AMD Radeon HD 7650M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7650M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s).

AMD Radeon HD 7650M

NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7650M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
3.9x more texture fill rate: 10.8 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
10x more pipelines: 480 vs 48
3.2x better floating-point performance: 432.0 gflops vs 134.4 gflops
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 50 Watt
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 438 vs 426
Around 2% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 1192 vs 1163
Around 19% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 3.699 vs 3.121
2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 220.859 vs 109.787
5.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 44.624 vs 8.55
Around 58% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1042 vs 660
Around 68% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1949 vs 1158
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1733 vs 1626
Around 58% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1042 vs 660
Around 68% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1949 vs 1158
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1733 vs 1626

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 January 2012 vs 3 September 2010
Texture fill rate	10.8 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	480 vs 48
Floating-point performance	432.0 gflops vs 134.4 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	438 vs 426
Geekbench - OpenCL	1192 vs 1163
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	3.699 vs 3.121
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	220.859 vs 109.787
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	44.624 vs 8.55
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1042 vs 660
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1949 vs 1158
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1733 vs 1626
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1042 vs 660
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1949 vs 1158
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1733 vs 1626

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM

Around 56% higher core clock speed: 700 MHz vs 450 MHz
Around 2% higher maximum memory size: 1048 MB vs 1 GB
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1600 MHz
3.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 189 vs 59

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	700 MHz vs 450 MHz
Maximum memory size	1048 MB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	189 vs 59

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7650M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

438

426

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

189

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

1192

1163

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3.699

3.121

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

220.859

109.787

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

44.624

8.55

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1042

660

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1949

1158

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1733

1626

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1042

660

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1949

1158

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1733

1626

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7650M	NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	438	426
PassMark - G2D Mark	59	189
Geekbench - OpenCL	1192	1163
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	3.699	3.121
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	220.859	109.787
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.375
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	44.624	8.55
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1042	660
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1949	1158
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1733	1626
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1042	660
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1949	1158
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1733	1626
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	680
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		5.005

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7650M	NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Fermi
Code name	Thames	GF108
Launch date	7 January 2012	3 September 2010
Place in performance rating	1517	1520
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	550 MHz
Core clock speed	450 MHz	700 MHz
Floating-point performance	432.0 gflops	134.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	480	48
Texture fill rate	10.8 GTexel / s	2.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	716 million	585 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Length		145 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1048 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR3
Shared memory	0