GeForce RTX 4090 vs Radeon R5 M420

Place in performance ranking	995	1
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	no data	15.04
Architecture	GCN (2011−2017)	Ada Lovelace
GPU code name	Jet	AD102-300-A1
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	1 June 2016 (7 years ago)	20 September 2022 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$1,599
Current price	no data	$1756 (1.1x MSRP)

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	320	16384
Core clock speed	780 MHz	2235 MHz
Boost clock speed	850 MHz	2520 MHz
Number of transistors	690 million	76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	450 Watt
Texture fill rate	17.00	1,290
Floating-point performance	547.2 gflops	no data

Form Factor & Compatibility

Information on Radeon R5 M420 and GeForce RTX 4090 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). 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.

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	304 mm
Width	no data	3-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 16-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	GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	24 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	21000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	16 GB/s	1,008 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 1.4a
HDMI	no data	+

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
CUDA	no data	8.9

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 1.27

RTX 4090 100.00
+7774%

GeForce RTX 4090 outperforms Radeon R5 M420 by 7774% 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 492

RTX 4090 38714
+7769%

GeForce RTX 4090 outperforms Radeon R5 M420 by 7769% 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	3−4 −8733%	265 +8733%
1440p	2−3 −10500%	212 +10500%
4K	1−2 −14900%	150 +14900%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5

−5525%

225
+5525%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 −1878%	170−180 +1878%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −5450%	222 +5450%
Forza Horizon 4	0−1	300−350
Hitman 3	1−2 −21800%	210−220 +21800%
Horizon Zero Dawn	1−2 −27400%	275 +27400%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 −6000%	180−190 +6000%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −4100%	294 +4100%

Full HD
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 −1878%	170−180 +1878%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −5250%	214 +5250%
Forza Horizon 4	0−1	300−350
Hitman 3	1−2 −21800%	210−220 +21800%
Horizon Zero Dawn	1−2 −24900%	250 +24900%
Metro Exodus	2−3 −11200%	226 +11200%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 −6000%	180−190 +6000%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −4014%	288 +4014%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 −14225%	573 +14225%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −5150%	210 +5150%
Forza Horizon 4	0−1	300−350
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 −7525%	305 +7525%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −4867%	140−150 +4867%
Hitman 3	4−5 −5225%	210−220 +5225%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −2863%	237 +2863%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5−6 −5320%	271 +5320%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −15300%	154 +15300%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −9200%	186 +9200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 −13300%	268 +13300%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −4700%	95−100 +4700%
Hitman 3	1−2 −12700%	120−130 +12700%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 −2571%	187 +2571%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	60−65