Quadro K420 vs Quadro K4200

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro K4200 and Quadro K420, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Quadro K4200
2014
4 GB GDDR5, 108 Watt
11.24
+485%

K4200 outperforms K420 by a whopping 485% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking421906
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.200.08
Power efficiency7.133.21
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameGK104GK107
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date22 July 2014 (10 years ago)22 July 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$854.99 $96.67

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Quadro K4200 has 2650% 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 cores1344192
Core clock speed771 MHz876 MHz
Boost clock speed784 MHzno data
Number of transistors3,540 million1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)108 Watt41 Watt
Texture fill rate87.8114.02
Floating-point processing power2.107 TFLOPS0.3364 TFLOPS
ROPs3216
TMUs11216

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
Length241 mm160 mm
Width1-slot1" (2.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5128 Bit
Maximum RAM amount4 GB1 GB/2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1350 MHz891 MHz
Memory bandwidth172.8 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, 2x 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
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan+1.1.126
CUDA3.03.0

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 K4200 11.24
+485%
Quadro K420 1.92

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 K4200 4331
+484%
Quadro K420 741

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 K4200 12073
+554%
Quadro K420 1847

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

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 Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

Quadro K4200 12404
+573%
Quadro K420 1844

GeekBench 5 CUDA

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 CUDA API by NVIDIA.

Quadro K4200 8946
+563%
Quadro K420 1350

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 11.24 1.92
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB/2 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 108 Watt 41 Watt

Quadro K4200 has a 485.4% higher aggregate performance score, and a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount.

Quadro K420, on the other hand, has 163.4% lower power consumption.

The Quadro K4200 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro K420 in performance tests.


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