Radeon R5 M420 vs R9 M290X Crossfire

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire and Radeon R5 M420, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

R9 M290X Crossfire
2014
2x 4 GB GDDR5, 200 Watt
17.18
+1332%

R9 M290X Crossfire outperforms R5 M420 by a whopping 1332% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking3511099
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency6.61no data
ArchitectureGCN (2012−2015)GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code nameNeptune CFJet
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 March 2014 (12 years ago)15 May 2016 (10 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. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores2560320
Core clock speed850 MHz780 MHz
Boost clock speed900 MHz850 MHz
Number of transistors2x 2800 Million690 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)200 Wattno data
Texture fill rateno data17.00
Floating-point processing powerno data0.544 TFLOPS
ROPsno data8
TMUsno data20
L1 Cacheno data80 KB
L2 Cacheno data128 KB

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 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 typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount2x 4 GB4 GB
Memory bus width2x 256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed4800 MHz1000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data16 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectorsno dataNo outputs

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 (FL 11_1)12 (11_1)
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data1.2
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 HD62
+1450%
4−5
−1450%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 95−100
+1550%
6−7
−1550%
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
+1133%
3−4
−1133%
Resident Evil 4 Remake 35−40 0−1

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 70−75
+7300%
1−2
−7300%
Counter-Strike 2 95−100
+1550%
6−7
−1550%
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
+1133%
3−4
−1133%
Far Cry 5 55−60
+2750%
2−3
−2750%
Fortnite 95−100
+3067%
3−4
−3067%
Forza Horizon 4 70−75
+929%
7−8
−929%
Forza Horizon 5 55−60
+5400%
1−2
−5400%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 65−70
+633%
9−10
−633%
Valorant 130−140
+312%
30−35
−312%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 70−75
+7300%
1−2
−7300%
Counter-Strike 2 95−100
+1550%
6−7
−1550%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 210−220
+682%
27−30
−682%
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
+1133%
3−4
−1133%
Dota 2 100−110
+544%
16−18
−544%
Far Cry 5 55−60
+2750%
2−3
−2750%
Fortnite 95−100
+3067%
3−4
−3067%
Forza Horizon 4 70−75
+929%
7−8
−929%
Forza Horizon 5 55−60
+5400%
1−2
−5400%
Grand Theft Auto V 65−70
+1525%
4−5
−1525%
Metro Exodus 35−40
+1750%
2−3
−1750%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 65−70
+633%
9−10
−633%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 45−50
+586%
7−8
−586%
Valorant 130−140
+312%
30−35
−312%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 70−75
+7300%
1−2
−7300%
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
+1133%
3−4
−1133%
Dota 2 100−110
+544%
16−18
−544%
Far Cry 5 55−60
+2750%
2−3
−2750%
Forza Horizon 4 70−75
+929%
7−8
−929%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 65−70
+633%
9−10
−633%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 45−50
+586%
7−8
−586%
Valorant 130−140
+312%
30−35
−312%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 95−100
+3067%
3−4
−3067%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 35−40
+775%
4−5
−775%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 120−130
+1500%
8−9
−1500%
Grand Theft Auto V 30−33
+1400%
2−3
−1400%
Metro Exodus 21−24
+2100%
1−2
−2100%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 160−170
+1275%
12−14
−1275%
Valorant 160−170
+5533%
3−4
−5533%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 50−55
+1567%
3−4
−1567%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18 0−1
Far Cry 5 35−40
+3800%
1−2
−3800%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
+1333%
3−4
−1333%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
+1200%
2−3
−1200%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 40−45
+1900%
2−3
−1900%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2 14−16
+1400%
1−2
−1400%
Grand Theft Auto V 30−35
+129%
14−16
−129%
Metro Exodus 14−16 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
+2400%
1−2
−2400%
Valorant 95−100
+1550%
6−7
−1550%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 24−27
+2500%
1−2
−2500%
Counter-Strike 2 14−16
+1400%
1−2
−1400%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8 0−1
Dota 2 60−65
+6000%
1−2
−6000%
Far Cry 5 18−20
+1800%
1−2
−1800%
Forza Horizon 4 30−33
+1400%
2−3
−1400%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 16−18
+750%
2−3
−750%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 18−20
+800%
2−3
−800%

This is how R9 M290X Crossfire and R5 M420 compete in popular games:

  • R9 M290X Crossfire is 1450% 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 R9 M290X Crossfire is 7300% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, R9 M290X Crossfire surpassed R5 M420 in all 43 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score 17.18 1.20
Recency 1 March 2014 15 May 2016

R9 M290X Crossfire has a 1332% higher aggregate performance score.

R5 M420, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years.

The Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R5 M420 in performance tests.

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