AMD Radeon HD 7640G + HD 7670M Dual Graphics vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7640G + HD 7670M Dual Graphics and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 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 7640G + HD 7670M Dual Graphics

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7640G + HD 7670M Dual Graphics

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 19% higher core clock speed: 655 / 600 MHz vs 550 MHz
46x more pipelines: 736 vs 2x 8
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 / 40 nm vs 65 nm
Around 29% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1400 MHz
5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 519 vs 103
5.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3361 vs 658
5.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3361 vs 658

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 May 2012 vs 20 January 2009
Core clock speed	655 / 600 MHz vs 550 MHz
Pipelines	736 vs 2x 8
Manufacturing process technology	32 / 40 nm vs 65 nm
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	519 vs 103
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361 vs 658
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361 vs 658

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

Around 47% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 143 vs 97

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	143 vs 97

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7640G + HD 7670M Dual Graphics
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

519

103

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

143

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3361

658

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3361

658

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7640G + HD 7670M Dual Graphics	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420
PassMark - G3D Mark	519	103
PassMark - G2D Mark	97	143
Geekbench - OpenCL	8444
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	157
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	157
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2097
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2097
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361	658
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361	658

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7640G + HD 7670M Dual Graphics	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420
Essentials
Architecture	Terascale 3	Tesla
Launch date	15 May 2012	20 January 2009
Place in performance rating	1329	1447
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Code name		G98
Launch price (MSRP)		$131.43
Price now		$80.99
Value for money (0-100)		1.61
Technical info
Core clock speed	655 / 600 MHz	550 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 / 40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	736	2x 8
Floating-point performance		2x 22.4 gflops
Texture fill rate		2x 4.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		40 Watt
Transistor count		210 million
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Laptop size	medium sized
Interface		PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	11	10.0
OpenGL		3.3
Memory
Memory bus width	128 Bit	2x 64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1400 MHz
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		2x 256 MB
Memory bandwidth		2x 11.2 GB / s
Memory type		GDDR3
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs