NVIDIA Quadro K1200 vs AMD FirePro M4100

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K1200 and AMD FirePro M4100 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).

NVIDIA Quadro K1200

AMD FirePro M4100

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K1200

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 58% higher core clock speed: 1058 MHz vs 670 MHz
2.2x more texture fill rate: 35.97 GTexel / s vs 16.08 GTexel / s
Around 33% higher pipelines: 512 vs 384
2.2x better floating-point performance: 1,151 gflops vs 514.6 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 4000 MHz
2.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2943 vs 1059
Around 74% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8818 vs 5067
2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 31.949 vs 15.905
Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 466.139 vs 432.116
Around 78% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.629 vs 1.48
Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 25.411 vs 24.029
Around 59% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 117.722 vs 74.162

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 January 2015 vs 16 October 2013
Core clock speed	1058 MHz vs 670 MHz
Texture fill rate	35.97 GTexel / s vs 16.08 GTexel / s
Pipelines	512 vs 384
Floating-point performance	1,151 gflops vs 514.6 gflops
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2943 vs 1059
Geekbench - OpenCL	8818 vs 5067
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	31.949 vs 15.905
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	466.139 vs 432.116
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.629 vs 1.48
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	25.411 vs 24.029
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	117.722 vs 74.162

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M4100

Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 623 vs 579
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3591 vs 1721
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3361 vs 3288
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3591 vs 1721
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3361 vs 3288

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	623 vs 579
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3591 vs 1721
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361 vs 3288
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3591 vs 1721
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361 vs 3288

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K1200
GPU 2: AMD FirePro M4100

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2943

1059

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

579

623

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

8818

5067

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

31.949

15.905

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

466.139

432.116

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

2.629

1.48

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

25.411

24.029

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

117.722

74.162

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1721

3591

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3288

3361

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1721

3591

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3288

3361

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K1200	AMD FirePro M4100
PassMark - G3D Mark	2943	1059
PassMark - G2D Mark	579	623
Geekbench - OpenCL	8818	5067
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	31.949	15.905
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	466.139	432.116
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.629	1.48
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	25.411	24.029
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	117.722	74.162
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4080
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1721	3591
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3288	3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4080
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1721	3591
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3288	3361

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro K1200	AMD FirePro M4100
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	GCN 1.0
Code name	GM107	Mars
Launch date	28 January 2015	16 October 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$321.97
Place in performance rating	803	804
Price now	$289.99
Type	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Value for money (0-100)	13.00
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz
Core clock speed	1058 MHz	670 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,151 gflops	514.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	512	384
Texture fill rate	35.97 GTexel / s	16.08 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	1,040 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x mini-DisplayPort, mDP mDP mDP mDP	No outputs
Number of simultaneous displays	4
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	160 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
Width	1" (2.5 cm)
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Shader Model	5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory type	128 Bit	GDDR5
Memory bandwidth		64 GB / s
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Desktop Management
AppAcceleration