NVIDIA Quadro K420 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 320 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K420 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 320 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K420

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 62% higher core clock speed: 876 MHz vs 540 MHz
  • Around 8% higher texture fill rate: 14.02 GTexel / s vs 12.96 GTexel / s
  • 2.7x more pipelines: 192 vs 72
  • Around 79% better floating-point performance: 336.4 gflops vs 187.49 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 5% lower typical power consumption: 41 Watt vs 43 Watt
  • Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 1782 MHz vs 1580 MHz
  • Around 61% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 744 vs 461
  • 4.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 282 vs 62
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 22 July 2014 vs 2 February 2010
Core clock speed 876 MHz vs 540 MHz
Texture fill rate 14.02 GTexel / s vs 12.96 GTexel / s
Pipelines 192 vs 72
Floating-point performance 336.4 gflops vs 187.49 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 41 Watt vs 43 Watt
Memory clock speed 1782 MHz vs 1580 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 744 vs 461
PassMark - G2D Mark 282 vs 62

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 320 OEM

  • 1024x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 1 GB / 2 GB
  • 4.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8132 vs 1852
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2502 vs 1241
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2502 vs 1241
Specifications (specs)
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 1 GB / 2 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 8132 vs 1852
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2502 vs 1241
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2502 vs 1241

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K420
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 320 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
744
461
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
282
62
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
1852
8132
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1241
2502
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1241
2502
Name NVIDIA Quadro K420 NVIDIA GeForce GT 320 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark 744 461
PassMark - G2D Mark 282 62
Geekbench - OpenCL 1852 8132
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 2502
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1245
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 598
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1241 2502

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro K420 NVIDIA GeForce GT 320 OEM

Essentials

Architecture Kepler Tesla 2.0
Code name GK107 GT215
Launch date 22 July 2014 2 February 2010
Launch price (MSRP) $96.67
Place in performance rating 1478 1479
Price now $89.99
Type Workstation Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 10.27

Technical info

Core clock speed 876 MHz 540 MHz
Floating-point performance 336.4 gflops 187.49 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 192 72
Texture fill rate 14.02 GTexel / s 12.96 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 41 Watt 43 Watt
Transistor count 1,270 million 727 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors DVI-I DP, 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Number of simultaneous displays 4

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 160 mm 175 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 1 GB
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1782 MHz 1580 MHz
Memory type 128 Bit GDDR3
Memory bandwidth 25.28 GB / s

Technologies

3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Desktop Management