AMD Radeon R5 M420 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 M420 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 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

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 M420

Videocard is newer: launch date 13 year(s) 1 month(s) later
3.3x more core clock speed: 780 MHz vs 235 MHz
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
5x more memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 400 MHz
55.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 501 vs 9

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 May 2016 vs 17 March 2003
Core clock speed	780 MHz vs 235 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	501 vs 9

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT

55x more texture fill rate: 940 MTexel / s vs 17.1 GTexel / s
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 166 vs 149

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	940 MTexel / s vs 17.1 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	166 vs 149

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 M420
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

501

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

149

166

Name	AMD Radeon R5 M420	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	501	9
PassMark - G2D Mark	149	166
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	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Rankine
Code name	Jet	NV31 A1
Launch date	15 May 2016	17 March 2003
Place in performance rating	1111	1070
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	850 MHz
Core clock speed	780 MHz	235 MHz
Floating-point performance	547.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	320
Texture fill rate	17.1 GTexel / s	940 MTexel / s
Transistor count	1,040 million	80 million
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)	9.0a
OpenGL	4.5	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR