Quadro K420 vs GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

Place in performance ranking	150	862
Place by popularity	34	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	25.84	0.08
Architecture	Turing (2018−2021)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	Turing TU116	GK107
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	22 February 2019 (5 years ago)	22 July 2014 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$279	$96.67
Current price	$284 (1x MSRP)	$402 (4.2x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 1660 Ti has 32200% better value for money than Quadro K420.

Detailed specifications

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 cores	1536	192
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	876 MHz
Boost clock speed	1770 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	6,600 million	1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	41 Watt
Texture fill rate	169.9	14.02
Floating-point performance	no data	336.4 gflops

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	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	229 mm	160 mm
Width	2-slot	1" (2.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	None

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	GDDR6	128 Bit
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	1 GB/2 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	12000 MHz	1782 MHz
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB/s	Up to 29 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	DVI-I DP
Number of simultaneous displays	no data	4
HDMI	+	no data

Supported technologies

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

3D Vision Pro	no data	+
Mosaic	no data	+
nView Desktop Management	no data	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12
Shader Model	6.5	5
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	+
CUDA	7.5	3.0

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.

GTX 1660 Ti 33.40
+1631%

Quadro K420 1.93

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti outperforms Quadro K420 by 1631% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GTX 1660 Ti 12926
+1635%

Quadro K420 745

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti outperforms Quadro K420 by 1635% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

GTX 1660 Ti 61578
+3336%

Quadro K420 1792

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti outperforms Quadro K420 by 3336% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Benchmark coverage: 5%

GTX 1660 Ti 59707
+3143%

Quadro K420 1841

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti outperforms Quadro K420 by 3143% in GeekBench 5 Vulkan.

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Benchmark coverage: 4%

GTX 1660 Ti 65308
+4738%

Quadro K420 1350

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti outperforms Quadro K420 by 4738% in GeekBench 5 CUDA.

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	105 +1650%	6−7 −1650%
1440p	59 +1867%	3−4 −1867%
4K	38 +1800%	2−3 −1800%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

78
+1850%

4−5

−1850%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	86 +2050%	4−5 −2050%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	74 +1750%	4−5 −1750%
Battlefield 5	129 +1743%	7−8 −1743%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	120 +1900%	6−7 −1900%
Cyberpunk 2077	71 +1675%	4−5 −1675%
Far Cry 5	109 +1717%	6−7 −1717%
Far Cry New Dawn	98 +1860%	5−6 −1860%
Forza Horizon 4	131 +1771%	7−8 −1771%
Hitman 3	100−110 +1650%	6−7 −1650%
Horizon Zero Dawn	70−75 +1700%	4−5 −1700%
Red Dead Redemption 2	82 +1950%	4−5 −1950%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	94 +1780%	5−6 −1780%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65 +2000%	3−4 −2000%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	72 +1700%	4−5 −1700%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	55 +1733%	3−4 −1733%
Battlefield 5	112 +1767%	6−7 −1767%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	89 +1680%	5−6 −1680%
Cyberpunk 2077	57 +1800%	3−4 −1800%
Far Cry 5	99 +1880%	5−6 −1880%
Far Cry New Dawn	93 +1760%	5−6 −1760%
Forza Horizon 4	122 +1643%	7−8 −1643%
Hitman 3	100−110 +1650%	6−7 −1650%
Horizon Zero Dawn	70−75 +1700%	4−5 −1700%
Metro Exodus	55 +1733%	3−4 −1733%
Red Dead Redemption 2	45 +2150%	2−3 −2150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	82 +1950%	4−5 −1950%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	116 +1833%	6−7 −1833%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65 +2000%	3−4 −2000%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	53 +1667%	3−4 −1667%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	50 +2400%	2−3 −2400%
Battlefield 5	102 +1940%	5−6 −1940%
Cyberpunk 2077	46 +2200%	2−3 −2200%
Far Cry 5	94 +1780%	5−6 −1780%
Far Cry New Dawn	84 +2000%	4−5 −2000%
Forza Horizon 4	97 +1840%	5−6 −1840%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	62 +1967%	3−4 −1967%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65 +2000%	3−4 −2000%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	57 +1800%	3−4 −1800%
Hitman 3	60−65 +1900%	3−4 −1900%
Horizon Zero Dawn	45−50 +2200%	2−3 −2200%
Metro Exodus	33 +3200%	1−2 −3200%
Red Dead Redemption 2	28 +2700%	1−2 −2700%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	51 +2450%	2−3 −2450%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	41 +1950%	2−3 −1950%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	36 +1700%	2−3 −1700%
Battlefield 5	76 +1800%	4−5 −1800%
Cyberpunk 2077	27 +2600%	1−2 −2600%
Far Cry 5	67 +2133%	3−4 −2133%
Far Cry New Dawn	65 +2067%	3−4 −2067%
Forza Horizon 4	77 +1825%	4−5 −1825%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	45−50 +2150%	2−3 −2150%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 +2700%	1−2 −2700%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	31 +3000%	1−2 −3000%
Hitman 3	30−35 +3200%	1−2 −3200%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 +2300%	1−2 −2300%
Metro Exodus	21 +2000%	1−2 −2000%
Red Dead Redemption 2	19 +1800%	1−2 −1800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	26 +2500%	1−2 −2500%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	43 +2050%	2−3 −2050%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	25 +2400%	1−2 −2400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	19 +1800%	1−2 −1800%
Battlefield 5	43 +2050%	2−3 −2050%
Cyberpunk 2077	11	0−1
Far Cry 5	35 +1650%	2−3 −1650%
Far Cry New Dawn	35 +1650%	2−3 −1650%
Forza Horizon 4	51 +2450%	2−3 −2450%
Watch Dogs: Legion	16−18	0−1

This is how GTX 1660 Ti and Quadro K420 compete in popular games:

GTX 1660 Ti is 1650% faster in 1080p
GTX 1660 Ti is 1867% faster in 1440p
GTX 1660 Ti is 1800% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	33.40	1.93
Recency	22 February 2019	22 July 2014
Cost	$279	$96.67
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	1 GB/2 GB
Chip lithography	12 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	41 Watt