Quadro 500M vs Quadro K420
If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro 500M 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 Quadro 500M stacks up against Quadro K420, check out specs charts below.
Quadro 500M
Main Specs
Quadro 500M
Quadro K420
Power consumption (TDP)
35 Watt
41 Watt
Interface
MXM-A (3.0)
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
Memory type
DDR3
128 Bit
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
1 GB/2 GB
Display Connectors
No outputs
1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort
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Quadro K420 has 17% more power consumption, than Quadro 500M.
Quadro 500M is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and Quadro K420 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
Quadro 500M and Quadro K420 have maximum RAM of 1 GB.
Both cards are used in Desktops.
Quadro 500M is build with Fermi architecture, and Quadro K420 - with Kepler.
Core clock speed of Quadro K420 is 176 MHz higher, than Quadro 500M.
Quadro 500M is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Quadro K420 - by 28 nm process technology.
Memory clock speed of Quadro 500M is 18 MHz higher, than Quadro K420.
Game benchmarks
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Battlefield 5
Call of Duty: Warzone
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Cyberpunk 2077
Dota 2
Far Cry 5
Fortnite
Forza Horizon 4
Grand Theft Auto V
Metro Exodus
Minecraft
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
Red Dead Redemption 2
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
World of Tanks
high / 1080p
0−1
0−1
ultra / 1080p
−
0−1
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
1−2
9−10
medium / 1080p
0−1
1−2
The average gaming FPS of Quadro K420 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 800% more, than Quadro 500M.
ultra / 1080p
−
1−2
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
0−1
9−10
medium / 1080p
−
2−3
low / 768p
50−55
50−55
high / 1080p
45−50
45−50
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
Quadro 500M and Quadro K420 have the same average FPS in Call of Duty: Warzone.
low / 768p
60−65
100−110
medium / 768p
27−30
75−80
ultra / 1080p
7−8
30−35
4K / 2160p
−
9−10
high / 768p
16−18
50−55
The average gaming FPS of Quadro K420 in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 135% more, than Quadro 500M.
low / 768p
70−75
70−75
ultra / 1080p
0−1
10−12
medium / 1080p
45−50
45−50
Quadro 500M and Quadro K420 have the same average FPS in Cyberpunk 2077.
low / 768p
45−50
65−70
medium / 768p
10−11
35−40
ultra / 1080p
0−1
14−16
The average gaming FPS of Quadro K420 in Dota 2 is 79% more, than Quadro 500M.
high / 1080p
−
1−2
4K / 2160p
−
0−1
low / 720p
0−1
7−8
medium / 1080p
−
2−3
QHD / 1440p
−
0−1
low / 720p
21−24
40−45
medium / 1080p
0−1
4−5
The average gaming FPS of Quadro K420 in Fortnite is 90% more, than Quadro 500M.
high / 1080p
0−1
1−2
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
0−1
10−12
medium / 1080p
0−1
3−4
low / 768p
18−20
35−40
high / 1080p
0−1
1−2
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
medium / 720p
12−14
30−35
The average gaming FPS of Quadro K420 in Grand Theft Auto V is 118% more, than Quadro 500M.
high / 1080p
−
0−1
ultra / 1080p
−
0−1
4K / 2160p
−
0−1
low / 720p
0−1
1−2
low / 768p
75−80
85−90
high / 1080p
27−30
50−55
The average gaming FPS of Quadro K420 in Minecraft is 32% more, than Quadro 500M.
high / 1080p
−
14−16
ultra / 1080p
−
12−14
low / 720p
8−9
21−24
medium / 1080p
−
14−16
The average gaming FPS of Quadro K420 in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is 175% more, than Quadro 500M.
QHD / 1440p
−
0−1
low / 720p
0−1
2−3
low / 768p
0−1
4−5
high / 1080p
−
2−3
4K / 2160p
−
0−1
low / 768p
45−50
65−70
medium / 768p
14−16
30−35
ultra / 1080p
0−1
10−12
high / 768p
12−14
27−30
The average gaming FPS of Quadro K420 in World of Tanks is 68% more, than Quadro 500M.
Full Specs
Quadro 500M
Quadro K420
Architecture
Fermi
Kepler
Code name
GF108
GK107
Type
Workstation
Workstation
Release date
22 February 2011
22 July 2014
Pipelines
96
192
Core clock speed
700 MHz
876 MHz
Transistor count
585 million
1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
28 nm
Texture fill rate
11.20
14.02
Floating-point performance
268.8 gflops
336.4 gflops
Length
160 mm
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
1800 MHz
1782 MHz
Memory bandwidth
28.8 GB/s
DirectX
12 (11_0)
12
Shader Model
5.1
5
OpenGL
4.6
4.5
OpenCL
1.1
1.2
Vulkan
N/A
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CUDA
2.1
3.0
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11 Mh/s
3D Vision Pro
+
Mosaic
+
Width
1" (2.5 cm)
Number of simultaneous displays
4
nView Desktop Management
+
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