Quadro K420 vs Radeon R7 M270

Place in performance ranking	853	862
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	0.08
Architecture	GCN (2011−2017)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	Opal XT / Mars	GK107
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	7 January 2014 (10 years ago)	22 July 2014 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$96.67
Current price	no data	$402 (4.2x MSRP)

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	384	192
Core clock speed	825 MHz	876 MHz
Number of transistors	950 million	1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	41 Watt
Texture fill rate	19.80	14.02
Floating-point performance	633.6 gflops	336.4 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon R7 M270 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
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	no data	160 mm
Width	no data	1" (2.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	no data	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	Not Listed	128 Bit
Maximum RAM amount	0 MB	1 GB/2 GB
Memory bus width	Not Listed	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	1782 MHz
Memory bandwidth	28.8 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	No outputs	DVI-I DP
Number of simultaneous displays	no data	4

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration	-	no data
Enduro	-	no data
FreeSync	1	no data
HD3D	+	no data
PowerTune	+	no data
DualGraphics	1	no data
TrueAudio	-	no data
ZeroCore	+	no data
Switchable graphics	1	no data
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	DirectX® 11	12
Shader Model	5.1	5
OpenGL	4.4	4.5
OpenCL	Not Listed	1.2
Vulkan	no data	+
Mantle	+	no data
CUDA	no data	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.

R7 M270 1.98
+2.6%

Quadro K420 1.93

Radeon R7 M270 outperforms Quadro K420 by 3% 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%

R7 M270 766
+2.8%

Quadro K420 745

Radeon R7 M270 outperforms Quadro K420 by 3% in Passmark.

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

14
+16.7%

12−14

−16.7%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5
+33.3%

3−4

−33.3%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Battlefield 5	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 +10%	10−11 −10%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
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	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
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	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 +10%	10−11 −10%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
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	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
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	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
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