Quadro P4200 vs GeForce GTX 860M SLI

Place in the ranking	394	210
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	7.69	18.46
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2017)	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	no data	GP104
Market segment	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Release date	12 March 2014 (10 years ago)	21 February 2018 (6 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	2304
Core clock speed	1029 MHz	1227 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1647 MHz
Number of transistors	2x 1870 Million	7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	100 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	237.2
Floating-point processing power	no data	7.589 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	64
TMUs	no data	144

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	large	large
Interface	no data	MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None
SLI options	+	-

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	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2x 4 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	2x 128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1502 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	192.3 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

no data

No outputs

Supported technologies

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

Optimus

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (FL 11_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	no data	6.4
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	1.2
Vulkan	-	1.2.131
CUDA	+	6.1

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

−95.7%

90−95
+95.7%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

18−20

−116%

40−45
+116%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	27−30 −89.7%	55−60 +89.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	20−22 −115%	40−45 +115%
Battlefield 5	40−45 −105%	80−85 +105%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	24−27 −104%	50−55 +104%
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 −116%	40−45 +116%
Far Cry 5	27−30 −100%	55−60 +100%
Far Cry New Dawn	30−35 −94.1%	65−70 +94.1%
Forza Horizon 4	80−85 −78%	140−150 +78%
Hitman 3	21−24 −122%	50−55 +122%
Horizon Zero Dawn	65−70 −75.8%	110−120 +75.8%
Metro Exodus	40−45 −110%	85−90 +110%
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−35 −91.2%	65−70 +91.2%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	40−45 −113%	85−90 +113%
Watch Dogs: Legion	70−75 −45.1%	100−110 +45.1%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	27−30 −89.7%	55−60 +89.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	20−22 −115%	40−45 +115%
Battlefield 5	40−45 −105%	80−85 +105%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	24−27 −104%	50−55 +104%
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 −116%	40−45 +116%
Far Cry 5	27−30 −100%	55−60 +100%
Far Cry New Dawn	30−35 −94.1%	65−70 +94.1%
Forza Horizon 4	80−85 −78%	140−150 +78%
Hitman 3	21−24 −122%	50−55 +122%
Horizon Zero Dawn	65−70 −75.8%	110−120 +75.8%
Metro Exodus	40−45 −110%	85−90 +110%
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−35 −91.2%	65−70 +91.2%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	40−45 −113%	85−90 +113%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−35 −74.2%	50−55 +74.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion	70−75 −45.1%	100−110 +45.1%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	27−30 −89.7%	55−60 +89.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	20−22 −115%	40−45 +115%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	24−27 −104%	50−55 +104%
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 −116%	40−45 +116%
Far Cry 5	27−30 −100%	55−60 +100%
Forza Horizon 4	80−85 −78%	140−150 +78%
Hitman 3	21−24 −122%	50−55 +122%
Horizon Zero Dawn	65−70 −75.8%	110−120 +75.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	40−45 −113%	85−90 +113%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−35 −74.2%	50−55 +74.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion	70−75 −45.1%	100−110 +45.1%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

30−35

−91.2%

65−70
+91.2%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	24−27 −100%	45−50 +100%
Far Cry New Dawn	18−20 −100%	35−40 +100%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 −117%	24−27 +117%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	9−10 −178%	24−27 +178%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 −123%	27−30 +123%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −167%	16−18 +167%
Far Cry 5	14−16 −107%	27−30 +107%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 −136%	140−150 +136%
Hitman 3	14−16 −100%	30−33 +100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 −108%	50−55 +108%
Metro Exodus	20−22 −140%	45−50 +140%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	20−22 −175%	55−60 +175%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −138%	30−35 +138%
Watch Dogs: Legion	75−80 −82.1%	140−150 +82.1%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

20−22

−110%

40−45
+110%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	12−14 −108%	24−27 +108%
Far Cry New Dawn	9−10 −122%	20−22 +122%
Hitman 3	8−9 −150%	20−22 +150%
Horizon Zero Dawn	55−60 −119%	120−130 +119%
Metro Exodus	10−12 −164%	27−30 +164%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −145%	27−30 +145%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −114%	14−16 +114%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	6−7 −133%	14−16 +133%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 −133%	14−16 +133%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −200%	6−7 +200%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −100%	14−16 +100%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −113%	30−35 +113%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12 −182%	30−35 +182%
Watch Dogs: Legion	5−6 −120%	10−12 +120%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

10−12

−100%

21−24
+100%

This is how GTX 860M SLI and Quadro P4200 compete in popular games:

Quadro P4200 is 96% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Quadro P4200 is 200% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, Quadro P4200 surpassed GTX 860M SLI in all 72 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	12.58	25.15
Recency	12 March 2014	21 February 2018
Chip lithography	28 nm	16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	100 Watt

Quadro P4200 has a 99.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 75% more advanced lithography process, and 20% lower power consumption.

The Quadro P4200 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 860M SLI in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 860M SLI is a notebook graphics card while Quadro P4200 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.