Radeon 610M vs R5 M420

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R5 M420 with Radeon 610M, including specs and performance data.

R5 M420
2016
4 GB DDR3
1.26

610M outperforms R5 M420 by a whopping 126% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1030784
Place by popularitynot in top-10037
Power efficiencyno data13.16
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameJetDragon Range
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date15 May 2016 (8 years ago)3 January 2023 (1 year 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 cores320128
Core clock speed780 MHz400 MHz
Boost clock speed850 MHz2200 MHz
Number of transistors690 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data15 Watt
Texture fill rate17.0017.60
Floating-point processing power0.544 TFLOPS0.5632 TFLOPS
ROPs84
TMUs208
Ray Tracing Coresno data2

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 4.0 x8
Widthno dataIGP
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount4 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width64 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1000 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth16 GB/sno data
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 ConnectorsNo outputsPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.1
Vulkan1.2.1311.3

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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 1.26
Radeon 610M 2.85
+126%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

R5 M420 486
Radeon 610M 1099
+126%

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 HD5−6
−160%
13
+160%
1440p24−27
−154%
61
+154%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−50%
9−10
+50%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−400%
5−6
+400%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−167%
8−9
+167%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
−650%
14−16
+650%
Hitman 3 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−57.1%
21−24
+57.1%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−250%
7−8
+250%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
−50%
12−14
+50%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−18.2%
35−40
+18.2%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−50%
9−10
+50%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−400%
5−6
+400%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−167%
8−9
+167%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
−650%
14−16
+650%
Hitman 3 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−57.1%
21−24
+57.1%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−250%
7−8
+250%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
−75%
14
+75%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12
−27.3%
14−16
+27.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−18.2%
35−40
+18.2%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−50%
9−10
+50%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−400%
5−6
+400%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
−650%
14−16
+650%
Hitman 3 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−57.1%
21−24
+57.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
−25%
10
+25%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12
+57.1%
7
−57.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−18.2%
35−40
+18.2%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−250%
7−8
+250%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
−400%
5−6
+400%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−100%
4−5
+100%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 2−3
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Hitman 3 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 2−3
Watch Dogs: Legion 6−7
−183%
16−18
+183%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 2−3

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 1−2
Far Cry 5 0−1 1−2

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Battlefield 5 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Metro Exodus 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Battlefield 5 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Metro Exodus 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Forza Horizon 4 0−1 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

This is how R5 M420 and Radeon 610M compete in popular games:

  • Radeon 610M is 160% faster in 1080p
  • Radeon 610M is 154% faster in 1440p

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

  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the R5 M420 is 57% faster.
  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Radeon 610M is 650% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • R5 M420 is ahead in 1 test (2%)
  • Radeon 610M is ahead in 44 tests (79%)
  • there's a draw in 11 tests (20%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.26 2.85
Recency 15 May 2016 3 January 2023
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm

Radeon 610M has a 126.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon 610M is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R5 M420 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R5 M420 is a notebook card while Radeon 610M is a desktop one.


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