Quadro K420 vs Quadro 600

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro 600 and Quadro K420, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Quadro 600
2010
1 GB DDR3, 40 Watt
1.37

K420 outperforms 600 by a considerable 40% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1014906
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.150.08
Power efficiency2.353.21
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameGF108GK107
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date13 December 2010 (14 years ago)22 July 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$179 $96.67

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Quadro 600 has 88% 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 cores96192
Core clock speed640 MHz876 MHz
Number of transistors585 million1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)40 Watt41 Watt
Texture fill rate10.2414.02
Floating-point processing power0.2458 TFLOPS0.3364 TFLOPS
ROPs816
TMUs1616

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length168 mm160 mm
Width1-slot1" (2.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeDDR3128 Bit
Maximum RAM amount1 GB1 GB/2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz891 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/sUp to 29 GB/s

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort
Number of simultaneous displaysno data4

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Vision Prono data+
Mosaicno data+
nView Desktop Managementno data+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)12
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.5
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.1.126
CUDA2.13.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Quadro 600 1.37
Quadro K420 1.92
+40.1%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Quadro 600 529
Quadro K420 741
+40.1%

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Quadro 600 2104
+13.9%
Quadro K420 1847

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.37 1.92
Recency 13 December 2010 22 July 2014
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 40 Watt 41 Watt

Quadro 600 has 2.5% lower power consumption.

Quadro K420, on the other hand, has a 40.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

The Quadro K420 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro 600 in performance tests.


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