FirePro W8000 vs GeForce 820A

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro W8000 and GeForce 820A, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the FirePro W8000 stacks up against GeForce 820A, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  FirePro W8000 GeForce 820A
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 15 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort, 1x SDI No outputs
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  • FirePro W8000 has 1400% more power consumption, than GeForce 820A.
  • FirePro W8000 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and GeForce 820A uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • FirePro W8000 has 3 GB more memory, than GeForce 820A.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W8000 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and GeForce 820A - with Fermi 2.0.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro W8000 is 125 MHz higher, than GeForce 820A.
  • FirePro W8000 and GeForce 820A are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W8000 is 3700 MHz higher, than GeForce 820A.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 16−18 0−1
ultra / 1080p 10−11
QHD / 1440p 4−5 0−1
low / 720p 35−40 1−2
medium / 1080p 21−24 0−1
The average gaming FPS of FirePro W8000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 3600% more, than GeForce 820A.

Full Specs

  FirePro W8000 GeForce 820A
Architecture GCN 1.0 Fermi 2.0
Code name Tahiti GF117
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 14 June 2012 17 March 2014
Pipelines 1792 96
Core clock speed 900 MHz 775 MHz
Transistor count 4,313 million 585 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 100.8 12.40
Floating-point performance 3,226 gflops 297.6 gflops
Length 279 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 176 GB/s 14.4 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_1) 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.1
Vulkan 1.2.131 N/A
CUDA 2.1
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 391 Mh/s
Form factor full height / full length
StereoOutput3D +
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support +
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