NVIDIA Quadro K420 vs AMD Radeon HD 7350 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K420 and AMD Radeon HD 7350 OEM 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 7350 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K420

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 35% higher core clock speed: 876 MHz vs 650 MHz
2.7x more texture fill rate: 14.02 GTexel / s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
2.4x more pipelines: 192 vs 80
3.2x better floating-point performance: 336.4 gflops vs 104.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 1782 MHz vs 1600 MHz
4.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 746 vs 165
Around 50% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 280 vs 187
3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1245 vs 401
3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1245 vs 401

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 July 2014 vs 5 January 2012
Core clock speed	876 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate	14.02 GTexel / s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	192 vs 80
Floating-point performance	336.4 gflops vs 104.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Memory clock speed	1782 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	746 vs 165
PassMark - G2D Mark	280 vs 187
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1245 vs 401
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1245 vs 401

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7350 OEM

2.2x lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 41 Watt
512x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 1 GB / 2 GB
Around 56% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2802 vs 1791
Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 746 vs 598
Around 42% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1763 vs 1241
Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 746 vs 598
Around 42% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1763 vs 1241

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt vs 41 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 1 GB / 2 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	2802 vs 1791
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	746 vs 598
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1763 vs 1241
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	746 vs 598
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1763 vs 1241

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K420
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7350 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

746

165

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

280

187

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

1791

2802

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1245

401

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

598

746

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1241

1763

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1245

401

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

598

746

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1241

1763

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K420	AMD Radeon HD 7350 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	746	165
PassMark - G2D Mark	280	187
Geekbench - OpenCL	1791	2802
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	401
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	598	746
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1241	1763
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1245	401
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	598	746
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1241	1763

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro K420	AMD Radeon HD 7350 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	TeraScale 2
Code name	GK107	Cedar
Launch date	22 July 2014	5 January 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$96.67
Place in performance rating	1470	1472
Price now	$89.99
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	10.27
Technical info
Core clock speed	876 MHz	650 MHz
Floating-point performance	336.4 gflops	104.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	192	80
Texture fill rate	14.02 GTexel / s	5.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	41 Watt	19 Watt
Transistor count	1,270 million	292 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	DVI-I DP, 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI
Number of simultaneous displays	4
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	160 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	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	512 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1782 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	128 Bit	GDDR3
Memory bandwidth		12.8 GB / s
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Desktop Management