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 88
  • Around 50% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 18.457 vs 12.306
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 April 2011 vs 3 September 2010
Pipelines 160 vs 96
Memory clock speed 3200 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 225 vs 88
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
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1000 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate 6.0 billion / sec vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 23 Watt vs 25 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 397 vs 324
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.329 vs 1.616
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 162.162 vs 104.843
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.426 vs 0.225
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 737 vs 531
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1731 vs 801
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2906 vs 1925
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 737 vs 531
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1731 vs 801
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
88
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
Name AMD Radeon E6460 NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M
PassMark - G3D Mark 324 397
PassMark - G2D Mark 225 88
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 1.616 4.329
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 104.843 162.162
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.225 0.426
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 4.942
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 18.457 12.306
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 531 737
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 801 1731
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1925 2906
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 531 737
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 801 1731
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1925 2906
Geekbench - OpenCL 1583

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon E6460 NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 Fermi
Code name Caicos GF108
Launch date 7 April 2011 3 September 2010
Place in performance rating 1516 1518
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 600 MHz 1000 MHz
Floating-point performance 192 gflops 192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 160 96
Texture fill rate 4.8 GTexel / s 6.0 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt 23 Watt
Transistor count 370 million 585 million
CUDA cores 96

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12 API
OpenGL 4.4 4.5
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 25.6 GB / s 25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 3200 MHz 800 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 (G)DDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

CUDA