NVIDIA Quadro K420 vs ATI Mobility FireGL 7800

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K420 and ATI Mobility FireGL 7800 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

ATI Mobility FireGL 7800

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K420

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 9 month(s) later
3.1x more core clock speed: 876 MHz vs 280 MHz
96x more pipelines: 192 vs 2
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 150 nm
4.5x more memory clock speed: 1782 MHz vs 400 MHz
148x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 740 vs 5
3.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 283 vs 86

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 July 2014 vs 29 September 2001
Core clock speed	876 MHz vs 280 MHz
Pipelines	192 vs 2
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 150 nm
Memory clock speed	1782 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	740 vs 5
PassMark - G2D Mark	283 vs 86

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility FireGL 7800

39.9x more texture fill rate: 560 MTexel / s vs 14.02 GTexel / s
Around 52% lower typical power consumption: 27 Watt vs 41 Watt
64x more maximum memory size: 64 MB vs 1 GB / 2 GB

Texture fill rate	560 MTexel / s vs 14.02 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	27 Watt vs 41 Watt
Maximum memory size	64 MB vs 1 GB / 2 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K420
GPU 2: ATI Mobility FireGL 7800

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

740

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

283

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K420	ATI Mobility FireGL 7800
PassMark - G3D Mark	740	5
PassMark - G2D Mark	283	86
Geekbench - OpenCL	1847
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	6
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	186.605
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.433
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	10.365
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	17.75
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 Quadro K420	ATI Mobility FireGL 7800
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Rage 7
Code name	GK107	M7
Launch date	22 July 2014	29 September 2001
Launch price (MSRP)	$96.67
Place in performance rating	1457	1454
Price now	$89.99
Type	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Value for money (0-100)	10.27
Technical info
Core clock speed	876 MHz	280 MHz
Floating-point performance	336.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	192	2
Texture fill rate	14.02 GTexel / s	560 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	41 Watt	27 Watt
Transistor count	1,270 million	60 million
Boost clock speed		280 MHz
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	AGP 4x
Length	160 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
Width	1" (2.5 cm)
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12	7.0
OpenGL	4.5	1.3
Shader Model	5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB / 2 GB	64 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	200 Bit
Memory clock speed	1782 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	128 Bit	64 / 128
Memory bandwidth		6.4 GB / s
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Desktop Management