Arc A750 vs Radeon R5 M420

Place in the ranking	1037	177
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	56.31
Power efficiency	no data	9.57
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)	Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code name	Jet	DG2-512
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	15 May 2016 (8 years ago)	12 October 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$289

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores	320	3584
Core clock speed	780 MHz	2050 MHz
Boost clock speed	850 MHz	2400 MHz
Number of transistors	690 million	21,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	225 Watt
Texture fill rate	17.00	537.6
Floating-point processing power	0.544 TFLOPS	17.2 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	112
TMUs	20	224
Tensor Cores	no data	448
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	28

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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x16
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

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	8 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	16 GB/s	512.0 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	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 2.0
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D 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 results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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 1.27

Arc A750 31.41
+2373%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

R5 M420 488

Arc A750 12102
+2380%

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	4−5 −2600%	108 +2600%
1440p	2−3 −2800%	58 +2800%
4K	1−2 −3400%	35 +3400%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	2.68
1440p	no data	4.98
4K	no data	8.26

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

−2233%

70−75
+2233%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −933%	62 +933%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −2100%	85−90 +2100%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −2233%	70−75 +2233%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −9100%	90−95 +9100%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −3500%	100−110 +3500%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −10000%	200−210 +10000%
Hitman 3	6−7 −1467%	90−95 +1467%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −1171%	170−180 +1171%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −4850%	95−100 +4850%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −1963%	160−170 +1963%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −309%	130−140 +309%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −1667%	106 +1667%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −2100%	85−90 +2100%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −2233%	70−75 +2233%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −9100%	90−95 +9100%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −3500%	100−110 +3500%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −10000%	200−210 +10000%
Hitman 3	6−7 −1467%	90−95 +1467%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −1171%	170−180 +1171%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −4850%	95−100 +4850%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −2888%	239 +2888%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −727%	90−95 +727%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −309%	130−140 +309%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −650%	45 +650%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −2100%	85−90 +2100%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −2233%	70−75 +2233%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −9100%	90−95 +9100%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −4400%	90 +4400%
Hitman 3	6−7 −1467%	90−95 +1467%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −707%	113 +707%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −2388%	199 +2388%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −527%	69 +527%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −90.9%	63 +90.9%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−4850%

95−100
+4850%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −8500%	85−90 +8500%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −3250%	65−70 +3250%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −3700%	38 +3700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	50−55
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −2300%	24−27 +2300%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −5000%	50−55 +5000%
Hitman 3	7−8 −729%	55−60 +729%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 −2200%	92 +2200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	57
Watch Dogs: Legion	6−7 −3300%	200−210 +3300%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−1800%

75−80
+1800%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

0−1

35−40

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −2700%	28 +2700%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −2900%	30 +2900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	27−30
Far Cry 5	0−1	24−27

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−1233%

40−45
+1233%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	90 +0%	90 +0%
Battlefield 5	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%
Metro Exodus	144 +0%	144 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	76 +0%	76 +0%
Battlefield 5	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%
Metro Exodus	143 +0%	143 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla

+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	54 +0%	54 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	230−240 +0%	230−240 +0%
Metro Exodus	86 +0%	86 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	145 +0%	145 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Hitman 3	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	190−200 +0%	190−200 +0%
Metro Exodus	80 +0%	80 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	69 +0%	69 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Forza Horizon 4	61 +0%	61 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	84 +0%	84 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30 +0%	30 +0%

This is how R5 M420 and Arc A750 compete in popular games:

Arc A750 is 2600% faster in 1080p
Arc A750 is 2800% faster in 1440p
Arc A750 is 3400% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Arc A750 is 10000% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Arc A750 is ahead in 42 tests (69%)
there's a draw in 19 tests (31%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.27	31.41
Recency	15 May 2016	12 October 2022
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	6 nm

Arc A750 has a 2373.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 366.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Arc A750 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R5 M420 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R5 M420 is a notebook card while Arc A750 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.