NVIDIA Quadro K1200 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K1200 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA Quadro K1200

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K1200

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 6% higher texture fill rate: 35.97 GTexel / s vs 34.0 billion / sec
Around 14% higher pipelines: 512 vs 448
Around 6% better floating-point performance: 1,151 gflops vs 1,088.6 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
4.8x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 215 Watt
3.2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1280 MB
3x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1674 MHz (3348 data rate)
Around 42% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 578 vs 406
Around 14% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 31.949 vs 27.93
Around 20% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 117.722 vs 97.852
Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4080 vs 3873
Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4080 vs 3873

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 January 2015 vs 26 March 2010
Texture fill rate	35.97 GTexel / s vs 34.0 billion / sec
Pipelines	512 vs 448
Floating-point performance	1,151 gflops vs 1,088.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 215 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1280 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1674 MHz (3348 data rate)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	578 vs 406
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	31.949 vs 27.93
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	117.722 vs 97.852
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4080 vs 3873
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4080 vs 3873

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470

Around 15% higher core clock speed: 1215 MHz vs 1058 MHz
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3107 vs 2923
Around 26% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11010 vs 8709
2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 980.005 vs 466.139
Around 24% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.268 vs 2.629
Around 86% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 47.309 vs 25.411
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3614 vs 1721
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3317 vs 3288
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3614 vs 1721
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3317 vs 3288

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1215 MHz vs 1058 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3107 vs 2923
Geekbench - OpenCL	11010 vs 8709
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	980.005 vs 466.139
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.268 vs 2.629
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	47.309 vs 25.411
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3614 vs 1721
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3317 vs 3288
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3614 vs 1721
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3317 vs 3288

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K1200
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2923

3107

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

578

406

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

8709

11010

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

31.949

27.93

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

466.139

980.005

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

2.629

3.268

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

25.411

47.309

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

117.722

97.852

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4080

3873

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1721

3614

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3288

3317

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4080

3873

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1721

3614

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3288

3317

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K1200	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470
PassMark - G3D Mark	2923	3107
PassMark - G2D Mark	578	406
Geekbench - OpenCL	8709	11010
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	31.949	27.93
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	466.139	980.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.629	3.268
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	25.411	47.309
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	117.722	97.852
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4080	3873
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1721	3614
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3288	3317
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4080	3873
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1721	3614
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3288	3317
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro K1200	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Fermi
Code name	GM107	GF100
Launch date	28 January 2015	26 March 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$321.97	$349
Place in performance rating	799	802
Price now	$289.99	$522.01
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	13.00	6.87
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz
Core clock speed	1058 MHz	1215 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,151 gflops	1,088.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	512	448
Texture fill rate	35.97 GTexel / s	34.0 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	215 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	3,100 million
CUDA cores		448
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x mini-DisplayPort, mDP mDP mDP mDP	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, Two Dual Link DVIMini HDMI
Number of simultaneous displays	4
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	160 mm	9.5" (241 mm) (24.1 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None	Two 6-pins
Width	1" (2.5 cm)
Bus support		16x PCI-E 2.0
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options		2-way3-way
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.2
Shader Model	5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1280 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	320 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1674 MHz (3348 data rate)
Memory type	128 Bit	GDDR5
Memory bandwidth		133.9 GB / s
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Desktop Management
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI
Surround