GeForce 920A vs Radeon HD 8790M

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce 920A and Radeon HD 8790M. 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 920A and Radeon HD 8790M. 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 HD 8790M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon HD 8790M 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 HD 8790M here:

Main Specs

  GeForce 920A Radeon HD 8790M
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 MXM-A (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • GeForce 920A is connected by PCIe 3.0 x8, and Radeon HD 8790M uses MXM-A (3.0) interface.
  • GeForce 920A and Radeon HD 8790M have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • GeForce 920A is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 8790M - in Laptops.
  • GeForce 920A is build with Kepler 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 8790M - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce 920A is 104 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 8790M.
  • GeForce 920A and Radeon HD 8790M are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 8790M is 2498 MHz higher, than GeForce 920A.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 3−4
ultra / 1080p 1−2
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 1−2 14−16
medium / 1080p 0−1 6−7
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 8790M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1400% more, than GeForce 920A.

Full Specs

  GeForce 920A Radeon HD 8790M
Architecture Kepler 2.0 GCN
Code name GK208B Mars XTX
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 13 March 2015 16 November 2012
Pipelines 384 384
Core clock speed 954 MHz 850 MHz
Boost Clock 900 MHz
Transistor count 915 million 950 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 30.53 21.60
Floating-point performance 441.6 gflops 691.2 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2002 MHz 4500 MHz
Memory bandwidth 16.02 GB/s 64 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 1.2.131
CUDA 3.5
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 80 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
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