Radeon R5 M420 vs Quadro M1000M

Place in performance ranking	501	1000
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.88	no data
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2018)	GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code name	GM107	Jet
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Release date	2 October 2015 (8 years ago)	1 June 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$200.89	no data
Current price	$706 (3.5x MSRP)	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	512	320
Core clock speed	993 MHz	780 MHz
Boost clock speed	1072 MHz	850 MHz
Number of transistors	1,870 million	690 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	40 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	31.78	17.00
Floating-point performance	1,017 gflops	547.2 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Quadro M1000M 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	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	None	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	2 GB/4 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	80 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	No outputs
Display Port	1.2	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus	+	no data
3D Vision Pro	+	no data
Mosaic	+	no data
nView Display Management	+	no data
Optimus	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	5.0	5.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	+	1.2.131
CUDA	5.0	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.

M1000M 7.42
+489%

R5 M420 1.26

Quadro M1000M outperforms Radeon R5 M420 by 489% 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%

M1000M 2867
+490%

R5 M420 486

Quadro M1000M outperforms Radeon R5 M420 by 490% 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:

Full HD	36 +500%	6−7 −500%
4K	12 +500%	2−3 −500%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

16−18

+433%

3−4
−433%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 +400%	2−3 −400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	50−55 +456%	9−10 −456%
Battlefield 5	120−130 +445%	21−24 −445%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 +425%	4−5 −425%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 +433%	3−4 −433%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Far Cry New Dawn	16−18 +433%	3−4 −433%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 +433%	3−4 −433%
Hitman 3	16−18 +433%	3−4 −433%
Horizon Zero Dawn	80−85 +471%	14−16 −471%
Metro Exodus	110−120 +450%	20−22 −450%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11 +400%	2−3 −400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	50−55 +456%	9−10 −456%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65 +445%	10−12 −445%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 +400%	2−3 −400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	50−55 +456%	9−10 −456%
Battlefield 5	120−130 +445%	21−24 −445%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 +425%	4−5 −425%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 +433%	3−4 −433%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Far Cry New Dawn	16−18 +433%	3−4 −433%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 +433%	3−4 −433%
Hitman 3	16−18 +433%	3−4 −433%
Horizon Zero Dawn	80−85 +471%	14−16 −471%
Metro Exodus	110−120 +450%	20−22 −450%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11 +400%	2−3 −400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	50−55 +456%	9−10 −456%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24 +425%	4−5 −425%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65 +445%	10−12 −445%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 +400%	2−3 −400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	50−55 +456%	9−10 −456%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 +425%	4−5 −425%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 +433%	3−4 −433%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 +433%	3−4 −433%
Horizon Zero Dawn	80−85 +471%	14−16 −471%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	50−55 +456%	9−10 −456%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24 +425%	4−5 −425%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65 +445%	10−12 −445%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

10−11

+400%

2−3
−400%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−11 +400%	2−3 −400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 +425%	4−5 −425%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Far Cry 5	10−11 +400%	2−3 −400%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Hitman 3	40−45 +471%	7−8 −471%
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30 +440%	5−6 −440%
Metro Exodus	45−50 +463%	8−9 −463%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	35−40 +483%	6−7 −483%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	21−24 +425%	4−5 −425%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

21−24

+425%

4−5
−425%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40 +483%	6−7 −483%
Far Cry New Dawn	0−1	0−1
Hitman 3	21−24 +425%	4−5 −425%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18 +433%	3−4 −433%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45 +471%	7 −471%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 +400%	2−3 −400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	45−50 +463%	8−9 −463%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Metro Exodus	21−24 +425%	4−5 −425%
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−11 +400%	2−3 −400%