NVIDIA Quadro K4200 vs AMD FirePro D500

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K4200 and AMD FirePro D500 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 D500

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K4200

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
Around 6% higher core clock speed: 771 MHz vs 725 MHz
Around 26% higher texture fill rate: 87.81 GTexel / s vs 69.6 GTexel / s
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 108 Watt vs 274 Watt
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 3 GB
Around 6% higher memory clock speed: 5400 MHz vs 5080 MHz
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6373 vs 6020
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6373 vs 6020

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 July 2014 vs 18 January 2014
Core clock speed	771 MHz vs 725 MHz
Texture fill rate	87.81 GTexel / s vs 69.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	108 Watt vs 274 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 3 GB
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz vs 5080 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6373 vs 6020
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6373 vs 6020

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro D500

Around 14% higher pipelines: 1536 vs 1344
Around 6% better floating-point performance: 2,227 gflops vs 2,107 gflops
Around 46% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 17989 vs 12321
Around 51% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 49.776 vs 33.016
Around 44% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1063.081 vs 736.063
Around 67% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.568 vs 2.73
2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 65.789 vs 31.588
Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3685 vs 3382
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3349 vs 3311
Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3685 vs 3382
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3349 vs 3311

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	1536 vs 1344
Floating-point performance	2,227 gflops vs 2,107 gflops
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	17989 vs 12321
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	49.776 vs 33.016
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1063.081 vs 736.063
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.568 vs 2.73
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	65.789 vs 31.588
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3685 vs 3382
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349 vs 3311
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3685 vs 3382
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349 vs 3311

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K4200
GPU 2: AMD FirePro D500

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

12321

17989

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

33.016

49.776

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

736.063

1063.081

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

2.73

4.568

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

31.588

65.789

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6373

6020

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3382

3685

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3311

3349

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6373

6020

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3382

3685

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3311

3349

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K4200	AMD FirePro D500
PassMark - G3D Mark	4327
PassMark - G2D Mark	502
Geekbench - OpenCL	12321	17989
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	33.016	49.776
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	736.063	1063.081
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.73	4.568
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	31.588	65.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	70.194
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6373	6020
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3382	3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3311	3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6373	6020
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3382	3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3311	3349
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro K4200	AMD FirePro D500
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	GCN 1.0
Code name	GK104	Tahiti
Launch date	22 July 2014	18 January 2014
Launch price (MSRP)	$854.99
Place in performance rating	693	694
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	725 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,107 gflops	2,227 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1344	1536
Texture fill rate	87.81 GTexel / s	69.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	108 Watt	274 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	4,313 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	241 mm	279 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	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	172.8 GB / s	243.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz	5080 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5