GeForce 820A vs Radeon HD 7870

In this comparison between GeForce 820A and Radeon HD 7870 you will find out which graphics card performs better in today's games. Bear in mind that third-party versions may have more efficient cooling and higher clock speeds. This will increase cards' performance, though not by much. In addition to raw power you should also take into account the dimensions. Thicker models simply will not fit into a small mini-ITX case. The resolution of your monitor also affects the choice, since 4K gameplay requires a more powerful GPU. And don't overspend on the graphics card. Other parts of your build may also need to be upgraded, save some money for the CPU or power supply. For some people GeForce 820A will be the best choice, for others Radeon HD 7870 will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

Main Specs

  GeForce 820A Radeon HD 7870
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 175 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • Radeon HD 7870 has 1066% more power consumption, than GeForce 820A.
  • Radeon HD 7870 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 7870 - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 7870 is 225 MHz higher, than GeForce 820A.
  • GeForce 820A and Radeon HD 7870 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7870 is 3000 MHz higher, than GeForce 820A.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 24−27
ultra / 1080p 14−16
QHD / 1440p 0−1 9−10
4K / 2160p 6−7
low / 720p 1−2 45−50
medium / 1080p 0−1 30−33
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 4600% more, than GeForce 820A.

Full Specs

  GeForce 820A Radeon HD 7870
Architecture Fermi 2.0 GCN
Code name GF117 Pitcairn XT
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 17 March 2014 5 March 2012
Pipelines 96 1280
Core clock speed 775 MHz 1000 MHz
Transistor count 585 million 2800 Million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 12.40
Floating-point performance 297.6 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) DirectX 11.1, Shader 5.1
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.1
Vulkan N/A
CUDA 2.1
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Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.63 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 16.6 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 145 Sol/s
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