AMD Radeon E6460 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon E6460 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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 67% higher pipelines: 160 vs 96
• 4x more memory clock speed: 3200 MHz vs 800 MHz
• 2.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 225 vs 86
• Around 50% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 18.457 vs 12.306

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M

• Around 67% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 600 MHz
• Around 25% higher texture fill rate: 6.0 billion / sec vs 4.8 GTexel / s
• Around 9% lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 25 Watt
• Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 397 vs 324
• 2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 4.329 vs 1.616
• Around 55% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 162.162 vs 104.843
• Around 89% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.426 vs 0.225
• Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 737 vs 531
• 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1731 vs 801
• Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2906 vs 1925
• Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 737 vs 531
• 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1731 vs 801
• Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2906 vs 1925

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	324 397
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	225 86
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1.616 4.329
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	104.843 162.162
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	0.225 0.426
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	18.457 12.306
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	531 737
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	801 1731
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1925 2906
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	531 737
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	801 1731
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1925 2906

Compare specifications (specs)