NVIDIA Quadro K4200 vs AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K4200 and AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K4200

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 85% lower typical power consumption: 108 Watt vs 200 Watt
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 3 GB
  • Around 8% higher memory clock speed: 5400 MHz vs 5000 MHz
  • Around 54% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4340 vs 2817
  • Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 498 vs 374
  • Around 45% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6373 vs 4396
  • Around 45% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6373 vs 4396
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 22 July 2014 vs 8 January 2013
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 108 Watt vs 200 Watt
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 3 GB
Memory clock speed 5400 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 4340 vs 2817
PassMark - G2D Mark 498 vs 374
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6373 vs 4396
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6373 vs 4396

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM

  • Around 10% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 771 MHz
  • Around 18% higher boost clock speed: 925 MHz vs 784 MHz
  • Around 18% higher texture fill rate: 103.6 GTexel / s vs 87.81 GTexel / s
  • Around 33% higher pipelines: 1792 vs 1344
  • Around 57% better floating-point performance: 3,315 gflops vs 2,107 gflops
  • Around 11% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 13719 vs 12321
  • Around 22% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 40.311 vs 33.016
  • Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 795.334 vs 736.063
  • Around 22% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.328 vs 2.73
  • 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 64.205 vs 31.588
  • 2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 181.508 vs 70.194
  • Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3705 vs 3382
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3348 vs 3311
  • Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3705 vs 3382
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3348 vs 3311
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 850 MHz vs 771 MHz
Boost clock speed 925 MHz vs 784 MHz
Texture fill rate 103.6 GTexel / s vs 87.81 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1792 vs 1344
Floating-point performance 3,315 gflops vs 2,107 gflops
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 13719 vs 12321
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 40.311 vs 33.016
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 795.334 vs 736.063
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.328 vs 2.73
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 64.205 vs 31.588
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 181.508 vs 70.194
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3705 vs 3382
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3348 vs 3311
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3705 vs 3382
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3348 vs 3311

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K4200
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
4340
2817
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
498
374
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
12321
13719
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
33.016
40.311
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
736.063
795.334
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2.73
3.328
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
31.588
64.205
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
70.194
181.508
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6373
4396
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3382
3705
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3311
3348
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6373
4396
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3382
3705
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3311
3348
Name NVIDIA Quadro K4200 AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark 4340 2817
PassMark - G2D Mark 498 374
Geekbench - OpenCL 12321 13719
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 33.016 40.311
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 736.063 795.334
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.73 3.328
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 31.588 64.205
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 70.194 181.508
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6373 4396
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3382 3705
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3311 3348
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6373 4396
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3382 3705
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3311 3348
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro K4200 AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM

Essentials

Architecture Kepler GCN 1.0
Code name GK104 Tahiti
Launch date 22 July 2014 8 January 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $854.99
Place in performance rating 681 682
Price now $446.99
Type Workstation Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 11.92

Technical info

Boost clock speed 784 MHz 925 MHz
Core clock speed 771 MHz 850 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,107 gflops 3,315 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1344 1792
Texture fill rate 87.81 GTexel / s 103.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 108 Watt 200 Watt
Transistor count 3,540 million 4,313 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 241 mm 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 3 GB
Memory bandwidth 172.8 GB / s 240.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 5400 MHz 5000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5