Quadro K420 vs Radeon HD 4890

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro K420 and Radeon HD 4890. 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 4890. 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 4890
Power consumption (TDP) 41 Watt 190 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pin
Memory type 128 Bit GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB/2 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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  • Radeon HD 4890 has 363% more power consumption, than Quadro K420.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Quadro K420 and Radeon HD 4890 have maximum RAM of 1 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro K420 is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon HD 4890 - with TeraScale.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro K420 is 26 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 4890.
  • Quadro K420 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 4890 - by 55 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 4890 is 81 mm longer, than Quadro K420.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 4890 is 2118 MHz higher, than Quadro K420.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 7−8
ultra / 1080p 0−1 4−5
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 9−10 16−18
medium / 1080p 1−2 8−9
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 4890 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 140% more, than Quadro K420.

Full Specs

  Quadro K420 Radeon HD 4890
Architecture Kepler TeraScale
Code name GK107 RV790
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 22 July 2014 2 April 2009
Pipelines 192 800
Core clock speed 876 MHz 850 MHz
Transistor count 1,270 million 959 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Texture fill rate 14.02 34.00
Floating-point performance 336.4 gflops 1,360.0 gflops
Length 160 mm 241 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1782 MHz 3900 MHz
Memory bandwidth 124.8 GB/s
DirectX 12 10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model 5 4.1
OpenGL 4.5 3.3
OpenCL 1.2 1.1
Vulkan + N/A
CUDA 3.0
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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