GeForce 820A vs GeForce GT 740A

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce 820A and GeForce GT 740A. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce 820A and GeForce GT 740A. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.
GeForce 820A
GeForce GT 740A

Main Specs

  GeForce 820A GeForce GT 740A
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 33 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Memory type DDR3 DDR3
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
 
  • GeForce GT 740A has 120% more power consumption, than GeForce 820A.
  • GeForce 820A is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and GeForce GT 740A uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • GeForce GT 740A has 1 GB more memory, than GeForce 820A.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce 820A is build with Fermi 2.0 architecture, and GeForce GT 740A - with Kepler 2.0.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GT 740A is 205 MHz higher, than GeForce 820A.
  • GeForce 820A and GeForce GT 740A are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce 820A and GeForce GT 740A is 1800 MHz.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 0−1
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 1−2 1−2
medium / 1080p 0−1 0−1
GeForce 820A and GeForce GT 740A have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Full Specs

  GeForce 820A GeForce GT 740A
Architecture Fermi 2.0 Kepler 2.0
Code name GF117 GK208
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 17 March 2014 26 August 2013
Pipelines 96 384
Core clock speed 775 MHz 980 MHz
Transistor count 585 million 915 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 12.40 31.36
Floating-point performance 297.6 gflops 752.6 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB/s 14.4 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A 1.1.126
CUDA 2.1 3.5