Radeon R5 M420 vs RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000)

Place in performance ranking	733	997
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Vega (2017−2021)	GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code name	Vega Raven Ridge	Jet
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	7 January 2018 (6 years ago)	1 June 2016 (7 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	384	320
Core clock speed	no data	780 MHz
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz	850 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	690 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	no data	17.00
Floating-point performance	no data	547.2 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000) and Radeon R5 M420 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

no data

PCIe 3.0 x8

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	no data	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	no data	4 GB
Memory bus width	no data	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	16 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 data

No outputs

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12_1	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	no data	5.1
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	1.2
Vulkan	no data	1.2.131

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

15
+150%

6−7

−150%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

6−7
+50%

4−5

−50%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8 +167%	3−4 −167%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8 +167%	3−4 −167%
Battlefield 5	12 +140%	5−6 −140%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 +33.3%	9−10 −33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Far Cry New Dawn	8 +167%	3−4 −167%
Forza Horizon 4	10 +900%	1−2 −900%
Hitman 3	13 +1200%	1−2 −1200%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9 +800%	1−2 −800%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7 +0%	7−8 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	9 +200%	3−4 −200%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	7 +250%	2−3 −250%
Battlefield 5	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 +33.3%	9−10 −33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Forza Horizon 4	9 +800%	1−2 −800%
Hitman 3	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Metro Exodus	3 +50%	2−3 −50%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	3 −133%	7−8 +133%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9 +125%	4−5 −125%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3	0−1

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Battlefield 5	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 +700%	1−2 −700%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6 +50%	4−5 −50%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3	0−1

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Hitman 3	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 +12.5%	8−9 −12.5%
Metro Exodus	1−2	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Hitman 3	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2	0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%

This is how RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000) and R5 M420 compete in popular games:

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000) is 150% faster in 1080p

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

in Hitman 3, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000) is 1200% faster than the R5 M420.
in Shadow of the Tomb Raider, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the R5 M420 is 133% faster than the RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000).

All in all, in popular games: