NVIDIA Quadro K420 vs AMD Radeon HD 6530D IGP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K420 and AMD Radeon HD 6530D IGP 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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).

NVIDIA Quadro K420

AMD Radeon HD 6530D IGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K420

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 98% higher core clock speed: 876 MHz vs 443 MHz
Around 98% higher texture fill rate: 14.02 GTexel / s vs 7.09 GTexel / s
Around 19% better floating-point performance: 336.4 gflops vs 283.52 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 32 nm
Around 59% lower typical power consumption: 41 Watt vs 65 Watt
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 746 vs 337
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 280 vs 136
2.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 1791 vs 867
Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1245 vs 733
Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1245 vs 733

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 July 2014 vs 20 June 2011
Core clock speed	876 MHz vs 443 MHz
Texture fill rate	14.02 GTexel / s vs 7.09 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	336.4 gflops vs 283.52 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	41 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	746 vs 337
PassMark - G2D Mark	280 vs 136
Geekbench - OpenCL	1791 vs 867
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1245 vs 733
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1245 vs 733

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6530D IGP

Around 67% higher pipelines: 320 vs 192
Around 85% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1104 vs 598
Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1614 vs 1241
Around 85% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1104 vs 598
Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1614 vs 1241

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	320 vs 192
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1104 vs 598
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1614 vs 1241
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1104 vs 598
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1614 vs 1241

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K420
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6530D IGP

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

746

337

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

280

136

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

1791

867

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1245

733

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

598

1104

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1241

1614

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1245

733

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

598

1104

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1241

1614

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K420	AMD Radeon HD 6530D IGP
PassMark - G3D Mark	746	337
PassMark - G2D Mark	280	136
Geekbench - OpenCL	1791	867
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	5.977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	186.605
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.345
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	10.363
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	17.254
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1245	733
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	598	1104
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1241	1614
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1245	733
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	598	1104
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1241	1614

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro K420	AMD Radeon HD 6530D IGP
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	TeraScale 2
Code name	GK107	BeaverCreek
Launch date	22 July 2014	20 June 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$96.67
Place in performance rating	1470	1459
Price now	$89.99
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	10.27
Technical info
Core clock speed	876 MHz	443 MHz
Floating-point performance	336.4 gflops	283.52 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	32 nm
Pipelines	192	320
Texture fill rate	14.02 GTexel / s	7.09 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	41 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	1,270 million	1,450 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	DVI-I DP, 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
Number of simultaneous displays	4
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	IGP
Length	160 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
Width	1" (2.5 cm)
API support
DirectX	12	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
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	System Shared
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Desktop Management