Radeon R5 M420 vs UHD Graphics 24EUs (Alder Lake-N)

Place in the ranking	857	1046
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Gen. 12 (2021−2023)	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code name	Alder Lake Xe	Jet
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	3 January 2023 (2 years ago)	15 May 2016 (8 years ago)

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	24	320
Core clock speed	450 MHz	780 MHz
Boost clock speed	750 MHz	850 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	690 million
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	28 nm
Texture fill rate	no data	17.00
Floating-point processing power	no data	0.544 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	8
TMUs	no data	20

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

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	1000 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

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Quick Sync

no data

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D 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	-	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

7
+133%

3−4

−133%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2

12−14
+9.1%

10−12

−9.1%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Counter-Strike 2	12−14 +9.1%	10−12 −9.1%
Forza Horizon 4	10 +11.1%	9−10 −11.1%
Forza Horizon 5	1−2	0−1
Metro Exodus	7 +133%	3−4 −133%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 +50%	6−7 −50%
Valorant	0−1	0−1

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Counter-Strike 2	4 −175%	10−12 +175%
Dota 2	5 +400%	1−2 −400%
Far Cry 5	12 +9.1%	10−12 −9.1%
Fortnite	12−14 +140%	5−6 −140%
Forza Horizon 4	10 +11.1%	9−10 −11.1%
Forza Horizon 5	1−2	0−1
Grand Theft Auto V	5 +400%	1−2 −400%
Metro Exodus	5 +150%	2−3 −150%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	21−24 +57.1%	14−16 −57.1%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 +50%	6−7 −50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 +28.6%	7−8 −28.6%
Valorant	0−1	0−1
World of Tanks	40−45 +59.3%	27−30 −59.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Counter-Strike 2	12−14 +9.1%	10−12 −9.1%
Far Cry 5	14−16 +36.4%	10−12 −36.4%
Forza Horizon 4	11 +22.2%	9−10 −22.2%
Forza Horizon 5	1−2	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	21−24 +57.1%	14−16 −57.1%
Valorant	0−1	0−1

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	0−1	0−1
Grand Theft Auto V	1−2	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	14−16 +114%	7−8 −114%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2	0−1
World of Tanks	14−16 +114%	7−8 −114%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Far Cry 5	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Forza Horizon 5	2−3	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Valorant	8−9 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Far Cry 5	2−3	0−1
Fortnite	1−2	0−1
Forza Horizon 5	0−1	0−1
Valorant	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5

+0%

4−5

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5

+0%

4−5

+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5

+0%

4−5

+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Dota 2	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

+0%

3−4

+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Dota 2	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%

This is how UHD Graphics 24EUs (Alder Lake-N) and R5 M420 compete in popular games:

UHD Graphics 24EUs (Alder Lake-N) is 133% faster in 1080p

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

in Battlefield 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the UHD Graphics 24EUs (Alder Lake-N) is 400% faster.
in Counter-Strike 2, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the R5 M420 is 175% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

UHD Graphics 24EUs (Alder Lake-N) is ahead in 29 tests (71%)
R5 M420 is ahead in 1 test (2%)
there's a draw in 11 tests (27%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.25	1.23
Recency	3 January 2023	15 May 2016
Chip lithography	10 nm	28 nm

UHD Graphics 24EUs (Alder Lake-N) has a 82.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.

The UHD Graphics 24EUs (Alder Lake-N) is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R5 M420 in performance tests.

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