AMD Radeon E6460 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon E6460 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL.

AMD Radeon E6460

NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E6460

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
Around 71% higher texture fill rate: 4.8 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
3.3x more pipelines: 160 vs 48
Around 43% better floating-point performance: 192 gflops vs 134.4 gflops
2x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 50 Watt
Around 78% higher memory clock speed: 3200 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 225 vs 188
2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 18.457 vs 8.55
Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1925 vs 1626
Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1925 vs 1626

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 April 2011 vs 3 September 2010
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	160 vs 48
Floating-point performance	192 gflops vs 134.4 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 50 Watt
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	225 vs 188
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	18.457 vs 8.55
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1925 vs 1626
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1925 vs 1626

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM

Around 17% higher core clock speed: 700 MHz vs 600 MHz
2x more maximum memory size: 1048 MB vs 512 MB
Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 423 vs 324
Around 93% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 3.121 vs 1.616
Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 109.787 vs 104.843
Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 5.005 vs 4.942
Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 660 vs 531
Around 45% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1158 vs 801
Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 660 vs 531
Around 45% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1158 vs 801

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	700 MHz vs 600 MHz
Maximum memory size	1048 MB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	423 vs 324
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	3.121 vs 1.616
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	109.787 vs 104.843
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	5.005 vs 4.942
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	660 vs 531
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1158 vs 801
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	660 vs 531
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1158 vs 801

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon E6460
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

324

423

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

225

188

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1.616

3.121

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

104.843

109.787

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4.942

5.005

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

18.457

8.55

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

531

660

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

801

1158

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1925

1626

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

531

660

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

801

1158

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1925

1626

Name	AMD Radeon E6460	NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	324	423
PassMark - G2D Mark	225	188
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	1.616	3.121
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	104.843	109.787
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.225
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	4.942	5.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	18.457	8.55
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	531	660
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	801	1158
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1925	1626
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	531	660
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	801	1158
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1925	1626
Geekbench - OpenCL		1163

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon E6460	NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Fermi
Code name	Caicos	GF108
Launch date	7 April 2011	3 September 2010
Place in performance rating	1511	1513
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	700 MHz
Floating-point performance	192 gflops	134.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	160	48
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s	2.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	370 million	585 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		145 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	1048 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3