NVIDIA Quadro K420 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 620i

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K420 and NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 620i 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

NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 620i

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K420

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 75% higher core clock speed: 876 MHz vs 500 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
17.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 733 vs 42
3.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 288 vs 88

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 July 2014 vs 4 October 2007
Core clock speed	876 MHz vs 500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	733 vs 42
PassMark - G2D Mark	288 vs 88

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K420
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 620i

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

733

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

288

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K420	NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 620i
PassMark - G3D Mark	733	42
PassMark - G2D Mark	288	88
Geekbench - OpenCL	1843
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	NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 620i
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Curie
Code name	GK107	C73
Launch date	22 July 2014	4 October 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$96.67
Place in performance rating	1467	1464
Price now	$89.99
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	10.27
Technical info
Core clock speed	876 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	336.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	192
Texture fill rate	14.02 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	41 Watt
Transistor count	1,270 million	112 million
Boost clock speed		630 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	PCI
Length	160 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
Width	1" (2.5 cm)
API support
DirectX	12	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
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
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Desktop Management