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NVIDIA Quadro K420: specs and benchmarks
Combined performance score
Summary
NVIDIA started Quadro K420 sales 22 July 2014 at a recommended price of $96.67 . This is a Kepler architecture desktop card based on 28 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at designers. 1 GB/2 GB of 128-bit memory clocked at 1.78 GHz are supplied, and together with 128 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of Up to 29 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is 1-slot card attached via PCIe 2.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 160 mm. No additional power connector is required, and power consumption is at 41 Watt.
It provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at 1.92% of a leader's which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.
General info
Some basic facts about Quadro K420: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
Place in performance ranking | 859 | |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
Value for money | 0.07 | |
Architecture | Kepler (2012−2018) | |
GPU code name | GK107 | |
Market segment | Workstation | |
Release date | 22 July 2014 (9 years old) | |
Launch price (MSRP) | $96.67 | |
Current price | $402 (4.2x MSRP) | of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB) |
Technical specs
Quadro K420's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Quadro K420's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
Pipelines / CUDA cores | 192 | of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
Core clock speed | 876 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
Number of transistors | 1,270 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile) |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | of 4 (GeForce RTX 4080) |
Power consumption (TDP) | 41 Watt | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
Texture fill rate | 14.02 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
Floating-point performance | 336.4 gflops | of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo) |
Size and compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Quadro K420 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | |
Length | 160 mm | |
Width | 1" (2.5 cm) | |
Supplementary power connectors | None |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on Quadro K420: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
Memory type | 128 Bit | |
Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB/2 GB | of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | of 19000 (GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB) |
Memory clock speed | 1782 MHz | of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER) |
Memory bandwidth | Up to 29 GB/s | of 3276 (Aldebaran) |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on Quadro K420. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
Display Connectors | DVI-I DP | |
Number of simultaneous displays | 4 |
Technologies
Technological solutions and APIs supported by Quadro K420. You'll probably need this information if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
3D Vision Pro | + | |
Mosaic | + | |
nView Desktop Management | + |
API support
APIs supported by Quadro K420, sometimes including their particular versions.
DirectX | 12 | |
Shader Model | 5 | |
OpenGL | 4.5 | of 4.6 (GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile) |
OpenCL | 1.2 | |
Vulkan | + | |
CUDA | 3.0 |
Benchmark performance
Synthetic benchmark performance of Quadro K420. 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.
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%
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%
GeekBench 5 Vulkan
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 Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.
Benchmark coverage: 5%
GeekBench 5 CUDA
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 CUDA API by NVIDIA.
Benchmark coverage: 4%
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Gaming performance
Let's see how good Quadro K420 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.
Relative perfomance
Overall Quadro K420 performance compared to nearest competitors among server video cards.
AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Quadro K420 is FirePro V3900, which is slower by 13% and lower by 33 positions in our ranking.
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Similar GPUs
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Recommended processors
These processors are most commonly used with Quadro K420 according to our statistics.