GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile vs Radeon R5 M420
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon R5 M420 and GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
RTX 4060 Mobile outperforms R5 M420 by a whopping 3240% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | 1001 | 81 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 54 |
| Architecture | GCN (2011−2017) | Ada Lovelace |
| GPU code name | Jet | GN21-X4 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 June 2016 (8 years ago) | 3 January 2023 (1 year 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 | 3072 |
| Core clock speed | 780 MHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 850 MHz | 2370 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 690 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 115 Watt (35 - 115 Watt TGP) |
| Texture fill rate | 17.00 | 181.4 |
| Floating-point performance | 547.2 gflops | no data |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on Radeon R5 M420 and GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile 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 | large |
| 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 | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2000 MHz | 16000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 16 GB/s | 256.0 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 | Portable Device Dependent |
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 | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | no data | 8.9 |
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 | 3−4
−3667%
| 113
+3667%
|
| 1440p | 1−2
−6100%
| 62
+6100%
|
| 4K | 1−2
−3900%
| 40
+3900%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 4−5
−3050%
|
126
+3050%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 5−6
−1380%
|
70−75
+1380%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 4−5
−2025%
|
85−90
+2025%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 4−5
−2400%
|
100
+2400%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 1−2
−8900%
|
90−95
+8900%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 3−4
−3333%
|
100−110
+3333%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 2−3
−7750%
|
150−160
+7750%
|
| Hitman 3 | 3−4
−4000%
|
123
+4000%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 10−11
−1590%
|
160−170
+1590%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 2−3
−4850%
|
95−100
+4850%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 7−8
−2243%
|
160−170
+2243%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 12−14
−742%
|
100−110
+742%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 5−6
−1380%
|
70−75
+1380%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 4−5
−2025%
|
85−90
+2025%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 4−5
−2025%
|
85
+2025%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 1−2
−8900%
|
90−95
+8900%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 3−4
−3333%
|
100−110
+3333%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 2−3
−7750%
|
150−160
+7750%
|
| Hitman 3 | 3−4
−3800%
|
117
+3800%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 10−11
−1590%
|
160−170
+1590%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 2−3
−4850%
|
95−100
+4850%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 7−8
−2971%
|
215
+2971%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6
−2020%
|
100−110
+2020%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 12−14
−742%
|
100−110
+742%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 5−6
−1380%
|
70−75
+1380%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 4−5
−2025%
|
85−90
+2025%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 4−5
−1825%
|
77
+1825%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 1−2
−8900%
|
90−95
+8900%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 2−3
−7750%
|
150−160
+7750%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 10−11
−1590%
|
160−170
+1590%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 7−8
−2543%
|
185
+2543%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6
−1920%
|
101
+1920%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 12−14
−442%
|
65
+442%
|
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 2−3
−4850%
|
95−100
+4850%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 1−2
−8100%
|
80−85
+8100%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 5−6
−1840%
|
95−100
+1840%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 1−2
−4500%
|
45−50
+4500%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 4−5
−1525%
|
65−70
+1525%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−4800%
|
49
+4800%
|
| Hitman 3 | 7−8
−686%
|
55−60
+686%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 5−6
−1760%
|
90−95
+1760%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 1−2
−7500%
|
76
+7500%
|
1440p
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 4−5
−1725%
|
70−75
+1725%
|
4K
High Preset
| Far Cry New Dawn | 0−1 | 35−40 |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 4−5
−1300%
|
55−60
+1300%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 1−2
−2800%
|
27−30
+2800%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 1−2
−2600%
|
27−30
+2600%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 0−1 | 27−30 |
| Far Cry 5 | 0−1 | 24−27 |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 4−5
−3150%
|
130−140
+3150%
|
4K
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 3−4
−1167%
|
35−40
+1167%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 135
+0%
|
135
+0%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 130−140
+0%
|
130−140
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 110−120
+0%
|
110−120
+0%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 114
+0%
|
114
+0%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 130−140
+0%
|
130−140
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 110−120
+0%
|
110−120
+0%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 98
+0%
|
98
+0%
|
| Hitman 3 | 110
+0%
|
110
+0%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 72
+0%
|
72
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 75−80
+0%
|
75−80
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 90−95
+0%
|
90−95
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 75−80
+0%
|
75−80
+0%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 127
+0%
|
127
+0%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 35−40
+0%
|
35−40
+0%
|
4K
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 40−45
+0%
|
40−45
+0%
|
| Hitman 3 | 30−35
+0%
|
30−35
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 45−50
+0%
|
45−50
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 55
+0%
|
55
+0%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 19
+0%
|
19
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 55−60
+0%
|
55−60
+0%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 62
+0%
|
62
+0%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 25
+0%
|
25
+0%
|
This is how R5 M420 and RTX 4060 Mobile compete in popular games:
- RTX 4060 Mobile is 3667% faster in 1080p
- RTX 4060 Mobile is 6100% faster in 1440p
- RTX 4060 Mobile is 3900% faster in 4K
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Far Cry 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX 4060 Mobile is 8900% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- RTX 4060 Mobile is ahead in 47 tests (68%)
- there's a draw in 22 tests (32%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.26 | 42.08 |
| Recency | 1 June 2016 | 3 January 2023 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 5 nm |
RTX 4060 Mobile has a 3239.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.
The GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R5 M420 in performance tests.
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