NVIDIA Quadro P4200 Mobile vs AMD Radeon R9 290X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro P4200 Mobile and AMD Radeon R9 290X 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, 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, 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).

NVIDIA Quadro P4200 Mobile

AMD Radeon R9 290X

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro P4200 Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 74% higher boost clock speed: 1647 MHz vs 947 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 250 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
4.8x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 10440 vs 8618
Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 16345 vs 8729
Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 16345 vs 8729

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 February 2018 vs 24 October 2013
Boost clock speed	1647 MHz vs 947 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 250 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	10440 vs 8618
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	16345 vs 8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	16345 vs 8729

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X

Around 28% higher texture fill rate: 176.0 GTexel / s vs 137.4 GTexel / s
Around 57% higher pipelines: 2816 vs 1792
Around 28% better floating-point performance: 5,632 gflops vs 4,398 gflops
Around 56% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 765 vs 489
Around 10% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 43456 vs 39513
Around 90% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 7055 vs 3714
32.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3353 vs 103
Around 90% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 7055 vs 3714
32.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3353 vs 103

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	176.0 GTexel / s vs 137.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2816 vs 1792
Floating-point performance	5,632 gflops vs 4,398 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	765 vs 489
Geekbench - OpenCL	43456 vs 39513
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	7055 vs 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353 vs 103
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	7055 vs 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353 vs 103

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro P4200 Mobile
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290X

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

10440

8618

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

489

765

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

39513

43456

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

16345

8729

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3714

7055

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

103

3353

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

16345

8729

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3714

7055

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

103

3353

Name	NVIDIA Quadro P4200 Mobile	AMD Radeon R9 290X
PassMark - G3D Mark	10440	8618
PassMark - G2D Mark	489	765
Geekbench - OpenCL	39513	43456
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	16345	8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3714	7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	103	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	16345	8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3714	7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	103	3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0	3925
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		117.322
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		2460.464
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		11.12
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		120.942
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		628.757

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro P4200 Mobile	AMD Radeon R9 290X
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 2.0
Code name	GP104	Hawaii
Launch date	21 February 2018	24 October 2013
Place in performance rating	300	301
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$549
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1647 MHz	947 MHz
Core clock speed	1227 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,398 gflops	5,632 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1792	2816
Texture fill rate	137.4 GTexel / s	176.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	7,200 million	6,200 million
Stream Processors		2560
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Length		275 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	192.3 GB / s	320 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	1250 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)