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.

 

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: 425 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 425 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
425
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 324 425
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 1516 1517
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