Quadro K420 vs Radeon Pro 450

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro K420 and Radeon Pro 450. 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 Pro 450. 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.

Radeon Pro 450 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon Pro 450 is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon Pro 450 here:

Main Specs

  Quadro K420 Radeon Pro 450
Power consumption (TDP) 41 Watt 35 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type 128 Bit GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB/2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort No outputs
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  • Quadro K420 has 17% more power consumption, than Radeon Pro 450.
  • Quadro K420 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon Pro 450 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • Radeon Pro 450 has 1 GB more memory, than Quadro K420.
  • Quadro K420 is used in Desktops, and Radeon Pro 450 - in Mobile workstations.
  • Quadro K420 is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon Pro 450 - with Polaris.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro K420 is 76 MHz higher, than Radeon Pro 450.
  • Quadro K420 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon Pro 450 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon Pro 450 is 3298 MHz higher, than Quadro K420.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 14−16
ultra / 1080p 0−1 8−9
QHD / 1440p 0−1 3−4
low / 720p 9−10 27−30
medium / 1080p 1−2 16−18
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro 450 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 340% more, than Quadro K420.

Full Specs

  Quadro K420 Radeon Pro 450
Architecture Kepler Polaris
Code name GK107 Polaris 11
Type Workstation Mobile workstation
Release date 22 July 2014 27 October 2016
Pipelines 192 640
Core clock speed 876 MHz 800 MHz
Transistor count 1,270 million 3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 14.02 32.00
Floating-point performance 336.4 gflops 1,024 gflops
Length 160 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1782 MHz 5080 MHz
Memory bandwidth 81.28 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 5 6.4
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan + 1.2.131
CUDA 3.0
FreeSync +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 11 Mh/s 127 Mh/s
Laptop size large
3D Vision Pro +
Mosaic +
Width 1" (2.5 cm)
Number of simultaneous displays 4
nView Desktop Management +
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