GeForce 820A vs Radeon R9 M395X

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce 820A and Radeon R9 M395X. 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 M395X. 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 M395X is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R9 M395X 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 M395X here:

Main Specs

  GeForce 820A Radeon R9 M395X
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 250 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Radeon R9 M395X has 1566% more power consumption, than GeForce 820A.
  • GeForce 820A is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R9 M395X uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon R9 M395X has 3 GB more memory, than GeForce 820A.
  • GeForce 820A is used in Desktops, and Radeon R9 M395X - in Laptops.
  • GeForce 820A is build with Fermi 2.0 architecture, and Radeon R9 M395X - with GCN 3.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce 820A is 52 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M395X.
  • GeForce 820A and Radeon R9 M395X are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce 820A is 550 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M395X.

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 30−35
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 M395X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 4600% more, than GeForce 820A.

Full Specs

  GeForce 820A Radeon R9 M395X
Architecture Fermi 2.0 GCN 3
Code name GF117 Amethyst XT
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 17 March 2014 16 October 2014
Pipelines 96 2048
Core clock speed 775 MHz 723 MHz
Transistor count 585 million 5,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 12.40 92.54
Floating-point performance 297.6 gflops 2,961 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB/s 160.0 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) 413 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
DualGraphics +
TrueAudio +
ZeroCore +
Switchable graphics +
Mantle +
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