AMD Radeon HD 7420G vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 220M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7420G and NVIDIA GeForce GT 220M 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7420G

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • 4x more pipelines: 128 vs 32
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 55 nm
  • Around 42% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 105 vs 74
  • 2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 309 vs 122
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 June 2012 vs 15 June 2009
Pipelines 128 vs 32
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 55 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 105 vs 74
PassMark - G3D Mark 309 vs 122

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 220M

  • Around 4% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 480 MHz
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2058 vs 2023
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2058 vs 2023
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 500 MHz vs 480 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2058 vs 2023
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2058 vs 2023

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7420G
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220M

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
105
74
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
309
122
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2023
2058
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2023
2058
Name AMD Radeon HD 7420G NVIDIA GeForce GT 220M
Geekbench - OpenCL 675
PassMark - G2D Mark 105 74
PassMark - G3D Mark 309 122
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 881
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 881
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2023 2058
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2023 2058

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 7420G NVIDIA GeForce GT 220M

Essentials

Architecture Terascale 3 Tesla
Code name Trinity G96C
Launch date 1 June 2012 15 June 2009
Place in performance rating 1488 1491
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 655 MHz
Core clock speed 480 MHz 500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 128 32
Floating-point performance 80 gflops
Texture fill rate 8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 14 Watt
Transistor count 314 million

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Laptop size medium sized
Interface MXM-II

API support

DirectX 11 10.0
OpenGL 3.3

Memory

Shared memory 1 0
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz
Memory type GDDR2, GDDR3

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs