GeForce 820A vs Radeon RX 550

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce 820A and Radeon RX 550. 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 RX 550. 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.

Main Specs

  GeForce 820A Radeon RX 550
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 50 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon RX 550 has 233% more power consumption, than GeForce 820A.
  • GeForce 820A is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon RX 550 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • Radeon RX 550 has 3 GB more memory, than GeForce 820A.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce 820A is build with Fermi 2.0 architecture, and Radeon RX 550 - with GCN 4.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon RX 550 is 325 MHz higher, than GeForce 820A.
  • GeForce 820A is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 550 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 550 is 5200 MHz higher, than GeForce 820A.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 14−16
ultra / 1080p 8−9
QHD / 1440p 0−1 3−4
low / 720p 1−2 30−33
medium / 1080p 0−1 18−20
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 550 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 3000% more, than GeForce 820A.

Full Specs

  GeForce 820A Radeon RX 550
Architecture Fermi 2.0 GCN 4.0
Code name GF117 Lexa
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 17 March 2014 20 April 2017
Pipelines 96 512
Core clock speed 775 MHz 1100 MHz
Boost Clock 1183 MHz
Transistor count 585 million 2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 12.40 37.86
Floating-point performance 297.6 gflops 1,211 gflops
Length 145 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 7000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB/s 112.0 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 5.1 6.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 2.0
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
CUDA 2.1
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