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).

AMD Radeon R5 M420

AMD Radeon R7 M440

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: 906 vs 493
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 174 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	906 vs 493
PassMark - G2D Mark	174 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

493

906

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

154

174

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	493	906
PassMark - G2D Mark	154	174
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	1113	1114
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