NVIDIA Quadro K4200 vs AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K4200 and AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP 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 Radeon HD 8550D IGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K4200

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 1% higher core clock speed: 771 MHz vs 760 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 32 nm
7.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4324 vs 567
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 503 vs 226

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 July 2014 vs 23 May 2013
Core clock speed	771 MHz vs 760 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4324 vs 567
PassMark - G2D Mark	503 vs 226

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP

Around 8% higher boost clock speed: 844 MHz vs 784 MHz
Around 66% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 108 Watt

Boost clock speed	844 MHz vs 784 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 108 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K4200
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4324

567

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

503

226

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K4200	AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP
PassMark - G3D Mark	4324	567
PassMark - G2D Mark	503	226
Geekbench - OpenCL	12186
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	33.016
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	736.063
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.73
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	31.588
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	70.194
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6373
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3382
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3311
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6373
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3382
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3311
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro K4200	AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	TeraScale 3
Code name	GK104	Scrapper
Launch date	22 July 2014	23 May 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$854.99
Place in performance rating	702	704
Price now	$446.99
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	11.92
Technical info
Boost clock speed	784 MHz	844 MHz
Core clock speed	771 MHz	760 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,107 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	32 nm
Pipelines	1344
Texture fill rate	87.81 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	108 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	1,303 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	IGP
Length	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	172.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5