Quadro K1200 vs FirePro D500
Aggregate performance score
We've compared FirePro D500 and Quadro K1200, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
D500 outperforms K1200 by a substantial 39% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 482 | 583 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 1.10 |
| Power efficiency | 2.76 | 12.05 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) | Maxwell (2014−2017) |
| GPU code name | Tahiti | GM107 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 18 January 2014 (11 years ago) | 28 January 2015 (10 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $321.97 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 1536 | 512 |
| Core clock speed | 725 MHz | 954 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1033 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 4,313 million | 1,870 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 274 Watt | 45 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 69.60 | 33.06 |
| Floating-point processing power | 2.227 TFLOPS | 1.0578 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 16 |
| TMUs | 96 | 32 |
| L1 Cache | 384 KB | 256 KB |
| L2 Cache | 768 KB | 2 MB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 279 mm | 160 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 1" (2.5 cm) |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR5 | 128 Bit |
| Maximum RAM amount | 3 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1270 MHz | 1253 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 243.8 GB/s | Up to 80 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI | 4x mini-DisplayPort 1.2 |
| Number of simultaneous displays | no data | 4 |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| 3D Vision Pro | no data | + |
| Mosaic | no data | + |
| nView Desktop Management | no data | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 12 |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.7 (5.1) |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 5.0 |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 9.34 | 6.70 |
| Recency | 18 January 2014 | 28 January 2015 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 3 GB | 4 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 274 Watt | 45 Watt |
FirePro D500 has a 39.4% higher aggregate performance score.
Quadro K1200, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 508.9% lower power consumption.
The FirePro D500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro K1200 in performance tests.
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