NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000
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NVIDIA Quadro K420
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000
VS
NVIDIA Quadro K420

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000 and NVIDIA Quadro K420. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating
723
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Value for money (0-100)
4.65
Rankine
Architecture
Kepler
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Code name
GK107
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Type
Workstation
21 January 2003 (18 years ago)
Release date
22 July 2014 (7 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$96.67
$450
Price now
$245 (2.5x MSRP)
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Value for money
0.74
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GPU code name
GK107
Workstation
Market segment
Workstation

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000 and NVIDIA Quadro K420 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

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Pipelines
192
300 MHz
Core clock speed
876 MHz
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Transistor count
1,270 million
130 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
41 Watt
2.400
Texture fill rate
14.02
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Floating-point performance
336.4 gflops
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Pipelines / CUDA cores
192
125 million
Number of transistors
1,270 million
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Thermal design power (TDP)
41 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000 and NVIDIA Quadro K420.

AGP 8x
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
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Length
160 mm
1x Molex
Supplementary power connectors
None
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Width
1" (2.5 cm)

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000 and NVIDIA Quadro K420 can be seen in this section.

DDR2
Memory type
128 Bit
128 MB
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB/2 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
600 MHz
Memory clock speed
1782 MHz
9.6 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
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Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000 and NVIDIA Quadro K420, the size and number of monitors.

2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Display Connectors
DVI-I DP
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Number of simultaneous displays
4

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000 and NVIDIA Quadro K420 is the additional functionality.

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CUDA
3.0
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3D Vision Pro
+
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Mosaic
+
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nView Desktop Management
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000 and NVIDIA Quadro K420. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

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DirectX
12
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OpenGL
4.5
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Vulkan
+
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Shader Model
5
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OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000 and NVIDIA Quadro K420 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000 or NVIDIA Quadro K420 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000
NVIDIA Quadro K420
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000
NVIDIA Quadro K420
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000
NVIDIA Quadro K420
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000
NVIDIA Quadro K420
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000
NVIDIA Quadro K420
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000

30.47% faster in synthetic tests

More maximum RAM amount (128 MB vs 1 GB/2 GB)

Advantages of NVIDIA Quadro K420

Cheaper ($245 (2.5x MSRP) vs $450)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 130 nm)

So, NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000 or NVIDIA Quadro K420?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000 .

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000 versus NVIDIA Quadro K420 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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