NVIDIA Quadro K1200 vs ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K1200 and ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT 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

ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K1200

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 76% higher core clock speed: 1058 MHz vs 601 MHz
5x more texture fill rate: 35.97 GTexel / s vs 7.21 GTexel / s
2.1x more pipelines: 512 vs 240
4x better floating-point performance: 1,151 gflops vs 288.48 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
3.3x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 150 Watt
16x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 256 MB
3.1x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
10.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2952 vs 292
Around 68% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 578 vs 344
Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3288 vs 2648
Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3288 vs 2648

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 January 2015 vs 6 November 2007
Core clock speed	1058 MHz vs 601 MHz
Texture fill rate	35.97 GTexel / s vs 7.21 GTexel / s
Pipelines	512 vs 240
Floating-point performance	1,151 gflops vs 288.48 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 150 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2952 vs 292
PassMark - G2D Mark	578 vs 344
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3288 vs 2648
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3288 vs 2648

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K1200
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2952

292

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

578

344

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3288

2648

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3288

2648

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K1200	ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	2952	292
PassMark - G2D Mark	578	344
Geekbench - OpenCL	8820
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	31.949
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	466.139
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.629
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	25.411
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	117.722
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4080
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1721
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3288	2648
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4080
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1721
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3288	2648

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro K1200	ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	TeraScale
Code name	GM107	R600
Launch date	28 January 2015	6 November 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$321.97
Place in performance rating	798	801
Price now	$289.99
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	13.00
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz
Core clock speed	1058 MHz	601 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,151 gflops	288.48 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	512	240
Texture fill rate	35.97 GTexel / s	7.21 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	720 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x mini-DisplayPort, mDP mDP mDP mDP	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Number of simultaneous displays	4
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	160 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 8-pin
Width	1" (2.5 cm)
API support
DirectX	12	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Shader Model	5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	256 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	128 Bit	GDDR3
Memory bandwidth		51.2 GB / s
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Desktop Management