FirePro W4300 vs Quadro K420

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro W4300 and Quadro K420. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between FirePro W4300 and Quadro K420. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Main Specs

  FirePro W4300 Quadro K420
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 41 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None None
Memory type GDDR5 128 Bit
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB/2 GB
Display Connectors 4x mini-DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • FirePro W4300 has 21% more power consumption, than Quadro K420.
  • FirePro W4300 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Quadro K420 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • FirePro W4300 has 3 GB more memory, than Quadro K420.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W4300 is build with GCN 2.0 architecture, and Quadro K420 - with Kepler.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro W4300 is 54 MHz higher, than Quadro K420.
  • FirePro W4300 and Quadro K420 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • FirePro W4300 is 11 mm longer, than Quadro K420.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W4300 is 4218 MHz higher, than Quadro K420.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 0−1
ultra / 1080p 8−9 0−1
QHD / 1440p 3−4 0−1
low / 720p 30−35 9−10
medium / 1080p 18−20 1−2
The average gaming FPS of FirePro W4300 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 400% more, than Quadro K420.

Full Specs

  FirePro W4300 Quadro K420
Architecture GCN 2.0 Kepler
Code name Bonaire GK107
Type Workstation Workstation
Release date 1 December 2015 22 July 2014
Pipelines 768 192
Core clock speed 930 MHz 876 MHz
Transistor count 2,080 million 1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 44.64 14.02
Floating-point performance 1,428 gflops 336.4 gflops
Length 171 mm 160 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 1782 MHz
Memory bandwidth 96 GB/s
DirectX 12 (12_0) 12
Shader Model 6.3 5
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
OpenCL 2.0 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 +
CUDA 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 152 Mh/s 11 Mh/s
3D Vision Pro +
Mosaic +
Width 1" (2.5 cm)
Number of simultaneous displays 4
nView Desktop Management +
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