NVIDIA Quadro K4200 vs AMD FirePro D300

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K4200 and AMD FirePro D300 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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 K4200

AMD FirePro D300

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K4200

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
Around 29% higher texture fill rate: 87.81 GTexel / s vs 68 GTexel / s
Around 5% higher pipelines: 1344 vs 1280
Around 39% lower typical power consumption: 108 Watt vs 150 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Around 6% higher memory clock speed: 5400 MHz vs 5080 MHz
Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6373 vs 6054
Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6373 vs 6054

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 July 2014 vs 18 January 2014
Texture fill rate	87.81 GTexel / s vs 68 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1344 vs 1280
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	108 Watt vs 150 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz vs 5080 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6373 vs 6054
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6373 vs 6054

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro D300

Around 10% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 771 MHz
Around 3% better floating-point performance: 2,176 gflops vs 2,107 gflops
Around 65% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 20137 vs 12186
Around 55% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 51.183 vs 33.016
Around 62% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1192.547 vs 736.063
Around 91% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.209 vs 2.73
2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 78.541 vs 31.588
3.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 242.179 vs 70.194
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3351 vs 3311
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3351 vs 3311

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 771 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,176 gflops vs 2,107 gflops
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	20137 vs 12186
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	51.183 vs 33.016
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1192.547 vs 736.063
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.209 vs 2.73
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	78.541 vs 31.588
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	242.179 vs 70.194
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3397 vs 3382
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351 vs 3311
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3397 vs 3382
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351 vs 3311

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K4200
GPU 2: AMD FirePro D300

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

12186

20137

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

33.016

51.183

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

736.063

1192.547

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

2.73

5.209

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

31.588

78.541

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

70.194

242.179

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6373

6054

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3382

3397

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3311

3351

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6373

6054

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3382

3397

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3311

3351

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K4200	AMD FirePro D300
PassMark - G3D Mark	4327
PassMark - G2D Mark	503
Geekbench - OpenCL	12186	20137
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	33.016	51.183
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	736.063	1192.547
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.73	5.209
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	31.588	78.541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	70.194	242.179
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6373	6054
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3382	3397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3311	3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6373	6054
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3382	3397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3311	3351
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro K4200	AMD FirePro D300
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	GCN 1.0
Code name	GK104	Pitcairn
Launch date	22 July 2014	18 January 2014
Launch price (MSRP)	$854.99
Place in performance rating	702	703
Price now	$446.99
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	11.92
Technical info
Boost clock speed	784 MHz
Core clock speed	771 MHz	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,107 gflops	2,176 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1344	1280
Texture fill rate	87.81 GTexel / s	68 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	108 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	2,800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort	4x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	241 mm	242 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	172.8 GB / s	162.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz	5080 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5