Quadro K4200 vs GeForce GTX 660

Place in performance ranking	403	386
Place by popularity	69	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	2.36	4.37
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	GK106	GK104
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	6 September 2012 (11 years ago)	22 July 2014 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$229	$854.99
Current price	$172 (0.8x MSRP)	$311 (0.4x MSRP)

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Quadro K4200 has 85% better value for money than GTX 660.

Detailed Specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	960	1344
CUDA cores	960	no data
Core clock speed	980 MHz	771 MHz
Boost clock speed	1033 MHz	784 MHz
Number of transistors	2,540 million	3,540 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	140 Watt	108 Watt
Texture fill rate	78.4 billion/sec	87.81
Floating-point performance	1,981 gflops	2,107 gflops

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).

Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	9.5" (24.1 cm)	241 mm
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	One 6-pin	1x 6-pin
SLI options	+	no data

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	192-bit GDDR5	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6.0 GB/s	5400 MHz
Memory bandwidth	144.2 GB/s	172.8 GB/s

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	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support	4 displays	no data
HDMI	+	no data
HDCP	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

Supported Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Blu-Ray	+	no data
3D Gaming	+	no data
3D Vision	+	no data

API Compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.1.126	+
CUDA	+	3.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 660 10.33

Quadro K4200 11.18
+8.2%

Quadro K4200 outperforms GeForce GTX 660 by 8% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GTX 660 3998

Quadro K4200 4326
+8.2%

Quadro K4200 outperforms GeForce GTX 660 by 8% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

GTX 660 11272

Quadro K4200 11866
+5.3%

Quadro K4200 outperforms GeForce GTX 660 by 5% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Benchmark coverage: 5%

GTX 660 11440

Quadro K4200 12288
+7.4%

Quadro K4200 outperforms GeForce GTX 660 by 7% in GeekBench 5 Vulkan.

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Benchmark coverage: 4%

GTX 660 8583

Quadro K4200 8946
+4.2%

Quadro K4200 outperforms GeForce GTX 660 by 4% in GeekBench 5 CUDA.

Octane Render OctaneBench

This is a special benchmark measuring graphics card performance in OctaneRender, which is a realistic GPU rendering engine by OTOY Inc., available either as a standalone program, or as a plugin for 3DS Max, Cinema 4D and many other apps. It renders four different static scenes, then compares render times with a reference GPU which is currently GeForce GTX 980. This benchmark has nothing to do with gaming and is aimed at professional 3D graphics artists.

Benchmark coverage: 4%

GTX 660 33

Quadro K4200 40
+21.2%

Quadro K4200 outperforms GeForce GTX 660 by 21% in Octane Render OctaneBench.

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

−6.4%

50−55
+6.4%

Pros & Cons Summary

Performance score	10.33	11.18
Recency	6 September 2012	22 July 2014
Cost	$229	$854.99
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Power consumption (TDP)	140 Watt	108 Watt