Shader Model
5.1
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OpenCL
Not Listed
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Mantle
+

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GT 820M and AMD Radeon R9 M270X graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GT 820M or AMD Radeon R9 M270X good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 820M
AMD Radeon R9 M270X
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 820M
AMD Radeon R9 M270X
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 820M
AMD Radeon R9 M270X
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 820M
AMD Radeon R9 M270X
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 820M
AMD Radeon R9 M270X
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GT 820M

There is no accountable advantage

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 M270X

3.63% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (640 vs 96)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 1 GB)

More memory bandwidth (72 GB/s vs 14.4 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GT 820M or AMD Radeon R9 M270X?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R9 M270X .

NVIDIA GeForce GT 820M versus AMD Radeon R9 M270X performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

Passmark

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User rating

3.6 Out of 14 Hitesti Score
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