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).

NVIDIA Quadro K420

NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M

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: 743 vs 121
2.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 281 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	743 vs 121
PassMark - G2D Mark	281 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 1853

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 1853

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

743

121

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

281

106

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

1853

2851

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K420	NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M
PassMark - G3D Mark	743	121
PassMark - G2D Mark	281	106
Geekbench - OpenCL	1853	2851
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
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	1478	1480
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