GeForce GT 820M vs GeForce GTX 960A
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce GT 820M |
| 60 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 960A . |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 960A |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 960A
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce GT 820M | | GeForce GTX 960A | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF117 (N15V-GM) | vs | GM107 (N16P-GX-A1) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 116 mm² | vs | 148 mm² |
| Transistors | 585 million | vs | 1,870 million |
| Shaders | 96 | vs | 640 |
| Compute Units | 2 | vs | 5 |
| Core clock | 775 MHz | vs | 1029 MHz |
| ROPs | 8 | vs | 16 |
| TMUs | 16 | vs | 40 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GT 820M | | GeForce GTX 960A | |
|---|
| Memory Type | DDR3 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 64 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective | vs | 1253 MHz
5012 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GT 820M | | GeForce GTX 960A | |
|---|
| TDP | 15 watts | vs | 75 watts |
| Release Date | 27 Nov 2013 | vs | 13 Mar 2015 |
GeForce GT 820M
3.10 GP/s
GeForce GTX 960A
16.46 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GT 820M
12.40 GT/s
GeForce GTX 960A
41.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GT 820M
14.40 GB/s
GeForce GTX 960A
80.20 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GT 820M
297.60 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 960A
1317.10 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better