NVIDIA Quadro K420 2GB GDDR5 workstation
NVIDIA
11 Overall Score
vs
XFX Radeon RX 9070 XT Mercury 16GB GDDR6 Black
XFX
89 Overall Score
What Buyers Say
NVIDIA Quadro K420 2GB GDDR5 workstation
No customer feedback yet
XFX Radeon RX 9070 XT Mercury 16GB GDDR6 Black
92 out of 100 low confidence 8 reviews
The XFX Mercury Radeon RX 9070 XT OC is highly praised for its excellent thermal performance, staying below 54°C under load, and its impressive out-of-the-box boost clock. Users highlight the great price-to-performance ratio, sleek design with customizable ARGB lighting, and the added benefit of a 3-year warranty. The only minor drawbacks mentioned are the large physical size ("chonky") and the short included support bracket extender.
Pros
- Excellent thermal performance
- Great price-to-performance ratio
- Sleek design with ARGB lighting
- 3-year warranty
- Out-of-box boost clock
Cons
- Large physical size
- Short support bracket extender
Thermal performance 3
Price to performance 2
Design and aesthetics 3
Warranty 2
Build quality 2
Physical size 2
Scores
Ray Tracing
Gaming 1440p
Gaming 4k
Gaming 1080p
Budget
Content Creation
Workstation
Ai Llm
Specifications
| NVIDIA Quadro K420 | XFX Radeon RX 9070 XT Mercury | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | Quadro K420 | Radeon RX 9070 XT |
| Brand | NVIDIA | AMD |
| Architecture | Kepler | RDNA 4 |
| Class | workstation | consumer |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 2 GB | 16 GB★ |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6★ |
| Memory Bus | No data | |
| Bandwidth | No data | |
| Compute | ||
| CUDA Cores | No data | |
| Stream Processors | No data | |
| RT Cores | — | 64★ |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | No data | |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | ||
| GPU Compute | ||
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 41★ | 304 |
| Recommended PSU | — | 800★ |
| Power Connectors | — | 3 x 8-Pin |
| Cooler | — | Triple Fan★ |
| Fans | — | 3★ |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | — | PCI Express 5.0 x16 |
| DisplayPort | — | 3★ |
| HDMI | — | 1★ |
| Max Displays | 4 | 4 |
| Max Resolution | — | 7680 x 4320 |
| Physical | ||
| Length | — | 360★ |
| Slot Width | — | 3.5★ |
| Form Factor | Low Profile | ATX |
| Weight | 0.12 kg★ | 1.81 kg |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | — | ✓★ |
| Upscaling | — | AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 4 |
| AV1 Encode | — | ✓★ |
| VR Ready | — | ✓★ |
| DirectX | — | 12 Ultimate |
| RGB | — | ✓★ |
Pros & Cons
NVIDIA Quadro K420 2GB GDDR5 workstation
- Strong affordability (92nd percentile)92nd %ile
- Below average compute (3rd percentile)3rd %ile
- Below average ai (6th percentile)6th %ile
- Below average vram (6th percentile)6th %ile
- Below average thermal (7th percentile)7th %ile
XFX Radeon RX 9070 XT Mercury 16GB GDDR6 Black
- Strong feature (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong user sentiment (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong social proof (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong connectivity (94th percentile)94th %ile
Pricing
NVIDIA Quadro K420 2GB GDDR5 workstation
XFX Radeon RX 9070 XT Mercury 16GB GDDR6 Black
No current pricing available
Verdict
Winner: XFX Radeon RX 9070 XT Mercury
Scores 89 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 21 of 35 specs.
