AMD Radeon HD 7420G vs NVIDIA Quadro 3000M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7420G and NVIDIA Quadro 3000M 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), 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

AMD Radeon HD 7420G

NVIDIA Quadro 3000M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7420G

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 7% higher core clock speed: 480 MHz vs 450 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 40 nm
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 881 vs 374
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 881 vs 374
3.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2023 vs 543
3.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2023 vs 543

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 June 2012 vs 22 February 2011
Core clock speed	480 MHz vs 450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	881 vs 374
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	881 vs 374
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2023 vs 543
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2023 vs 543

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 3000M

Around 88% higher pipelines: 240 vs 128
5.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 3783 vs 675
3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 316 vs 105
3.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 998 vs 309

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	240 vs 128
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	3783 vs 675
PassMark - G2D Mark	316 vs 105
PassMark - G3D Mark	998 vs 309

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7420G
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro 3000M

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

675

3783

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

105

316

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

309

998

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

881

374

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

881

374

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2023

543

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2023

543

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7420G	NVIDIA Quadro 3000M
Geekbench - OpenCL	675	3783
PassMark - G2D Mark	105	316
PassMark - G3D Mark	309	998
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	881	374
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	881	374
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2023	543
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2023	543
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		10.95
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		325.007
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.865
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		13.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		27.961
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		218
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		218

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7420G	NVIDIA Quadro 3000M
Essentials
Architecture	Terascale 3	Fermi
Code name	Trinity	GF104
Launch date	1 June 2012	22 February 2011
Place in performance rating	1490	1493
Type	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$398.96
Price now		$199.95
Value for money (0-100)		7.98
Technical info
Boost clock speed	655 MHz
Core clock speed	480 MHz	450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	128	240
Floating-point performance		432.0 gflops
Texture fill rate		18 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		75 Watt
Transistor count		1,950 million
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Laptop size	medium sized	large
Interface		MXM-B (3.0)
API support
DirectX	11	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL		4.6
Memory
Shared memory	1	0
Maximum RAM amount		2 GB
Memory bandwidth		80.0 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		2500 MHz
Memory type		GDDR5
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs