GeForce 820A vs Radeon HD 6550A
If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce 820A and Radeon HD 6550A, 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 GeForce 820A stacks up against Radeon HD 6550A, check out specs charts below.
GeForce 820A
Radeon HD 6550A
Main Specs
| GeForce 820A | Radeon HD 6550A | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 35 Watt |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | MXM-A (3.0) |
| Memory type | DDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 2 GB |
| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
- Radeon HD 6550A has 133% more power consumption, than GeForce 820A.
- GeForce 820A is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 6550A uses MXM-A (3.0) interface.
- Radeon HD 6550A has 1 GB more memory, than GeForce 820A.
- Both cards are used in Desktops.
- GeForce 820A is build with Fermi 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 6550A - with TeraScale 2.
- Core clock speed of GeForce 820A is 225 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6550A.
- GeForce 820A is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6550A - by 40 nm process technology.
- Memory clock speed of GeForce 820A is 200 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6550A.
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 Radeon HD 6550A have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey. | ||
| QHD / 1440p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| low / 720p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| low / 768p | 50−55 | 50−55 |
| high / 1080p | 45−50 | 45−50 |
| QHD / 1440p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| GeForce 820A and Radeon HD 6550A have the same average FPS in Call of Duty: Warzone. | ||
| low / 768p | 60−65 | 60−65 |
| medium / 768p | 27−30 | 27−30 |
| ultra / 1080p | 7−8 | 7−8 |
| high / 768p | 16−18 | 16−18 |
| GeForce 820A and Radeon HD 6550A have the same average FPS in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. | ||
| low / 768p | 70−75 | 70−75 |
| ultra / 1080p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| medium / 1080p | 45−50 | 45−50 |
| GeForce 820A and Radeon HD 6550A have the same average FPS in Cyberpunk 2077. | ||
| low / 768p | 45−50 | 45−50 |
| medium / 768p | 10−11 | 10−11 |
| ultra / 1080p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| GeForce 820A and Radeon HD 6550A have the same average FPS in Dota 2. | ||
| low / 720p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| low / 720p | 21−24 | 21−24 |
| medium / 1080p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| GeForce 820A and Radeon HD 6550A have the same average FPS in Fortnite. | ||
| high / 1080p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| QHD / 1440p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| low / 720p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| medium / 1080p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| low / 768p | 18−20 | 18−20 |
| high / 1080p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| QHD / 1440p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| medium / 720p | 12−14 | 12−14 |
| GeForce 820A and Radeon HD 6550A have the same average FPS in Grand Theft Auto V. | ||
| low / 720p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| low / 768p | 75−80 | 75−80 |
| high / 1080p | 27−30 | 27−30 |
| GeForce 820A and Radeon HD 6550A have the same average FPS in Minecraft. | ||
| low / 720p | 8−9 | 8−9 |
| GeForce 820A and Radeon HD 6550A have the same average FPS in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS. | ||
| low / 720p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| low / 768p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| low / 768p | 45−50 | 45−50 |
| medium / 768p | 14−16 | 14−16 |
| ultra / 1080p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| high / 768p | 12−14 | 12−14 |
| GeForce 820A and Radeon HD 6550A have the same average FPS in World of Tanks. | ||
Full Specs
| GeForce 820A | Radeon HD 6550A | |
| Architecture | Fermi 2.0 | TeraScale 2 |
| Code name | GF117 | Pinewood |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 17 March 2014 | 7 February 2011 |
| Pipelines | 96 | 480 |
| Core clock speed | 775 MHz | 550 MHz |
| Transistor count | 585 million | 627 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Texture fill rate | 12.40 | 13.20 |
| Floating-point performance | 297.6 gflops | 624.0 gflops |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1800 MHz | 1600 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 14.4 GB/s | 25.6 GB/s |
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 11.2 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | 2.1 | |