Quadro K420 vs Quadro P4000

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro P4000 and Quadro K420, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Quadro P4000
2017
8 GB GDDR5, 100 Watt
30.21
+1473%

P4000 outperforms K420 by a whopping 1473% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking187906
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation17.220.08
Power efficiency19.733.21
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameGP104GK107
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date6 February 2017 (7 years ago)22 July 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$815 $96.67

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Quadro P4000 has 21425% 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 cores1792192
Core clock speed1202 MHz876 MHz
Boost clock speed1480 MHzno data
Number of transistors7,200 million1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt41 Watt
Texture fill rate165.814.02
Floating-point processing power5.304 TFLOPS0.3364 TFLOPS
ROPs6416
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 3.0 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 amount8 GB1 GB/2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1901 MHz891 MHz
Memory bandwidth192 GB/sUp 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 Connectors4x DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort
Number of simultaneous displaysno data4
Display Port1.4no data

Supported technologies

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

Optimus+-
3D Vision Prono data+
3D Stereo+no data
Mosaic++
nView Display Management+no data
nView Desktop Managementno data+
Optimus+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX1212
Shader Model6.45.1
OpenGL4.54.5
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan+1.1.126
CUDA6.13.0

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 P4000 30.21
+1473%
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 P4000 11633
+1472%
Quadro K420 740

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 P4000 41630
+2154%
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 P4000 42312
+2195%
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 P4000 38590
+2759%
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.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD72
+1700%
4−5
−1700%

Cost per frame, $

1080p11.3224.17

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 50−55
+1600%
3−4
−1600%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 65−70
+1525%
4−5
−1525%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 50−55
+1633%
3−4
−1633%
Battlefield 5 95−100
+1533%
6−7
−1533%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 60−65
+1967%
3−4
−1967%
Cyberpunk 2077 50−55
+1600%
3−4
−1600%
Far Cry 5 65−70
+1600%
4−5
−1600%
Far Cry New Dawn 75−80
+1825%
4−5
−1825%
Forza Horizon 4 160−170
+1550%
10−11
−1550%
Hitman 3 60−65
+1475%
4−5
−1475%
Horizon Zero Dawn 130−140
+1563%
8−9
−1563%
Metro Exodus 100−110
+1600%
6−7
−1600%
Red Dead Redemption 2 75−80
+1800%
4−5
−1800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 100−110
+1650%
6−7
−1650%
Watch Dogs: Legion 110−120
+1529%
7−8
−1529%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 65−70
+1525%
4−5
−1525%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 50−55
+1633%
3−4
−1633%
Battlefield 5 95−100
+1533%
6−7
−1533%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 60−65
+1967%
3−4
−1967%
Cyberpunk 2077 50−55
+1600%
3−4
−1600%
Far Cry 5 65−70
+1600%
4−5
−1600%
Far Cry New Dawn 75−80
+1825%
4−5
−1825%
Forza Horizon 4 160−170
+1550%
10−11
−1550%
Hitman 3 60−65
+1475%
4−5
−1475%
Horizon Zero Dawn 130−140
+1563%
8−9
−1563%
Metro Exodus 100−110
+1600%
6−7
−1600%
Red Dead Redemption 2 75−80
+1800%
4−5
−1800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 100−110
+1650%
6−7
−1650%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 60−65
+1500%
4−5
−1500%
Watch Dogs: Legion 110−120
+1529%
7−8
−1529%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 65−70
+1525%
4−5
−1525%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 50−55
+1633%
3−4
−1633%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 60−65
+1967%
3−4
−1967%
Cyberpunk 2077 50−55
+1600%
3−4
−1600%
Far Cry 5 65−70
+1600%
4−5
−1600%
Forza Horizon 4 160−170
+1550%
10−11
−1550%
Hitman 3 60−65
+1475%
4−5
−1475%
Horizon Zero Dawn 130−140
+1563%
8−9
−1563%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 100−110
+1650%
6−7
−1650%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 41
+1950%
2−3
−1950%
Watch Dogs: Legion 110−120
+1529%
7−8
−1529%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 75−80
+1800%
4−5
−1800%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 55−60
+1800%
3−4
−1800%
Far Cry New Dawn 45−50
+2200%
2−3
−2200%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−35
+1500%
2−3
−1500%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
+3000%
1−2
−3000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35−40
+1650%
2−3
−1650%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+2000%
1−2
−2000%
Far Cry 5 35−40
+1650%
2−3
−1650%
Forza Horizon 4 170−180
+1640%
10−11
−1640%
Hitman 3 35−40
+1750%
2−3
−1750%
Horizon Zero Dawn 60−65
+1475%
4−5
−1475%
Metro Exodus 55−60
+1800%
3−4
−1800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 65−70
+1625%
4−5
−1625%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
+1900%
2−3
−1900%
Watch Dogs: Legion 160−170
+1520%
10−11
−1520%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 50−55
+1600%
3−4
−1600%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 30−33
+2900%
1−2
−2900%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
+2300%
1−2
−2300%
Hitman 3 24−27
+2300%
1−2
−2300%
Horizon Zero Dawn 150−160
+1578%
9−10
−1578%
Metro Exodus 35−40
+1700%
2−3
−1700%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−35
+1600%
2−3
−1600%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 18−20
+1800%
1−2
−1800%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 16−18
+1600%
1−2
−1600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
+1700%
1−2
−1700%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9 0−1
Far Cry 5 16−18
+1600%
1−2
−1600%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
+1950%
2−3
−1950%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 35−40
+1850%
2−3
−1850%
Watch Dogs: Legion 14−16 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
+2500%
1−2
−2500%

This is how Quadro P4000 and Quadro K420 compete in popular games:

  • Quadro P4000 is 1700% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 30.21 1.92
Recency 6 February 2017 22 July 2014
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 1 GB/2 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 41 Watt

Quadro P4000 has a 1473.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

Quadro K420, on the other hand, has 143.9% lower power consumption.

The Quadro P4000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro K420 in performance tests.


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