ATI Radeon VE PCI vs GeForce 820M

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1029not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency5.91no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Rage 6 (2000−2007)
GPU code nameGF117Rage 6
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date27 November 2013 (10 years ago)19 February 2001 (23 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores96no data
Core clock speed625 MHz183 MHz
Number of transistors585 million30 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt23 Watt
Texture fill rate10.000.55
Floating-point processing power0.24 TFLOPSno data
ROPs81
TMUs163

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportPCI Express 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCI
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDR3DDR
Maximum RAM amount1 GB32 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz183 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s2.928 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GPU Boost2.0no data
Optimus+-
GameWorks+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)7.0
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.51.3
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 November 2013 19 February 2001
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 32 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 180 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 23 Watt

GeForce 820M has an age advantage of 12 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 542.9% more advanced lithography process, and 53.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 820M and Radeon VE PCI. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 820M is a notebook card while Radeon VE PCI is a desktop one.


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