NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 vs AMD Radeon HD 7420G

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 and AMD Radeon HD 7420G 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, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 710

AMD Radeon HD 7420G

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 710

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 99% higher core clock speed: 954 MHz vs 480 MHz
Around 50% higher pipelines: 192 vs 128
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 32 nm
2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 623 vs 305
2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 212 vs 104
2.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 1946 vs 675
Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1494 vs 881
Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1494 vs 881

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 March 2014 vs 1 June 2012
Core clock speed	954 MHz vs 480 MHz
Pipelines	192 vs 128
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	623 vs 305
PassMark - G2D Mark	212 vs 104
Geekbench - OpenCL	1946 vs 675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1494 vs 881
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1494 vs 881

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7420G

Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2023 vs 1833
Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2023 vs 1833

Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2023 vs 1833
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2023 vs 1833

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 710
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7420G

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

623

305

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

212

104

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

1946

675

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1494

881

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1833

2023

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1494

881

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1833

2023

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 710	AMD Radeon HD 7420G
PassMark - G3D Mark	623	305
PassMark - G2D Mark	212	104
Geekbench - OpenCL	1946	675
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	6.705
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	100.391
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.441
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	8.146
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	20.64
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	977
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1494	881
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1833	2023
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	977
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1494	881
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1833	2023
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	192

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 710	AMD Radeon HD 7420G
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler 2.0	Terascale 3
Code name	GK208B	Trinity
Launch date	27 March 2014	1 June 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$34.99
Place in performance rating	1488	1490
Price now	$34.99
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	23.15
Technical info
Core clock speed	954 MHz	480 MHz
CUDA cores	192
Floating-point performance	366.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	32 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	95 °C
Pipelines	192	128
Texture fill rate	15.26 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt
Transistor count	292 million
Boost clock speed		655 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	Dual Link DVI-DHDMIVGA, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 2.0
Height	2.713" (6.9 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x8
Length	5.7" (14.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11
OpenGL	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1.8 GB/s
Memory type	DDR3
Shared memory		1
Technologies
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
PhysX
PureVideo