NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M vs NVIDIA Quadro K1200

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M and NVIDIA Quadro K1200 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M

NVIDIA Quadro K1200

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 25% higher texture fill rate: 44.96 GTexel / s vs 35.97 GTexel / s
Around 25% higher pipelines: 640 vs 512
Around 25% better floating-point performance: 1,439 gflops vs 1,151 gflops
Around 10% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9744 vs 8820
Around 33% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 42.396 vs 31.949
Around 55% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 39.412 vs 25.411
Around 18% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 139.158 vs 117.722
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4148 vs 4080
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3715 vs 1721
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 3288
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4148 vs 4080
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3715 vs 1721
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 3288

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 March 2015 vs 28 January 2015
Texture fill rate	44.96 GTexel / s vs 35.97 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 512
Floating-point performance	1,439 gflops vs 1,151 gflops
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	9744 vs 8820
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	42.396 vs 31.949
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	39.412 vs 25.411
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	139.158 vs 117.722
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4148 vs 4080
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3715 vs 1721
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358 vs 3288
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4148 vs 4080
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3715 vs 1721
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358 vs 3288

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K1200

Around 16% higher core clock speed: 1058 MHz vs 914 MHz
Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 75 Watt
2x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1000 or 2500 MHz
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2952 vs 2577
2.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 578 vs 217
Around 25% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 466.139 vs 373.644
Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.629 vs 2.54

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1058 MHz vs 914 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 75 Watt
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1000 or 2500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2952 vs 2577
PassMark - G2D Mark	578 vs 217
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	466.139 vs 373.644
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.629 vs 2.54

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro K1200

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2577

2952

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

217

578

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

9744

8820

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

42.396

31.949

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

373.644

466.139

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2.54

2.629

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

39.412

25.411

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

139.158

117.722

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4148

4080

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3715

1721

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

3288

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4148

4080

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3715

1721

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

3288

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M	NVIDIA Quadro K1200
PassMark - G3D Mark	2577	2952
PassMark - G2D Mark	217	578
Geekbench - OpenCL	9744	8820
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	42.396	31.949
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	373.644	466.139
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.54	2.629
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	39.412	25.411
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	139.158	117.722
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4148	4080
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3715	1721
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358	3288
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4148	4080
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3715	1721
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358	3288
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3350

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M	NVIDIA Quadro K1200
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Maxwell
Code name	GM107	GM107
Launch date	13 March 2015	28 January 2015
Place in performance rating	797	798
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$321.97
Price now		$289.99
Value for money (0-100)		13.00
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz	1124 MHz
Core clock speed	914 MHz	1058 MHz
CUDA cores	640
Floating-point performance	1,439 gflops	1,151 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	640	512
Texture fill rate	44.96 GTexel / s	35.97 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	1,870 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	4x mini-DisplayPort, mDP mDP mDP mDP
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	1
HDMI
VGA аnalog display support	1
Number of simultaneous displays		4
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Length		160 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
Width		1" (2.5 cm)
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Shader Model		5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	32 or 80 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 or 2500 MHz	5000 MHz
Memory type	DDR3 or GDDR5	128 Bit
Shared memory	0
Technologies
Adaptive VSync
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI
3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Desktop Management