GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile vs Quadro K420

Place in performance ranking	864	39
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.08	no data
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Ada Lovelace
GPU code name	GK107	GN21-X11
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Release date	22 July 2014 (9 years ago)	3 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$96.67	no data
Current price	$402 (4.2x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	192	9728
Core clock speed	876 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	2040 MHz
Number of transistors	1,270 million	45,900 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	41 Watt	150 Watt (80 - 150 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	14.02	515.3
Floating-point performance	336.4 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Quadro K420 and GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile 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	no data	large
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	160 mm	no data
Width	1" (2.5 cm)	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

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	128 Bit	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB/2 GB	16 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1782 MHz	20000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	Up to 29 GB/s	576.0 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	DVI-I DP	Portable Device Dependent
Number of simultaneous displays	4	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 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5	6.7
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	+	1.3
CUDA	3.0	8.9

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	6−7 −2817%	175 +2817%
1440p	4−5 −3175%	131 +3175%
4K	3−4 −2733%	85 +2733%

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.93	54.56
Recency	22 July 2014	3 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB/2 GB	16 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	41 Watt	150 Watt