AMD Radeon R5 M420 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 M420 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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), 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 - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R5 M420

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 M420

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 19% higher core clock speed: 780 MHz vs 657 MHz
Around 29% higher boost clock speed: 850 MHz vs 657 MHz
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
2.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 14165 vs 5605
Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2979 vs 2728
Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2979 vs 2728

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 May 2016 vs 30 May 2013
Core clock speed	780 MHz vs 657 MHz
Boost clock speed	850 MHz vs 657 MHz
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	14165 vs 5605
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2979 vs 2728
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2979 vs 2728

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760M

2.5x more texture fill rate: 42.05 GTexel / s vs 17.1 GTexel / s
2.4x more pipelines: 768 vs 320
Around 84% better floating-point performance: 1,009 gflops vs 547.2 gflops
3.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1714 vs 501
Around 55% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 231 vs 149
2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2836 vs 972
171.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2836 vs 16.5
Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3333 vs 3165
Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3333 vs 3165

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	42.05 GTexel / s vs 17.1 GTexel / s
Pipelines	768 vs 320
Floating-point performance	1,009 gflops vs 547.2 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1714 vs 501
PassMark - G2D Mark	231 vs 149
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2836 vs 972
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2836 vs 16.5
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3333 vs 3165
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3333 vs 3165

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 M420
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

501

1714

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

149

231

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

14165

5605

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

972

2836

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

16.5

2836

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2979

2728

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2979

2728

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3165

3333

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3165

3333

Name	AMD Radeon R5 M420	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760M
PassMark - G3D Mark	501	1714
PassMark - G2D Mark	149	231
Geekbench - OpenCL	14165	5605
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	972	2836
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	16.5	2836
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2979	2728
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2979	2728
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3165	3333
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3165	3333
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		15.673
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		509.958
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.512
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		30.422
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		53.992
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 M420	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Kepler
Code name	Jet	GK106
Launch date	15 May 2016	30 May 2013
Place in performance rating	1111	1114
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	850 MHz	657 MHz
Core clock speed	780 MHz	657 MHz
Floating-point performance	547.2 gflops	1,009 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	320	768
Texture fill rate	17.1 GTexel / s	42.05 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,040 million	2,540 million
CUDA cores		768
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		55 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support		Up to 3840x2160
eDP 1.2 signal support		Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection
HDMI
LVDS signal support		Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support		Up to 2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0, PCI Express 2.0
Laptop size		large
SLI options		1
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12 API
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
OpenCL		1.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s	64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Standard memory configuration		GDDR5
Technologies
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
Blu-Ray 3D Support
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
TXAA