NVIDIA GRID M40 vs NVIDIA Quadro K420

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID M40 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: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/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).

NVIDIA GRID M40

NVIDIA Quadro K420

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID M40

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 6% higher core clock speed: 930 MHz vs 876 MHz
3x more memory clock speed: 5400 MHz vs 1782 MHz
4.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 28.064 vs 5.977
3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 576.664 vs 186.649
Around 79% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 18.529 vs 10.363
5.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 87.629 vs 17.254

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 May 2016 vs 22 July 2014
Core clock speed	930 MHz vs 876 MHz
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz vs 1782 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	28.064 vs 5.977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	576.664 vs 186.649
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	18.529 vs 10.363
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	87.629 vs 17.254

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K420

Around 22% lower typical power consumption: 41 Watt vs 50 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	41 Watt vs 50 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID M40
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro K420

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

28.064

5.977

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

576.664

186.649

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

18.529

10.363

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

87.629

17.254

Name	NVIDIA GRID M40	NVIDIA Quadro K420
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	28.064	5.977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	576.664	186.649
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	18.529	10.363
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	87.629	17.254
PassMark - G3D Mark		744
PassMark - G2D Mark		282
Geekbench - OpenCL		1852
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.427
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1245
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		598
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1241
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1245
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		598
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1241

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID M40	NVIDIA Quadro K420
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Kepler
Code name	GM107	GK107
Launch date	18 May 2016	22 July 2014
Place in performance rating	1475	1478
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$96.67
Price now		$89.99
Value for money (0-100)		10.27
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	930 MHz	876 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	41 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	1,270 million
Floating-point performance		336.4 gflops
Pipelines		192
Texture fill rate		14.02 GTexel / s
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	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		160 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
Width		1" (2.5 cm)
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model		5
Vulkan
Memory
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz	1782 MHz
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB / 2 GB
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory type		128 Bit
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Desktop Management