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 cores640320CUDA cores640no dataCore clock speed1020 MHz780 MHzBoost clock speed1085 MHz850 MHzNumber of transistors1,870 million690 millionManufacturing process technology28 nm28 nmPower consumption [TDP]60 Wattno dataTexture fill rate43.4017.00Floating-point performance1,389 gflops547.2 gflops
Size and compatibility
Information on GeForce GTX 750 Ti and Radeon R5 M420 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus [motherboard compatibility], additional power connectors [power supply compatibility]. 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.
Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no dataInterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x8Length5.7" [14.5 cm]no dataHeight4.376" [11.1 cm]no dataWidth2-slotno dataSupplementary power connectorsNoneno data
Memory
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated VRAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
Memory typeGDDR5DDR3Maximum RAM amount4 GB4 GBMemory bus width128 Bit64 BitMemory clock speed5.4 GB/s2000 MHzMemory bandwidth86.4 GB/s16 GB/sShared memory--
Video outputs and ports
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 ConnectorsOne Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One mini-HDMINo outputsMulti monitor support4 displaysno dataHDMI+no dataHDCP+no dataMaximum VGA resolution2048x1536no dataAudio input for HDMIInternalno data
Technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
Blu Ray 3D+no data3D Gaming+no data3D Vision+no data3D Vision Live+no data
API support
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
DirectX12 [11_0]12 [11_1]Shader Model5.15.1OpenGL4.64.6OpenCL1.21.2Vulkan1.1.1261.2.131CUDA+no data
Synthetic benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance 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.
GeForce GTX 750 Ti outperforms Radeon R5 M420 by 679% in our combined benchmark results.
Passmark
This is probably the most ubiquitous benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various 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.
Benchmark coverage: 25%
GeForce GTX 750 Ti outperforms Radeon R5 M420 by 680% in Passmark.
Mining hashrates
Cryptocurrency mining performance of GeForce GTX 750 Ti and Radeon R5 M420. Usually measured in megahashes per second.
Bitcoin / BTC [SHA256] 183 Mh/s no data Decred / DCR [Decred] 0.51 Gh/s no data Ethereum / ETH [DaggerHashimoto] 2.3 Mh/s no data Monero / XMR [CryptoNight] 0.25 kh/s no data Zcash / ZEC [Equihash] 74.4 Sol/s no data
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 HD50 6−7
Performance in popular games
Full HD Low Preset
Cyberpunk 207716−18 3−4
Full HD Medium Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey21−24
+950%
2−3
−950%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla14−16
+1400%
1−2
−1400%
Battlefield 530−35
+750%
4−5
−750%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare27−30
+200%
9−10
−200%
Cyberpunk 207716−18
+433%
3−4
−433%
Far Cry 524−27
+767%
3−4
−767%
Far Cry New Dawn27−30
+800%
3−4
−800%
Forza Horizon 435−40
+1650%
2−3
−1650%
Hitman 324−27
+2500%
1−2
−2500%
Horizon Zero Dawn20−22
+1900%
1−2
−1900%
Red Dead Redemption 216−18
+467%
3−4
−467%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider21−24
+214%
7−8
−214%
Watch Dogs: Legion18−20
+800%
2−3
−800%
Full HD High Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey21−24
+950%
2−3
−950%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla14−16
+1400%
1−2
−1400%
Battlefield 530−35
+750%
4−5
−750%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare27−30
+200%
9−10
−200%
Cyberpunk 207716−18
+433%
3−4
−433%
Far Cry 524−27
+767%
3−4
−767%
Far Cry New Dawn27−30
+800%
3−4
−800%
Forza Horizon 435−40
+1650%
2−3
−1650%
Hitman 324−27
+2500%
1−2
−2500%
Horizon Zero Dawn20−22
+1900%
1−2
−1900%
Metro Exodus14−16
+650%
2−3
−650%
Red Dead Redemption 216−18
+467%
3−4
−467%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider21−24
+214%
7−8
−214%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt21−24
+425%
4−5
−425%
Watch Dogs: Legion18−20
+800%
2−3
−800%
Full HD Ultra Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey21−24
+950%
2−3
−950%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla14−16
+1400%
1−2
−1400%
Battlefield 530−35
+750%
4−5
−750%
Cyberpunk 207716−18
+433%
3−4
−433%
Far Cry 524−27
+767%
3−4
−767%
Far Cry New Dawn27−30
+800%
3−4
−800%
Forza Horizon 435−40
+1650%
2−3
−1650%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt21−24
+425%
4−5
−425%
Watch Dogs: Legion18−20
+800%
2−3
−800%
1440p High Preset
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare14−16
+400%
3−4
−400%
Hitman 316−18
+300%
4−5
−300%
Horizon Zero Dawn14−16
+114%
7−8
−114%
Metro Exodus9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Red Dead Redemption 27−8 0−1 Shadow of the Tomb Raider12−14
+225%
4−5
−225%
1440p Ultra Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla5−6 0−1 Battlefield 516−18
+750%
2−3
−750%
Cyberpunk 20775−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Far Cry 516−18
+433%
3−4
−433%
Far Cry New Dawn16−18
+750%
2−3
−750%
Forza Horizon 418−20
+850%
2−3
−850%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt10−12
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
Watch Dogs: Legion5−6 0−1
4K High Preset
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
Hitman 39−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Horizon Zero Dawn9−10
+28.6%
7−8
−28.6%
Metro Exodus4−5 0−1 Red Dead Redemption 25−6 0−1 Shadow of the Tomb Raider5−6 0−1 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
4K Ultra Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey5−6 0−1 Assassin's Creed Valhalla4−5 0−1 Battlefield 58−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Cyberpunk 20771−2 0−1 Far Cry 58−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Far Cry New Dawn10−12
+83.3%
6−7
−83.3%
Forza Horizon 412−14
+1200%
1−2
−1200%
Watch Dogs: Legion3−4 0−1
This is how GTX 750 Ti and R5 M420 compete in popular games:
1080p resolution:
- GTX 750 Ti is 733% faster than R5 M420
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Hitman 3, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GTX 750 Ti is 2500% faster than the R5 M420.
All in all, in popular games:
- Without exception, GTX 750 Ti surpassed R5 M420 in all 33 of our tests.
Advantages and disadvantages
Performance score 10.05 1.29 Recency 18 February 2014 1 June 2016 Memory bus width 128 64 Pipelines / CUDA cores 640 320 Memory bandwidth 86.4 16
The GeForce GTX 750 Ti is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R5 M420 in performance tests.
Be aware that GeForce GTX 750 Ti is a desktop card while Radeon R5 M420 is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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