Quadro K420 vs GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile
Aggregate performance score
We've compared GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile with Quadro K420, including specs and performance data.
GTX 1660 Ti Mobile outperforms K420 by a whopping 1405% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 197 | 908 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 100.00 | 0.08 |
| Power efficiency | 24.87 | 3.22 |
| Architecture | Turing (2018−2022) | Kepler (2012−2018) |
| GPU code name | TU116 | GK107 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 23 April 2019 (5 years ago) | 22 July 2014 (10 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $229 | $96.67 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
GTX 1660 Ti Mobile has 124900% better value for money than Quadro K420.
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 1536 | 192 |
| Core clock speed | 1455 MHz | 876 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1590 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 6,600 million | 1,270 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 12 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 41 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 152.6 | 14.02 |
| Floating-point processing power | 4.884 TFLOPS | 0.3364 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 48 | 16 |
| TMUs | 96 | 16 |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Laptop size | medium sized | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 160 mm |
| Width | no data | 1" (2.5 cm) |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR6 | 128 Bit |
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 1 GB/2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 192 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1500 MHz | 891 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 288.0 GB/s | Up to 29 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | no data |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort |
| Number of simultaneous displays | no data | 4 |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| 3D Vision Pro | no data | + |
| Mosaic | no data | + |
| nView Desktop Management | no data | + |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.1.126 |
| CUDA | 7.5 | 3.0 |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Average FPS across all PC games
Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:
| Full HD | 89
+1680%
| 5−6
−1680%
|
| 1440p | 57
+1800%
| 3−4
−1800%
|
| 4K | 36
+1700%
| 2−3
−1700%
|
Cost per frame, $
| 1080p | 2.57
+651%
| 19.33
−651%
|
| 1440p | 4.02
+702%
| 32.22
−702%
|
| 4K | 6.36
+660%
| 48.34
−660%
|
- GTX 1660 Ti Mobile has 651% lower cost per frame in 1080p
- GTX 1660 Ti Mobile has 702% lower cost per frame in 1440p
- GTX 1660 Ti Mobile has 660% lower cost per frame in 4K
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 63
+1475%
|
4−5
−1475%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 86
+1620%
|
5−6
−1620%
|
| Elden Ring | 95−100
+1517%
|
6−7
−1517%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 89
+1680%
|
5−6
−1680%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 54
+1700%
|
3−4
−1700%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 63
+1475%
|
4−5
−1475%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 147
+1533%
|
9−10
−1533%
|
| Metro Exodus | 88
+1660%
|
5−6
−1660%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 99
+1550%
|
6−7
−1550%
|
| Valorant | 148
+1544%
|
9−10
−1544%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 112
+1500%
|
7−8
−1500%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 49
+1533%
|
3−4
−1533%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 50
+1567%
|
3−4
−1567%
|
| Dota 2 | 111
+1486%
|
7−8
−1486%
|
| Elden Ring | 102
+1600%
|
6−7
−1600%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 75
+1775%
|
4−5
−1775%
|
| Fortnite | 130−140
+1444%
|
9−10
−1444%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 118
+1586%
|
7−8
−1586%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 105
+1650%
|
6−7
−1650%
|
| Metro Exodus | 63
+1475%
|
4−5
−1475%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 232
+1557%
|
14−16
−1557%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 41
+1950%
|
2−3
−1950%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 95−100
+1500%
|
6−7
−1500%
|
| Valorant | 71
+1675%
|
4−5
−1675%
|
| World of Tanks | 270−280
+1406%
|
18−20
−1406%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 78
+1460%
|
5−6
−1460%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 55−60
+1767%
|
3−4
−1767%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 45
+2150%
|
2−3
−2150%
|
| Dota 2 | 116
+1557%
|
7−8
−1557%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 119
+1600%
|
7−8
−1600%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 101
+1583%
|
6−7
−1583%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 170−180
+1620%
|
10−11
−1620%
|
| Valorant | 125
+1463%
|
8−9
−1463%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Dota 2 | 50−55
+1567%
|
3−4
−1567%
|
| Elden Ring | 54
+1700%
|
3−4
−1700%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 50−55
+1567%
|
3−4
−1567%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 170−180
+1650%
|
10−11
−1650%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 26
+2500%
|
1−2
−2500%
|
| World of Tanks | 180−190
+1467%
|
12−14
−1467%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 55
+1733%
|
3−4
−1733%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 24−27
+2500%
|
1−2
−2500%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 25
+2400%
|
1−2
−2400%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 85−90
+1660%
|
5−6
−1660%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 75−80
+1480%
|
5−6
−1480%
|
| Metro Exodus | 60
+1900%
|
3−4
−1900%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 40−45
+2100%
|
2−3
−2100%
|
| Valorant | 81
+1520%
|
5−6
−1520%
|
4K
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 27−30
+2600%
|
1−2
−2600%
|
| Dota 2 | 50−55
+1633%
|
3−4
−1633%
|
| Elden Ring | 26
+2500%
|
1−2
−2500%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 50−55
+1633%
|
3−4
−1633%
|
| Metro Exodus | 19
+1800%
|
1−2
−1800%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 90
+1700%
|
5−6
−1700%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 17
+1600%
|
1−2
−1600%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 50−55
+1633%
|
3−4
−1633%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 27
+2600%
|
1−2
−2600%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 27−30
+2600%
|
1−2
−2600%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 10 | 0−1 |
| Dota 2 | 85
+1600%
|
5−6
−1600%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 35−40
+1850%
|
2−3
−1850%
|
| Fortnite | 37
+1750%
|
2−3
−1750%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 45−50
+2150%
|
2−3
−2150%
|
| Valorant | 39
+1850%
|
2−3
−1850%
|
This is how GTX 1660 Ti Mobile and Quadro K420 compete in popular games:
- GTX 1660 Ti Mobile is 1680% faster in 1080p
- GTX 1660 Ti Mobile is 1800% faster in 1440p
- GTX 1660 Ti Mobile is 1700% faster in 4K
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 28.90 | 1.92 |
| Recency | 23 April 2019 | 22 July 2014 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 1 GB/2 GB |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 41 Watt |
GTX 1660 Ti Mobile has a 1405.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.
Quadro K420, on the other hand, has 95.1% lower power consumption.
The GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro K420 in performance tests.
Be aware that GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile is a notebook card while Quadro K420 is a workstation one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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