NVIDIA Quadro K1200 vs AMD FirePro W5100

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K1200 and AMD FirePro W5100 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 W5100

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K1200

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
Around 14% higher core clock speed: 1058 MHz vs 930 MHz
Around 11% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 50 Watt
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 578 vs 531

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 January 2015 vs 31 March 2014
Core clock speed	1058 MHz vs 930 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	578 vs 531

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W5100

Around 24% higher texture fill rate: 44.64 GTexel / s vs 35.97 GTexel / s
Around 50% higher pipelines: 768 vs 512
Around 24% better floating-point performance: 1,428 gflops vs 1,151 gflops
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2978 vs 2952
Around 33% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11724 vs 8820
Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 35.15 vs 31.949
Around 80% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 838.518 vs 466.139
Around 22% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.199 vs 2.629
2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 57.354 vs 25.411
Around 39% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 163.258 vs 117.722
Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4397 vs 4080
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3688 vs 1721
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 3288
Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4397 vs 4080
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3688 vs 1721
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 3288

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	44.64 GTexel / s vs 35.97 GTexel / s
Pipelines	768 vs 512
Floating-point performance	1,428 gflops vs 1,151 gflops
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2978 vs 2952
Geekbench - OpenCL	11724 vs 8820
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	35.15 vs 31.949
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	838.518 vs 466.139
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.199 vs 2.629
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	57.354 vs 25.411
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	163.258 vs 117.722
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4397 vs 4080
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3688 vs 1721
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356 vs 3288
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4397 vs 4080
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3688 vs 1721
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356 vs 3288

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K1200
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W5100

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2952

2978

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

578

531

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

8820

11724

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

31.949

35.15

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

466.139

838.518

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

2.629

3.199

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

25.411

57.354

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

117.722

163.258

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4080

4397

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1721

3688

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3288

3356

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4080

4397

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1721

3688

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3288

3356

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K1200	AMD FirePro W5100
PassMark - G3D Mark	2952	2978
PassMark - G2D Mark	578	531
Geekbench - OpenCL	8820	11724
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	31.949	35.15
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	466.139	838.518
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.629	3.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	25.411	57.354
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	117.722	163.258
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4080	4397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1721	3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3288	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4080	4397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1721	3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3288	3356

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro K1200	AMD FirePro W5100
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	GCN 2.0
Code name	GM107	Bonaire
Launch date	28 January 2015	31 March 2014
Launch price (MSRP)	$321.97
Place in performance rating	798	627
Price now	$289.99
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	13.00
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz
Core clock speed	1058 MHz	930 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,151 gflops	1,428 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	512	768
Texture fill rate	35.97 GTexel / s	44.64 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	2,080 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x mini-DisplayPort, mDP mDP mDP mDP	4x DisplayPort
Number of simultaneous displays	4
DisplayPort count		4
Dual-link DVI support
HD сomponent video output
StereoOutput3D
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	160 mm	171 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Width	1" (2.5 cm)
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Form factor		Full Height / Half Length
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Shader Model	5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	6000 MHz
Memory type	128 Bit	GDDR5
Memory bandwidth		96 GB / s
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Desktop Management