AMD Radeon R5 M420 vs ATI Radeon 9600 XT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 M420 and ATI Radeon 9600 XT 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

ATI Radeon 9600 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 M420

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 56% higher core clock speed: 780 MHz vs 500 MHz
8.6x more texture fill rate: 17.1 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 128 MB
3.3x more memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 600 MHz
14.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 493 vs 35
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 154 vs 147

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 May 2016 vs 1 October 2003
Core clock speed	780 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	17.1 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	493 vs 35
PassMark - G2D Mark	154 vs 147

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 M420
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9600 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

493

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

154

147

Name	AMD Radeon R5 M420	ATI Radeon 9600 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	493	35
PassMark - G2D Mark	154	147
Geekbench - OpenCL	14165
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	972
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	16.5
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2979
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2979
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3165
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3165

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 M420	ATI Radeon 9600 XT
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Rage 9
Code name	Jet	RV360
Launch date	15 May 2016	1 October 2003
Place in performance rating	1113	1110
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	850 MHz
Core clock speed	780 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	547.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	320
Texture fill rate	17.1 GTexel / s	2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,040 million	76 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		22 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	600 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR