AMD Radeon HD 7420G vs NVIDIA NVS 5100M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7420G and NVIDIA NVS 5100M 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) 4 month(s) later
  • 2.7x more pipelines: 128 vs 48
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 69% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 105 vs 62
  • Around 55% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 309 vs 200
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 June 2012 vs 7 January 2010
Pipelines 128 vs 48
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 105 vs 62
PassMark - G3D Mark 309 vs 200

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA NVS 5100M

  • Around 15% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 480 MHz
  • 9.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6549 vs 675
  • Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2747 vs 2023
  • Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2747 vs 2023
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 550 MHz vs 480 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 6549 vs 675
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2747 vs 2023
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2747 vs 2023

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7420G
GPU 2: NVIDIA NVS 5100M

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
675
6549
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
105
62
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
309
200
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2023
2747
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2023
2747
Name AMD Radeon HD 7420G NVIDIA NVS 5100M
Geekbench - OpenCL 675 6549
PassMark - G2D Mark 105 62
PassMark - G3D Mark 309 200
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 881
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 881
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2023 2747
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2023 2747

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 7420G NVIDIA NVS 5100M

Essentials

Architecture Terascale 3 Tesla 2.0
Code name Trinity GT216
Launch date 1 June 2012 7 January 2010
Place in performance rating 1488 1490
Type Laptop Workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 655 MHz
Core clock speed 480 MHz 550 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 128 48
Floating-point performance 116.16 gflops
Texture fill rate 8.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt
Transistor count 486 million

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Laptop size medium sized
Interface MXM-A (3.0)

API support

DirectX 11 10.1
OpenGL 3.3

Memory

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

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs