AMD Radeon HD 7420G vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7420G and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon HD 7420G

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7420G

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 2 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 480 MHz vs 230 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 140 nm
38.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 305 vs 8

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 June 2012 vs 17 March 2004
Core clock speed	480 MHz vs 230 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 140 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	305 vs 8

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500

Around 46% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 152 vs 104

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	152 vs 104

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7420G
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

104

152

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

305

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7420G	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500
Geekbench - OpenCL	675
PassMark - G2D Mark	104	152
PassMark - G3D Mark	305	8
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	881
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	881
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2023
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2023

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7420G	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500
Essentials
Architecture	Terascale 3	Rankine
Code name	Trinity	NV34 B1
Launch date	1 June 2012	17 March 2004
Place in performance rating	1490	1132
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$36.99
Price now		$36.99
Value for money (0-100)		0.30
Technical info
Boost clock speed	655 MHz
Core clock speed	480 MHz	230 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	140 nm
Pipelines	128
Texture fill rate		920 MTexel / s
Transistor count		45 million
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Laptop size	medium sized
Interface		AGP 8x
Length		152 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	11	9.0a
OpenGL		1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		64 MB
Memory bandwidth		3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		200 MHz
Memory type		DDR
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video