NVIDIA Quadro K420
VS
AMD FirePro V3900
NVIDIA Quadro K420
VS
AMD FirePro V3900

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA Quadro K420 and AMD FirePro V3900. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

723
Place in performance rating
777
4.65
Value for money (0-100)
6.37
Kepler
Architecture
TeraScale 2
GK107
Code name
Turks
Workstation
Type
Workstation
22 July 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
7 February 2012 (9 years ago)
$96.67
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$245 (2.5x MSRP)
Price now
$118
0.74
Value for money
0.36
GK107
GPU code name
Turks
Workstation
Market segment
Workstation

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA Quadro K420 and AMD FirePro V3900 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

192
Pipelines
480
876 MHz
Core clock speed
650 MHz
1,270 million
Transistor count
716 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
41 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
199 Watt
14.02
Texture fill rate
15.60
336.4 gflops
Floating-point performance
624.0 gflops
192
Pipelines / CUDA cores
480
1,270 million
Number of transistors
716 million
41 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
199 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA Quadro K420 and AMD FirePro V3900.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
160 mm
Length
168 mm
None
Supplementary power connectors
None
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Bus support
PCIe 2.1 x16
1" (2.5 cm)
Width
no data
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Form factor
half height / half length

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 K420 and AMD FirePro V3900 can be seen in this section.

128 Bit
Memory type
GDDR3
1 GB/2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
1782 MHz
Memory clock speed
1800 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
28 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA Quadro K420 and AMD FirePro V3900, the size and number of monitors.

DVI-I DP
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort
4
Number of simultaneous displays
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Dual-link DVI support
1
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HD сomponent video output
1
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DisplayPort count
1

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA Quadro K420 and AMD FirePro V3900 is the additional functionality.

3.0
CUDA
no data
+
3D Vision Pro
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+
Mosaic
no data
+
nView Desktop Management
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA Quadro K420 and AMD FirePro V3900. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12
DirectX
11.2 (11_0)
4.5
OpenGL
4.4
+
Vulkan
no data
5
Shader Model
no data
1.2
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA Quadro K420 and AMD FirePro V3900 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 K420 or AMD FirePro V3900 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA Quadro K420
AMD FirePro V3900
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA Quadro K420
AMD FirePro V3900
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA Quadro K420
AMD FirePro V3900
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA Quadro K420
AMD FirePro V3900
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA Quadro K420
AMD FirePro V3900
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 K420

0.26% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 40 nm)

Less power consumption (41 Watt vs 199 Watt)

Advantages of AMD FirePro V3900

Cheaper ($118 vs $245 (2.5x MSRP))

More pipelines (480 vs 192)

So, NVIDIA Quadro K420 or AMD FirePro V3900?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA Quadro K420 .

NVIDIA Quadro K420 versus AMD FirePro V3900 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA Quadro K420
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD FirePro V3900