NVIDIA Quadro K420 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K420 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M 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) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 45% higher core clock speed: 876 MHz vs 606 MHz
  • 2.9x more texture fill rate: 14.02 GTexel / s vs 4.85 GTexel / s
  • 12x more pipelines: 192 vs 16
  • 7.2x better floating-point performance: 336.4 gflops vs 46.98 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 1782 MHz vs 1580 MHz
  • 6.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 741 vs 121
  • 2.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 282 vs 106
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 22 July 2014 vs 7 January 2010
Core clock speed 876 MHz vs 606 MHz
Texture fill rate 14.02 GTexel / s vs 4.85 GTexel / s
Pipelines 192 vs 16
Floating-point performance 336.4 gflops vs 46.98 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Memory clock speed 1782 MHz vs 1580 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 741 vs 121
PassMark - G2D Mark 282 vs 106

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M

  • Around 64% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 41 Watt
  • 512x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 1 GB / 2 GB
  • Around 54% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2851 vs 1847
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 41 Watt
Maximum memory size 512 MB vs 1 GB / 2 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 2851 vs 1847

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K420
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
741
121
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
282
106
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
1847
2851
Name NVIDIA Quadro K420 NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M
PassMark - G3D Mark 741 121
PassMark - G2D Mark 282 106
Geekbench - OpenCL 1847 2851
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 Quadro FX 380M

Essentials

Architecture Kepler Tesla 2.0
Code name GK107 GT218
Launch date 22 July 2014 7 January 2010
Launch price (MSRP) $96.67
Place in performance rating 1476 1478
Price now $89.99
Type Workstation Mobile workstation
Value for money (0-100) 10.27

Technical info

Core clock speed 876 MHz 606 MHz
Floating-point performance 336.4 gflops 46.98 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 192 16
Texture fill rate 14.02 GTexel / s 4.85 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 41 Watt 25 Watt
Transistor count 1,270 million 260 million

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 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 160 mm
Supplementary power connectors 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 512 MB
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1782 MHz 1580 MHz
Memory type 128 Bit GDDR3, DDR3
Memory bandwidth 12.64 GB / s
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Desktop Management
CUDA