GeForce 820A vs Radeon R9 M380

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce 820A and Radeon R9 M380. 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 Radeon R9 M380. 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.

Radeon R9 M380 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R9 M380 is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon R9 M380 here:

Main Specs

  GeForce 820A Radeon R9 M380
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • GeForce 820A is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R9 M380 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon R9 M380 has 3 GB more memory, than GeForce 820A.
  • GeForce 820A is used in Desktops, and Radeon R9 M380 - in Laptops.
  • GeForce 820A is build with Fermi 2.0 architecture, and Radeon R9 M380 - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon R9 M380 is 225 MHz higher, than GeForce 820A.
  • GeForce 820A and Radeon R9 M380 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce 820A is 300 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M380.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 16−18
ultra / 1080p 9−10
QHD / 1440p 0−1 4−5
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 1−2 30−35
medium / 1080p 0−1 20−22
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 M380 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 3100% more, than GeForce 820A.

Full Specs

  GeForce 820A Radeon R9 M380
Architecture Fermi 2.0 GCN
Code name GF117 Strato Pro GDDR5
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 17 March 2014 16 June 2015
Pipelines 96 768
Core clock speed 775 MHz 1000 MHz
Boost Clock 1000 MHz
Transistor count 585 million 2,080 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 12.40 48.00
Floating-point performance 297.6 gflops 1,536 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB/s 96 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 6.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.1 Not Listed
Vulkan N/A
CUDA 2.1
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 194 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
DualGraphics +
TrueAudio +
ZeroCore +
Switchable graphics +
Mantle +
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