NVIDIA Quadro K1200 vs ATI Radeon HD 4250

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K1200 and ATI Radeon HD 4250 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 4250

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K1200

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 78% higher core clock speed: 1058 MHz vs 594 MHz
15.1x more texture fill rate: 35.97 GTexel / s vs 2.376 GTexel / s
12.8x more pipelines: 512 vs 40
24.2x better floating-point performance: 1,151 gflops vs 47.52 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
6.3x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 792 MHz
23.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2941 vs 123
Around 42% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 580 vs 408
4.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3288 vs 782
4.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3288 vs 782

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 January 2015 vs 25 February 2009
Core clock speed	1058 MHz vs 594 MHz
Texture fill rate	35.97 GTexel / s vs 2.376 GTexel / s
Pipelines	512 vs 40
Floating-point performance	1,151 gflops vs 47.52 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 792 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2941 vs 123
PassMark - G2D Mark	580 vs 408
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3288 vs 782
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3288 vs 782

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4250

Around 80% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 45 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 45 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K1200
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4250

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2941

123

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

580

408

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3288

782

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3288

782

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K1200	ATI Radeon HD 4250
PassMark - G3D Mark	2941	123
PassMark - G2D Mark	580	408
Geekbench - OpenCL	8814
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	782
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4080
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1721
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3288	782

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro K1200	ATI Radeon HD 4250
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	TeraScale
Code name	GM107	RV620
Launch date	28 January 2015	25 February 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$321.97
Place in performance rating	802	799
Price now	$289.99
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	13.00
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz
Core clock speed	1058 MHz	594 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,151 gflops	47.52 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	512	40
Texture fill rate	35.97 GTexel / s	2.376 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	181 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x mini-DisplayPort, mDP mDP mDP mDP	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Number of simultaneous displays	4
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	160 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Width	1" (2.5 cm)
API support
DirectX	12	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Shader Model	5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	792 MHz
Memory type	128 Bit
Memory bandwidth		6.34 GB / s
Shared memory		yes
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Desktop Management
HDCP support
PCI-E 2.0