Quadro T1200 Mobile vs FirePro V7900

Place in the ranking	593	291
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	2.75	74.67
Architecture	TeraScale 3 (2010−2013)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	Cayman	TU117
Market segment	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Release date	24 May 2011 (13 years ago)	12 April 2021 (3 years ago)

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	1280	1024
Core clock speed	725 MHz	855 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1425 MHz
Number of transistors	2,640 million	4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	151 Watt	18 Watt
Texture fill rate	58.00	91.20
Floating-point processing power	1.856 TFLOPS	2.918 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	32
TMUs	80	64

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).

Laptop size	no data	medium sized
Bus support	PCIe 2.1 x16	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	279 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Form factor	full height / full length	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	no data

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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	160 GB/s	160.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort	No outputs
StereoOutput3D	+	-
DisplayPort count	4	no data
Dual-link DVI support	+	-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.0	6.6
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2
CUDA	-	7.5

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	16−18 −263%	58 +263%
1440p	10−12 −230%	33 +230%
4K	24−27 −238%	81 +238%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

35−40

+0%

35−40

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	17 +0%	17 +0%
Far Cry 5	65 +0%	65 +0%
Fortnite	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Valorant	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	14 +0%	14 +0%
Dota 2	114 +0%	114 +0%
Far Cry 5	59 +0%	59 +0%
Fortnite	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	71 +0%	71 +0%
Metro Exodus	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	71 +0%	71 +0%
Valorant	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
World of Tanks	220−230 +0%	220−230 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	11 +0%	11 +0%
Dota 2	107 +0%	107 +0%
Far Cry 5	56 +0%	56 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	37 +0%	37 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite

100−110

+0%

100−110

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V	37 +0%	37 +0%
Metro Exodus	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Valorant	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	7 +0%	7 +0%
Far Cry 5	41 +0%	41 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite

50−55

+0%

50−55

+0%

4K
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Metro Exodus	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Valorant	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Dota 2	109 +0%	109 +0%
Far Cry 5	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite

21−24

+0%

21−24

+0%

This is how FirePro V7900 and T1200 Mobile compete in popular games:

T1200 Mobile is 263% faster in 1080p
T1200 Mobile is 230% faster in 1440p
T1200 Mobile is 238% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 54 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	5.99	19.49
Recency	24 May 2011	12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	151 Watt	18 Watt

T1200 Mobile has a 225.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 233.3% more advanced lithography process, and 738.9% lower power consumption.

The Quadro T1200 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro V7900 in performance tests.

Be aware that FirePro V7900 is a workstation card while Quadro T1200 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.