AMD Radeon R5 M420 vs AMD Radeon R7 M440

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 M420 and AMD Radeon R7 M440 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, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 M420

  • 2.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 14165 vs 5598
  • Around 44% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2979 vs 2067
  • Around 44% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2979 vs 2067
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3165 vs 2537
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3165 vs 2537
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 14165 vs 5598
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2979 vs 2067
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2979 vs 2067
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3165 vs 2537
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3165 vs 2537

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M440

  • Around 31% higher core clock speed: 1021 MHz vs 780 MHz
  • Around 19% higher texture fill rate: 20.42 GTexel / s vs 17.1 GTexel / s
  • Around 19% better floating-point performance: 653.4 gflops vs 547.2 gflops
  • Around 84% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 895 vs 487
  • Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 172 vs 154
  • Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1935 vs 972
  • 117.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1935 vs 16.5
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1021 MHz vs 780 MHz
Texture fill rate 20.42 GTexel / s vs 17.1 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 653.4 gflops vs 547.2 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 895 vs 487
PassMark - G2D Mark 172 vs 154
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1935 vs 972
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1935 vs 16.5

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 M420
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 M440

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
487
895
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
154
172
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
14165
5598
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
972
1935
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16.5
1935
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2979
2067
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2979
2067
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3165
2537
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3165
2537
Name AMD Radeon R5 M420 AMD Radeon R7 M440
PassMark - G3D Mark 487 895
PassMark - G2D Mark 154 172
Geekbench - OpenCL 14165 5598
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 972 1935
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16.5 1935
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2979 2067
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2979 2067
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3165 2537
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3165 2537

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R5 M420 AMD Radeon R7 M440

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN 3.0
Code name Jet Meso
Launch date 15 May 2016 15 May 2016
Place in performance rating 1122 1123
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 850 MHz
Core clock speed 780 MHz 1021 MHz
Floating-point performance 547.2 gflops 653.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 320 320
Texture fill rate 17.1 GTexel / s 20.42 GTexel / s
Transistor count 1,040 million 3,100 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x8

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 16 GB / s 16 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 2000 MHz
Memory type DDR3 DDR3
Shared memory 0