Quadro K420 vs 2000M

Place in performance ranking	840	860
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	0.26	0.08
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	Fermi	GK107
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Workstation
Release date	22 February 2011 (13 years ago)	22 July 2014 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$46.56	$96.67
Current price	$135 (2.9x MSRP)	$402 (4.2x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Quadro 2000M has 225% better value for money than Quadro K420.

Technical specs

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	192	192
Core clock speed	550 MHz	876 MHz
Number of transistors	1,170 million	1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	55 Watt	41 Watt
Texture fill rate	17.60	14.02
Floating-point performance	422.4 gflops	336.4 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on Quadro 2000M and Quadro K420 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.

Laptop size	medium sized	no data
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	no data	160 mm
Width	no data	1" (2.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

Memory

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	DDR3	128 Bit
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB/2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	1782 MHz
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB/s	Up to 29 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

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 Connectors	No outputs	DVI-I DP
Number of simultaneous displays	no data	4

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 support

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12
Shader Model	5.1	5
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	+
CUDA	2.1	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.

Quadro 2000M 2.02
+5.2%

Quadro K420 1.92

2000M outperforms K420 by 5% 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%

Quadro 2000M 781
+4.8%

Quadro K420 745

2000M outperforms K420 by 5% 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%

Quadro 2000M 3416
+90.8%

Quadro K420 1790

2000M outperforms K420 by 91% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

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

38
+8.6%

35−40

−8.6%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

5−6
+25%

4−5

−25%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Battlefield 5	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 +10%	10−11 −10%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Far Cry 5	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Hitman 3	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Battlefield 5	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 +10%	10−11 −10%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Far Cry 5	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Hitman 3	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Metro Exodus	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Battlefield 5	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Far Cry 5	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Hitman 3	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 +12.5%	8−9 −12.5%
Metro Exodus	0−1	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Hitman 3	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2	0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%

This is how Quadro 2000M and Quadro K420 compete in popular games:

Quadro 2000M is 8.6% faster than Quadro K420 in 1080p

Advantages and disadvantages

Performance score	2.02	1.92
Recency	22 February 2011	22 July 2014
Cost	$46.56	$96.67
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB/2 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	55 Watt	41 Watt