AMD Radeon R5 M420 vs NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 M420 and NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra 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 GeForce2 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 M420

Videocard is newer: launch date 15 year(s) 9 month(s) later
3.1x more core clock speed: 780 MHz vs 250 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 180 nm
64x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 64 MB
4.3x more memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 460 MHz
81.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 487 vs 6
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 154 vs 147

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 May 2016 vs 14 August 2000
Core clock speed	780 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	17.1 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 180 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz vs 460 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	487 vs 6
PassMark - G2D Mark	154 vs 147

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 M420
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

487

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

154

147

Name	AMD Radeon R5 M420	NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark	487	6
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	NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Celsius
Code name	Jet	NV15 A4
Launch date	15 May 2016	14 August 2000
Place in performance rating	1122	1119
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Technical info
Boost clock speed	850 MHz
Core clock speed	780 MHz	250 MHz
Floating-point performance	547.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	180 nm
Pipelines	320
Texture fill rate	17.1 GTexel / s	2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,040 million	25 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 4x
Length		183 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	7.0
OpenGL	4.5	1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s	7.36 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	460 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR