NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI vs AMD Radeon HD 7420G

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI and AMD Radeon HD 7420G videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI

AMD Radeon HD 7420G

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI

Around 50% higher core clock speed: 720 MHz vs 480 MHz
21x more pipelines: 2688 vs 128
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 32 nm

Core clock speed	720 MHz vs 480 MHz
Pipelines	2688 vs 128
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 32 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7420G

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI	AMD Radeon HD 7420G
Geekbench - OpenCL		675
PassMark - G2D Mark		105
PassMark - G3D Mark		309
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		881
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		881
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2023
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2023

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI	AMD Radeon HD 7420G
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Terascale 3
Code name	N13E-GTX	Trinity
Launch date	4 June 2012	1 June 2012
Place in performance rating	not rated	1490
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	720 MHz	480 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	32 nm
Pipelines	2688	128
Boost clock speed		655 MHz
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Laptop size	large	medium sized
API support
DirectX	11	11
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 4 GB
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	1