AMD Radeon RX 580 Mobile
VS
AMD Radeon R5 M420
AMD Radeon RX 580 Mobile
VS
AMD Radeon R5 M420

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon RX 580 Mobile and AMD Radeon R5 M420. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

143
Place in performance rating
862
55.76
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Polaris
Architecture
GCN
Polaris 20
Code name
Jet
Laptop
Type
Laptop
18 April 2017 (4 years ago)
Release date
1 June 2016 (5 years ago)
$301.69
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$410 (1.4x MSRP)
Price now
no data
30.06
Value for money
no data
Polaris
GPU code name
Jet
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon RX 580 Mobile and AMD Radeon R5 M420 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

2304
Pipelines
320
1077 MHz
Core clock speed
780 MHz
1077 MHz
Boost Clock
850 MHz
5,700 million
Transistor count
690 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
100 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
155.1
Texture fill rate
17.00
4,963 gflops
Floating-point performance
547.2 gflops
2304
Pipelines / CUDA cores
320
1077 MHz
Boost clock speed
850 MHz
5,700 million
Number of transistors
690 million
100 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
no data

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon RX 580 Mobile and AMD Radeon R5 M420.

MXM-B (3.0)
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
large
Laptop size
no data

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Radeon RX 580 Mobile and AMD Radeon R5 M420 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
DDR3
8 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
8000 MHz
Memory clock speed
2000 MHz
256.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
16 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon RX 580 Mobile and AMD Radeon R5 M420, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
No outputs

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon RX 580 Mobile and AMD Radeon R5 M420. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_0)
DirectX
12 (11_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon RX 580 Mobile and AMD Radeon R5 M420 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon RX 580 Mobile or AMD Radeon R5 M420 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon RX 580 Mobile
AMD Radeon R5 M420
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon RX 580 Mobile
AMD Radeon R5 M420
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon RX 580 Mobile
AMD Radeon R5 M420
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon RX 580 Mobile
AMD Radeon R5 M420
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon RX 580 Mobile
AMD Radeon R5 M420
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 580 Mobile

40.39% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (2304 vs 320)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (8 GB vs 4 GB)

More memory bandwidth (256.0 GB/s vs 16 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R5 M420

There is no accountable advantage

So, AMD Radeon RX 580 Mobile or AMD Radeon R5 M420?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon RX 580 Mobile .

AMD Radeon RX 580 Mobile versus AMD Radeon R5 M420 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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