FirePro W7000 vs Quadro K420

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro W7000 and Quadro K420, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the FirePro W7000 stacks up against Quadro K420, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  FirePro W7000 Quadro K420
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt 41 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin None
Memory type GDDR5 128 Bit
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB/2 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • FirePro W7000 has 753% more power consumption, than Quadro K420.
  • FirePro W7000 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Quadro K420 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • FirePro W7000 has 3 GB more memory, than Quadro K420.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W7000 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Quadro K420 - with Kepler.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro W7000 is 74 MHz higher, than Quadro K420.
  • FirePro W7000 and Quadro K420 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • FirePro W7000 is 82 mm longer, than Quadro K420.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W7000 is 3018 MHz higher, than Quadro K420.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 21−24 0−1
ultra / 1080p 12−14 0−1
QHD / 1440p 6−7 0−1
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 40−45 9−10
medium / 1080p 24−27 1−2
The average gaming FPS of FirePro W7000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 580% more, than Quadro K420.

Full Specs

  FirePro W7000 Quadro K420
Architecture GCN 1.0 Kepler
Code name Pitcairn GK107
Type Workstation Workstation
Release date 13 June 2012 22 July 2014
Pipelines 1280 192
Core clock speed 950 MHz 876 MHz
Transistor count 2,800 million 1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 76.00 14.02
Floating-point performance 2,432 gflops 336.4 gflops
Length 242 mm 160 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4800 MHz 1782 MHz
Memory bandwidth 153.6 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_1) 12
Shader Model 5.1 5
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 +
CUDA 3.0
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 285 Mh/s 11 Mh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 6 Mh/s
Form factor full height / full length
StereoOutput3D +
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support +
3D Vision Pro +
Mosaic +
Width 1" (2.5 cm)
Number of simultaneous displays 4
nView Desktop Management +
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