Arc A730M vs Radeon R5 M420

Place in performance ranking	996	130
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	GCN (2011−2017)	Xe HPG (2020−2022)
GPU code name	Jet	Alchemist
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	1 June 2016 (7 years ago)	30 March 2022 (2 years ago)

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	320	384
Core clock speed	780 MHz	1100 MHz
Boost clock speed	850 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	690 million	21,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	120 Watt (80 - 120 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	17.00	211.2
Floating-point performance	547.2 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon R5 M420 and Arc A730M 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	no data	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x16

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	DDR3	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	12 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	16 GB/s	288.0 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 (11_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.3

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.

R5 M420 1.26

Arc A730M 35.58
+2724%

Arc A730M outperforms Radeon R5 M420 by 2724% based on our aggregated 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%

R5 M420 486

Arc A730M 10487
+2058%

Arc A730M outperforms Radeon R5 M420 by 2058% 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	2−3 −3600%	74 +3600%
1440p	1−2 −4500%	46 +4500%
4K	0−1	22

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5

−1675%

71
+1675%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 −978%	95−100 +978%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −1500%	64 +1500%
Forza Horizon 4	0−1	110−120
Hitman 3	1−2 −12200%	123 +12200%
Horizon Zero Dawn	1−2 −7600%	75−80 +7600%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 −1800%	55−60 +1800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −900%	70 +900%

Full HD
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 −978%	95−100 +978%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −1250%	54 +1250%
Forza Horizon 4	0−1	110−120
Hitman 3	1−2 −10500%	106 +10500%
Horizon Zero Dawn	1−2 −7600%	75−80 +7600%
Metro Exodus	1−2 −4200%	43 +4200%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 −1800%	55−60 +1800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −814%	64 +814%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 −2650%	110 +2650%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −1200%	52 +1200%
Forza Horizon 4	0−1	110−120
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 −1025%	45 +1025%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −1833%	55−60 +1833%
Hitman 3	4−5 −1525%	65 +1525%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −513%	45−50 +513%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5−6 −940%	50−55 +940%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −3000%	31 +3000%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −3100%	60−65 +3100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −4800%	45−50 +4800%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −3000%	30−35 +3000%
Hitman 3	1−2 −3400%	35−40 +3400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 −271%	24−27 +271%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	18−20