Radeon R7 250XE vs Quadro K420

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking976not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.08no data
Power efficiency3.24no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code nameGK107Cape Verde
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date22 July 2014 (11 years ago)21 August 2014 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$96.67 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

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Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores192640
Core clock speed876 MHz860 MHz
Number of transistors1,270 million1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)41 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rate14.0234.40
Floating-point processing power0.3364 TFLOPS1.101 TFLOPS
ROPs1616
TMUs1640
L1 Cache16 KB160 KB
L2 Cache256 KB256 KB

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length160 mmno data
Width1" (2.5 cm)1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 type128 BitGDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB/2 GB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed891 MHz1125 MHz
Memory bandwidthUp to 29 GB/s72 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Number of simultaneous displays4no data
HDMI-+

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 and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX1212 (11_1)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.131
CUDA3.0-

Pros & cons summary


Power consumption (TDP) 41 Watt 80 Watt

Quadro K420 has 95.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro K420 and Radeon R7 250XE. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro K420 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon R7 250XE is a desktop one.

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