NVIDIA Quadro K420 videocard review

NVIDIA Quadro K420

Quadro K420 videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 22 July 2014. At the time of release, the videocard cost $96.67. The videocard is designed for workstation-computers and based on Kepler microarchitecture codenamed GK107.

Core clock speed - 876 MHz. Texture fill rate - 14.02 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 192. Floating-point performance - 336.4 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 1,270 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 41 Watt.

Memory type: 128 Bit. Maximum RAM amount - 1 GB / 2 GB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1782 MHz.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38534
741
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1294
282
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345391
1847
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
6.000 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
186.605 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
93.230 Frames/s
0.433 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
10.365 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4413.025 mHash/s
17.750 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
1245 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
598 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
1241 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
1245.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
598.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
1241.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 741
PassMark - G2D Mark 282
Geekbench - OpenCL 1847
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 6.000 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 186.605 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 0.433 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 10.365 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 17.750 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 1245 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 598 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 1241 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 1245.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 598.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 1241.000 Fps

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Kepler
Code name GK107
Launch date 22 July 2014
Launch price (MSRP) $96.67
Place in performance rating 1476
Price now $89.99
Type Workstation
Value for money (0-100) 10.27

Technical info

Core clock speed 876 MHz
Floating-point performance 336.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Pipelines 192
Texture fill rate 14.02 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 41 Watt
Transistor count 1,270 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors DVI-I DP, 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort
Number of simultaneous displays 4

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 160 mm
Supplementary power connectors None
Width 1" (2.5 cm)

API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.5
Shader Model 5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB / 2 GB
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1782 MHz
Memory type 128 Bit

Technologies

3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Desktop Management