NVIDIA Quadro K1200 vs ATI Radeon HD 4550

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K1200 and ATI Radeon HD 4550 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 4550

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K1200

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 76% higher core clock speed: 1058 MHz vs 600 MHz
7.5x more texture fill rate: 35.97 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
6.4x more pipelines: 512 vs 80
12x better floating-point performance: 1,151 gflops vs 96 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 256 MB
3.8x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1310 MHz
12.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2952 vs 236
Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 578 vs 429
5.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3288 vs 558
5.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3288 vs 558

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 January 2015 vs 30 September 2008
Core clock speed	1058 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	35.97 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	512 vs 80
Floating-point performance	1,151 gflops vs 96 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1310 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2952 vs 236
PassMark - G2D Mark	578 vs 429
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3288 vs 558
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3288 vs 558

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4550

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 4550

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2952

236

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

578

429

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3288

558

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3288

558

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K1200	ATI Radeon HD 4550
PassMark - G3D Mark	2952	236
PassMark - G2D Mark	578	429
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	558
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4080
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1721
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3288	558

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro K1200	ATI Radeon HD 4550
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	TeraScale
Code name	GM107	RV710
Launch date	28 January 2015	30 September 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$321.97	$59
Place in performance rating	798	800
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	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,151 gflops	96 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	512	80
Texture fill rate	35.97 GTexel / s	4.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	242 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x mini-DisplayPort, mDP mDP mDP mDP	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Number of simultaneous displays	4
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	160 mm	168 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	256 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1310 MHz
Memory type	128 Bit	DDR2
Memory bandwidth		10.48 GB / s
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Desktop Management