GeForce 820A vs Radeon R6 Kaveri

In this comparison between GeForce 820A and Radeon R6 Kaveri 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 R6 Kaveri will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

Radeon R6 Kaveri is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R6 Kaveri 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 R6 Kaveri here:

Main Specs

  GeForce 820A Radeon R6 Kaveri
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory type DDR3
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • GeForce 820A is used in Desktops, and Radeon R6 Kaveri - in Laptops.
  • GeForce 820A is build with Fermi 2.0 architecture, and Radeon R6 Kaveri - with GCN 1.1.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce 820A is 242 MHz higher, than Radeon R6 Kaveri.
  • GeForce 820A and Radeon R6 Kaveri are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 0−1
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 1−2 1−2
medium / 1080p 0−1 0−1
GeForce 820A and Radeon R6 Kaveri have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Full Specs

  GeForce 820A Radeon R6 Kaveri
Architecture Fermi 2.0 GCN 1.1
Code name GF117 Kaveri
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 17 March 2014 4 June 2014
Pipelines 96 384
Core clock speed 775 MHz 533 MHz
Boost Clock 654 MHz
Transistor count 585 million 2410 Million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 12.40
Floating-point performance 297.6 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit 64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB/s
Shared memory +
DirectX 12 (11_0) DirectX 12 (FL 12_0), Shader 5.0
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.1
Vulkan N/A
CUDA 2.1
Laptop size medium sized
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