Quadro K420 vs Radeon HD 7790

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro K420 and Radeon HD 7790. 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 Quadro K420 and Radeon HD 7790. 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

  Quadro K420 Radeon HD 7790
Power consumption (TDP) 41 Watt 85 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin
Memory type 128 Bit GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB/2 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 7790 has 107% more power consumption, than Quadro K420.
  • Quadro K420 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 7790 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro K420 and Radeon HD 7790 have maximum RAM of 1 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro K420 is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon HD 7790 - with GCN 2.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 7790 is 124 MHz higher, than Quadro K420.
  • Quadro K420 and Radeon HD 7790 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 7790 is 23 mm longer, than Quadro K420.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7790 is 4218 MHz higher, than Quadro K420.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 16−18
ultra / 1080p 0−1 9−10
QHD / 1440p 0−1 4−5
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 9−10 30−35
medium / 1080p 1−2 20−22
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7790 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 420% more, than Quadro K420.

Full Specs

  Quadro K420 Radeon HD 7790
Architecture Kepler GCN 2.0
Code name GK107 Bonaire
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 22 July 2014 22 March 2013
Pipelines 192 896
Core clock speed 876 MHz 1000 MHz
Transistor count 1,270 million 2,080 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 14.02 56.00
Floating-point performance 336.4 gflops 1,792 gflops
Length 160 mm 183 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1782 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 96 GB/s
DirectX 12 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 5 6.3
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan + 1.2.131
CUDA 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 11 Mh/s 218 Mh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 5.2 Mh/s
3D Vision Pro +
Mosaic +
Width 1" (2.5 cm)
Number of simultaneous displays 4
nView Desktop Management +
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