AMD Radeon HD 7420G vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7420G and NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Technologies. 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 Quadro FX 380M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7420G

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
8x more pipelines: 128 vs 16
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 40 nm
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 305 vs 121

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 June 2012 vs 7 January 2010
Pipelines	128 vs 16
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	305 vs 121

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M

Around 26% higher core clock speed: 606 MHz vs 480 MHz
4.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2851 vs 675
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 106 vs 104

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	606 MHz vs 480 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	2851 vs 675
PassMark - G2D Mark	106 vs 104

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7420G
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

675

2851

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

104

106

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

305

121

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7420G	NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M
Geekbench - OpenCL	675	2851
PassMark - G2D Mark	104	106
PassMark - G3D Mark	305	121
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 Quadro FX 380M
Essentials
Architecture	Terascale 3	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Trinity	GT218
Launch date	1 June 2012	7 January 2010
Place in performance rating	1490	1493
Type	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	655 MHz
Core clock speed	480 MHz	606 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	128	16
Floating-point performance		46.98 gflops
Texture fill rate		4.85 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		25 Watt
Transistor count		260 million
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Laptop size	medium sized
Interface		PCIe 2.0 x16
API support
DirectX	11	10.1
OpenGL		3.3
Memory
Shared memory	1	0
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		12.64 GB / s
Memory bus width		64 Bit
Memory clock speed		1580 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3, DDR3
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs
Technologies
CUDA