Radeon R5 A255 vs HD 7420G

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1220not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.65no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 3 (2010−2013)GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameScrapper LiteTopaz
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date6 June 2012 (13 years ago)2014 (12 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores128384
Core clock speed480 MHz925 MHz
Boost clock speed655 MHz940 MHz
Number of transistors1,303 million1,550 million
Manufacturing process technology32 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Wattno data
Texture fill rate5.24022.56
Floating-point processing power0.1677 TFLOPSno data
ROPs48
TMUs824

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
InterfaceIGPPCIe 3.0 x8

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 typeSystem SharedGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared1 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared128 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared4 GB/s
Memory bandwidthno data64 GB/s
Shared memory+-

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsPortable Device Dependent

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model5.06.5
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.22.1
VulkanN/A1.2.170

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 32 nm 28 nm

R5 A255 has a 14% more advanced lithography process.

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Be aware that Radeon HD 7420G is a notebook graphics card while Radeon R5 A255 is a desktop one.

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