GeForce 820A vs Radeon HD 7950

In this comparison between GeForce 820A and Radeon HD 7950 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 7950 will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

Main Specs

  GeForce 820A Radeon HD 7950
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 200 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 3 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 7950 has 1233% more power consumption, than GeForce 820A.
  • GeForce 820A is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 7950 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon HD 7950 has 2 GB more memory, than GeForce 820A.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce 820A is build with Fermi 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 7950 - with GCN 1.0.
  • GeForce 820A and Radeon HD 7950 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce 820A is 550 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7950.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 35−40
ultra / 1080p 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 1−2 60−65
medium / 1080p 0−1 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7950 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 6100% more, than GeForce 820A.

Full Specs

  GeForce 820A Radeon HD 7950
Architecture Fermi 2.0 GCN 1.0
Code name GF117 Tahiti
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 17 March 2014 31 January 2012
Pipelines 96 1792
Core clock speed 775 MHz
Boost Clock 1250 MHz
Transistor count 585 million 4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 12.40 89.60
Floating-point performance 297.6 gflops 2,867 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB/s 240 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A
CUDA 2.1
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.56 kh/s
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0 x16
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 381 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
PowerTune +
ZeroCore +
Design reference
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
CrossFire +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.78 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 13.86 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 250 Sol/s
Compute units 28
AppAcceleration +
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