PNY Quadro K420 2GB GDDR5 workstation
PNY
21 Overall Score
vs
ASUS GeForce RTX 3050 Dual 6GB GDDR6
ASUS
45 Overall Score
What Buyers Say
PNY Quadro K420 2GB GDDR5 workstation
86 out of 100 medium confidence 13 reviews
The NVIDIA Quadro P400 is well-regarded as a reliable, low-cost multi-monitor solution for office work and professional applications. Users praise its ability to drive three displays simultaneously with no lag, its quiet operation, and its low power consumption. However, some have encountered issues such as intermittent monitor flickering, compatibility problems on older PCs, and warranty concerns when buying from unauthorized vendors. Verified buyers are generally very satisfied, valuing it as a solid budget card for productivity tasks rather than high-end gaming.
Pros
- Drives three monitors simultaneously
- Low power consumption, no extra power cable needed
- Quiet operation
- Good value for price
- Mini DP to DP adapters included
Cons
- Intermittent monitor flickering on some units
- Compatibility issues with older motherboards
- Warranty problems with unauthorized sellers
- Mini DP connectors require adapters
- Not suitable for high-end gaming
Multi monitor support 6
Build quality 3
Value for money 5
Ease of installation 4
Power consumption 2
Reliability 5
ASUS GeForce RTX 3050 Dual 6GB GDDR6
No customer feedback yet
Scores
Budget
Gaming 1080p
Gaming 1440p
Ray Tracing
Workstation
Content Creation
Gaming 4k
Ai Llm
Specifications
| PNY Quadro K420 | ASUS GeForce RTX 3050 Dual | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | Quadro K420 | GeForce RTX 3050 |
| Brand | NVIDIA | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | Pascal | Ampere |
| Class | workstation | consumer |
| Process | — | 8★ |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 2 GB | 6 GB★ |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6★ |
| Memory Bus | 64 | 96★ |
| Bandwidth | No data | |
| ECC | — | ✗ |
| Compute | ||
| CUDA Cores | ||
| Stream Processors | No data | |
| Tensor Cores | — | 64★ |
| RT Cores | — | 16★ |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | No data | |
| FP16 TFLOPS | — | 4.813000202178955★ |
| FP32 TFLOPS | — | 4.813000202178955★ |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | ||
| GPU Compute | ||
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 41★ | 70 |
| Recommended PSU | — | 550★ |
| Power Connectors | — | No |
| Cooler | Single Fan | Dual Fan★ |
| Fans | — | 2★ |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express 3.0 x16 | PCI Express 4.0 |
| DisplayPort | 3★ | 1 |
| HDMI | 0 | 1★ |
| USB-C | — | 0★ |
| Max Displays | 3 | 3 |
| Max Resolution | 5120 x 2880 | 7680 x 4320 |
| Physical | ||
| Length | — | 201★ |
| Slot Width | 1★ | 2 |
| Form Factor | Low Profile | ATX |
| Weight | 0.13 kg★ | 0.77 kg |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | ✗ | ✓★ |
| Upscaling | — | DLSS |
| AV1 Encode | — | ✗ |
| DirectX | — | 12 |
| RGB | — | ✗ |
Pros & Cons
PNY Quadro K420 2GB GDDR5 workstation
- Strong affordability (94th percentile)94th %ile
- Strong user sentiment (80th percentile)80th %ile
- Strong social proof (78th percentile)
- Below average compute (4th percentile)4th %ile
- Below average vram (7th percentile)7th %ile
- Below average ai (7th percentile)7th %ile
- Below average rt (8th percentile)8th %ile
ASUS GeForce RTX 3050 Dual 6GB GDDR6
- Strong efficiency (91st percentile)91st %ile
- Strong social proof (89th percentile)89th %ile
- Strong affordability (83rd percentile)83rd %ile
- Below average ai (19th percentile)19th %ile
- Below average compute (19th percentile)19th %ile
- Below average vram (24th percentile)
- Below average raster (25th percentile)
Pricing
PNY Quadro K420 2GB GDDR5 workstation
ASUS GeForce RTX 3050 Dual 6GB GDDR6
No current pricing available
Verdict
Winner: ASUS GeForce RTX 3050 Dual
Scores 45 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 22 of 40 specs.
