NVIDIA Quadro K420
VS
NVIDIA Quadro P520
NVIDIA Quadro K420
VS
NVIDIA Quadro P520

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA Quadro K420 and NVIDIA Quadro P520. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

723
Place in performance rating
454
4.65
Value for money (0-100)
1.66
Kepler
Architecture
Pascal
GK107
Code name
no data
Workstation
Type
Mobile workstation
22 July 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
27 May 2019 (2 years ago)
$96.67
Launch price (MSRP)
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$245 (2.5x MSRP)
Price now
$1670
0.74
Value for money
1.94
GK107
GPU code name
GP108
Workstation
Market segment
Mobile workstation

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA Quadro K420 and NVIDIA Quadro P520 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

192
Pipelines
384
876 MHz
Core clock speed
1303 MHz
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Boost Clock
1493 MHz
1,270 million
Transistor count
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28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
41 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
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14.02
Texture fill rate
35.83
336.4 gflops
Floating-point performance
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192
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
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Boost clock speed
1493 MHz
1,270 million
Number of transistors
1,800 million
41 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
18 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA Quadro K420 and NVIDIA Quadro P520.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
160 mm
Length
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None
Supplementary power connectors
None
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Laptop size
large
1" (2.5 cm)
Width
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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 NVIDIA Quadro P520 can be seen in this section.

128 Bit
Memory type
GDDR5
1 GB/2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
1782 MHz
Memory clock speed
6000 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
48.06 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA Quadro K420 and NVIDIA Quadro P520, the size and number of monitors.

DVI-I DP
Display Connectors
No outputs
4
Number of simultaneous displays
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Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA Quadro K420 and NVIDIA Quadro P520 is the additional functionality.

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Multi Monitor
+
3.0
CUDA
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+
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 NVIDIA Quadro P520. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12
DirectX
DirectX 12_1
4.5
OpenGL
no data
+
Vulkan
+
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 NVIDIA Quadro P520 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 NVIDIA Quadro P520 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA Quadro K420
NVIDIA Quadro P520
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA Quadro K420
NVIDIA Quadro P520
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA Quadro K420
NVIDIA Quadro P520
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA Quadro K420
NVIDIA Quadro P520
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA Quadro K420
NVIDIA Quadro P520
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

Cheaper ($245 (2.5x MSRP) vs $1670)

Advantages of NVIDIA Quadro P520

6.57% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (384 vs 192)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

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

Multi Monitor

So, NVIDIA Quadro K420 or NVIDIA Quadro P520?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA Quadro P520 .

NVIDIA Quadro K420 versus NVIDIA Quadro P520 performance benchmarks comparison

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