NVIDIA Quadro K420
VS
AMD Radeon Pro W5500M
NVIDIA Quadro K420
VS
AMD Radeon Pro W5500M

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between NVIDIA Quadro K420  vs  AMD Radeon Pro W5500M.

723
Place in performance rating
389
4.65
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Kepler
Architecture
RDNA 1.0
GK107
Code name
Navi 14
Workstation
Type
Workstation
22 July 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
10 February 2020 (1 year ago)
$96.67
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$245 (2.5x MSRP)
Price now
$2381
0.74
Value for money
1.87
GK107
GPU code name
Navi 14
Workstation
Market segment
Workstation

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA Quadro K420  vs  AMD Radeon Pro W5500M in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

192
Pipelines
1408
876 MHz
Core clock speed
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no data
Boost Clock
1450 MHz
1,270 million
Transistor count
6,400 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
7 nm
41 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
85 Watt
14.02
Texture fill rate
127.6
336.4 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
192
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1408
no data
Boost clock speed
1450 MHz
1,270 million
Number of transistors
6,400 million
41 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
85 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA Quadro K420 and AMD Radeon Pro W5500M come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x8
160 mm
Length
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None
Supplementary power connectors
None
1" (2.5 cm)
Width
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Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between NVIDIA Quadro K420 vs AMD Radeon Pro W5500M.

128 Bit
Memory type
GDDR6
1 GB/2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
1782 MHz
Memory clock speed
12000 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
192.0 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA Quadro K420 vs AMD Radeon Pro W5500M.

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

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

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

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA Quadro K420 and AMD Radeon Pro W5500M is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

12
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.5
OpenGL
4.6
+
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 Radeon Pro W5500M 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 Radeon Pro W5500M good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA Quadro K420
AMD Radeon Pro W5500M
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA Quadro K420
AMD Radeon Pro W5500M
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA Quadro K420
AMD Radeon Pro W5500M
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA Quadro K420
AMD Radeon Pro W5500M
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA Quadro K420
AMD Radeon Pro W5500M
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA Quadro K420

Cheaper ($245 (2.5x MSRP) vs $2381)

Less power consumption (41 Watt vs 85 Watt)

Advantages of AMD Radeon Pro W5500M

9.53% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1408 vs 192)

Finer manufacturing process technology (7 nm vs 28 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 1 GB/2 GB)

So, NVIDIA Quadro K420 or AMD Radeon Pro W5500M?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon Pro W5500M .

NVIDIA Quadro K420 versus AMD Radeon Pro W5500M performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

Passmark

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User rating

4.2 Out of 18 Hitesti Score
5.0 Out of 1 Hitesti Score