AMD Radeon R7 Graphics vs NVIDIA Quadro K420

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 Graphics and NVIDIA Quadro K420 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon R7 Graphics

NVIDIA Quadro K420

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 Graphics

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 17% higher texture fill rate: 16.46 GTexel / s vs 14.02 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 384 vs 192
Around 57% better floating-point performance: 526.8 gflops vs 336.4 gflops
2.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 41 Watt
12.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 22612 vs 1790
2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 15.32 vs 5.977
Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 201.006 vs 186.605
3.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.227 vs 0.345
2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 24.26 vs 10.363
5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 85.46 vs 17.254
Around 59% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1979 vs 1245
3.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2101 vs 598
2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 1241

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	31 May 2016 vs 22 July 2014
Texture fill rate	16.46 GTexel / s vs 14.02 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 192
Floating-point performance	526.8 gflops vs 336.4 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 41 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	22612 vs 1790
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	15.32 vs 5.977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	201.006 vs 186.605
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.227 vs 0.345
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	24.26 vs 10.363
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	85.46 vs 17.254
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1979 vs 1245
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2101 vs 598
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358 vs 1241

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K420

4.4x more core clock speed: 876 MHz vs 200 MHz
37.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1245 vs 33.5
17.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 598 vs 33.9
20.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1241 vs 60

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	876 MHz vs 200 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1245 vs 33.5
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	598 vs 33.9
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1241 vs 60

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro K420

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

22612

1790

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

15.32

5.977

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

201.006

186.605

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1.227

0.345

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

24.26

10.363

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

85.46

17.254

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1979

1245

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2101

598

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

1241

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

33.5

1245

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

33.9

598

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1241

Name	AMD Radeon R7 Graphics	NVIDIA Quadro K420
Geekbench - OpenCL	22612	1790
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	15.32	5.977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	201.006	186.605
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.227	0.345
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	24.26	10.363
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	85.46	17.254
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1979	1245
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2101	598
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358	1241
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	33.5	1245
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	33.9	598
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	60	1241
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1457
PassMark - G3D Mark		746
PassMark - G2D Mark		280

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 Graphics	NVIDIA Quadro K420
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Kepler
Code name	Wani	GK107
Launch date	31 May 2016	22 July 2014
Place in performance rating	1466	1469
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$96.67
Price now		$89.99
Value for money (0-100)		10.27
Technical info
Boost clock speed	758 MHz
Core clock speed	200 MHz	876 MHz
Floating-point performance	526.8 gflops	336.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	192
Texture fill rate	16.46 GTexel / s	14.02 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	41 Watt
Transistor count	2,410 million	1,270 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	DVI-I DP, 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort
Number of simultaneous displays		4
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		160 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
Width		1" (2.5 cm)
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Shader Model		5
Vulkan
Memory
Memory type	System Shared	128 Bit
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB / 2 GB
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		1782 MHz
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Desktop Management