Quadro K420 vs Tesla T4

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro K420 and Tesla T4, 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 K420 stacks up against Tesla T4, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  Quadro K420 Tesla T4
Power consumption (TDP) 41 Watt 70 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None None
Memory type 128 Bit GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB/2 GB 16 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort No outputs
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  • Tesla T4 has 70% more power consumption, than Quadro K420.
  • Quadro K420 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Tesla T4 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Tesla T4 has 15 GB more memory, than Quadro K420.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro K420 is build with Kepler architecture, and Tesla T4 - with Turing.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro K420 is 291 MHz higher, than Tesla T4.
  • Quadro K420 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Tesla T4 - by 12 nm process technology.
  • Tesla T4 is 8 mm longer, than Quadro K420.
  • Memory clock speed of Tesla T4 is 8218 MHz higher, than Quadro K420.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 35−40
ultra / 1080p 0−1 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 9−10 60−65
medium / 1080p 1−2 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Tesla T4 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 940% more, than Quadro K420.

Full Specs

  Quadro K420 Tesla T4
Architecture Kepler Turing
Code name GK107 TU104
Type Workstation Workstation
Release date 22 July 2014 13 September 2018
Pipelines 192 2560
Core clock speed 876 MHz 585 MHz
Boost Clock 1590 MHz
Transistor count 1,270 million 13,600 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 12 nm
Texture fill rate 14.02 254.4
Floating-point performance 336.4 gflops
Length 160 mm 168 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1782 MHz 10000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 320.0 GB/s
DirectX 12 12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model 5 6.5
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan + 1.2.131
CUDA 3.0 7.5
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 11 Mh/s
3D Vision Pro +
Mosaic +
Width 1" (2.5 cm)
Number of simultaneous displays 4
nView Desktop Management +
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