NVIDIA Quadro K420 vs ATI Radeon HD 3650

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K420 and ATI Radeon HD 3650 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 Radeon HD 3650

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K420

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 21% higher core clock speed: 876 MHz vs 725 MHz
2.4x more texture fill rate: 14.02 GTexel / s vs 5.8 GTexel / s
Around 60% higher pipelines: 192 vs 120
Around 93% better floating-point performance: 336.4 gflops vs 174 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
Around 59% lower typical power consumption: 41 Watt vs 65 Watt
Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 1782 MHz vs 1600 MHz

Launch date	22 July 2014 vs 20 January 2008
Core clock speed	876 MHz vs 725 MHz
Texture fill rate	14.02 GTexel / s vs 5.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	192 vs 120
Floating-point performance	336.4 gflops vs 174 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	41 Watt vs 65 Watt
Memory clock speed	1782 MHz vs 1600 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3650

256x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 1 GB / 2 GB
Around 74% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2162 vs 1241
Around 74% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2162 vs 1241

Specifications (specs)
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 1 GB / 2 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2162 vs 1241
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2162 vs 1241

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K420
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3650

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1241

2162

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1241

2162

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K420	ATI Radeon HD 3650
PassMark - G3D Mark	744
PassMark - G2D Mark	282
Geekbench - OpenCL	1847
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	5.977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	186.649
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.427
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	598
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1241	2162
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1245
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	598
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1241	2162

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro K420	ATI Radeon HD 3650
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	TeraScale
Code name	GK107	RV635
Launch date	22 July 2014	20 January 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$96.67
Place in performance rating	1478	1481
Price now	$89.99
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	10.27
Technical info
Core clock speed	876 MHz	725 MHz
Floating-point performance	336.4 gflops	174 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	192	120
Texture fill rate	14.02 GTexel / s	5.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	41 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	1,270 million	378 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	DVI-I DP, 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Number of simultaneous displays	4
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	160 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Width	1" (2.5 cm)
API support
DirectX	12	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Shader Model	5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB / 2 GB	256 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1782 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	128 Bit	GDDR3
Memory bandwidth		25.6 GB / s
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Desktop Management