Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
Intel UHD Graphics 605 vs AMD Radeon R5 M420
Price now
no data
Games supported
52%
- Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
- Core clock speed 780
- Max video memory 4 GB
- Memory type DDR3
- Memory clock speed 2000
- Maximum resolution
- Interface PCIe 3.0 x1
- Core clock speed 300
- Max video memory System Shared
- Memory type DDR4 / LPDDR4
- Memory clock speed System Shared
- Maximum resolution
Price now
458$
Games supported
51%
General info
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance rating | 948 | 970 |
| Value for money | no data | 0.77 |
| Architecture | GCN (2011−2017) | Gen. 9 Apollo Lake (2016−2017) |
| GPU code name | Jet | Gemini Lake |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 June 2016 (6 years old) | 11 December 2017 (5 years old) |
| Current price | no data | $458 |
Value for money
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Technical specs
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 | 18 |
| Core clock speed | 780 MHz | 300 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 850 MHz | 750 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 690 million | 189 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 14 nm |
| Thermal design power (TDP) | no data | 5 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 17.00 | 14.40 |
| Floating-point performance | 547.2 gflops | no data |
Dimensions and compatibility
Information on Radeon R5 M420 and UHD Graphics 605 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.
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | PCIe 3.0 x1 |
Memory
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated VRAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | DDR3 | DDR4 / LPDDR4 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 64/128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2000 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 16 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | - | + |
Video outputs and ports
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 | No outputs |
Technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Quick Sync | no data | + |
API support
APIs supported, including particular versions of those APIs.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.1.103 |
Benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.
Overall score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. 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.
- Passmark
Passmark
This is probably the most ubiquitous benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various 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: 24%
Radeon R5 M420 outperforms UHD Graphics 605 by 4% 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
Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:
| Full HD | no data | 12 |
| 1440p | no data | 24 |
| 4K | no data | 15 |
Popular games
- Full HD
Low Preset - Full HD
Medium Preset - Full HD
High Preset - Full HD
Ultra Preset - 1440p
High Preset - 1440p
Ultra Preset - 4K
High Preset - 4K
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 4−5
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| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 1−2
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| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 10−11
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| Cyberpunk 2077 | 4−5
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| Forza Horizon 4 | 1−2
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| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 3−4
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| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 7−8
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| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 1−2
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| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 10−11
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| Cyberpunk 2077 | 4−5
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| Forza Horizon 4 | 1−2
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| Metro Exodus | 3−4
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| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 3−4
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| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 7−8
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| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 3−4
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| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 1−2
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| Cyberpunk 2077 | 4−5
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| Forza Horizon 4 | 1−2
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| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 3−4
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| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 4−5
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| Hitman 3 | 3−4
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| Horizon Zero Dawn | 4−5
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| Metro Exodus | 3−4
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| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 5−6
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| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 1−2
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| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4
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| Far Cry 5 | 3−4
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| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 2−3
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| Hitman 3 | 2−3
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| Horizon Zero Dawn | 3−4
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| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
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| Far Cry 5 | 4−5
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| Far Cry New Dawn | 5−6
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Advantages and disadvantages
| Performance rating | 1.18 | 1.14 |
| Recency | 1 June 2016 | 11 December 2017 |
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 320 | 18 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 14 nm |
Technical City couldn't decide between
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The differences in performance seem too small.
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Competitors of Radeon R5 M420 by NVIDIA
We believe that the nearest equivalent to Radeon R5 M420 from NVIDIA is GeForce GT 720M, which is nearly equal in speed and is lower by 3 positions in our rating.
Here are some closest NVIDIA rivals to Radeon R5 M420:
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