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).

 

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

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