Radeon R5 M420 vs GeForce GTX 460M

Place in performance ranking	707	1000
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.34	no data
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code name	N11E-GS	Jet
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	3 September 2010 (13 years ago)	1 June 2016 (8 years ago)
Current price	$88	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	192	320
Core clock speed	675 MHz	780 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	850 MHz
Number of transistors	1,170 million	690 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	16.1 billion/sec	17.00
Floating-point performance	518.4 gflops	547.2 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 460M and Radeon R5 M420 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
SLI options	+	no data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	4 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	60.0 GB/s	16 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors

No outputs

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 API with Feature Level 12.1	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	+	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 460M 3.22
+156%

R5 M420 1.26

GeForce GTX 460M outperforms Radeon R5 M420 by 156% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GTX 460M 1246
+156%

R5 M420 486

GeForce GTX 460M outperforms Radeon R5 M420 by 156% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p	30 +200%	10−12 −200%
Full HD	37 +164%	14−16 −164%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

6−7
+100%

3−4

−100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Battlefield 5	6−7 +200%	2−3 −200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 +133%	3−4 −133%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Far Cry 5	12−14 +100%	6−7 −100%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 +200%	2−3 −200%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 +140%	5−6 −140%
Hitman 3	8−9 +100%	4−5 −100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 +30.8%	12−14 −30.8%
Metro Exodus	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 +300%	2−3 −300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 +30%	10−11 −30%
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Battlefield 5	6−7 +200%	2−3 −200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 +133%	3−4 −133%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Far Cry 5	12−14 +100%	6−7 −100%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 +200%	2−3 −200%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 +140%	5−6 −140%
Hitman 3	8−9 +100%	4−5 −100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 +30.8%	12−14 −30.8%
Metro Exodus	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 +300%	2−3 −300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 +30%	10−11 −30%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7−8 +75%	4−5 −75%
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 +133%	3−4 −133%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Far Cry 5	12−14 +100%	6−7 −100%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 +140%	5−6 −140%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 +30.8%	12−14 −30.8%
Metro Exodus	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7−8 +75%	4−5 −75%
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

8−9
+300%

2−3

−300%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Hitman 3	0−1	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3	0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 +60%	5−6 −60%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2	0−1

4K
High Preset

Far Cry 5	10−11 +66.7%	6−7 −66.7%
Far Cry New Dawn	0−1	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	0−1	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2	0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	1−2	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Metro Exodus	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2	0−1