AMD Radeon 890M vs AMD Radeon 820M

AMD Radeon 890M

The Radeon 890M is the most powerful AMD iGPU, as of mid 2024. It features 16 RDNA 3.5 architecture CUs (1024 unified shaders) running at up to 2,900 MHz. Ray tracing, AI image generation and other modern features are all supported here, as are the most popular video codecs including first and foremost AVC, HEVC, VP9 and AV1. The latest addition to that list, the VVC codec, is not HW-supported unlike it is with Intel Lunar Lake chips.

The AMD iGPU is capable of driving four SUHD 4320p60 monitors simultaneously. It also supports Miracast and FreeSync. RDNA 3.5-based iGPUs are projected to be fully supported by AMD until some time in 2027.

Performance

Performance-wise, the graphics adapter can be as slow as the Arc 8 or as fast as the RTX 2050 Laptop depending on the benchmark or game. On average, the 890M finds itself very close to the GTX 1650 Laptop making it possible to play 2024 AAA games at 1080p with most settings set to Low. Baldur's Gate 3 is playable on medium settings, as are several other 2023 games.

Power consumption

Strix Point chips are a single-die design, meaning the iGPU is built with the same TSMC N4P process as the CPU cores for very decent, as of mid 2024, power efficiency.

The 890M delivers as much performance as an entry-level desktop graphics card while consuming just 10 to 20 Watts.

AMD Radeon 820M

The AMD Radeon 820M is a low power integrated graphics card in Strix Point / Krackan Point APUs. It is based on the current RDNA 3+ architecture and was introduced at the beginning of 2025. The 820M offers 2 of the 16 compute units (CUs, 128 unified shaders) with up to 2,800 MHz. Like the 700M iGPUs, the 800M series supports up to 4 monitors with resolutions up to SUHD 4230p60.

The gaming performance should be significantly below the Radeon 840M and therefore only suitable for a few undemanding games.

The AMD Radeon 820M is integrated in the SoC and is therefore also manufactured at TSMC using the modern 4nm process.