Quadro T1200 Mobile vs HD Graphics P530

Place in the ranking	794	285
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	12.83	74.72
Architecture	Generation 9.0 (2015−2016)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	Skylake GT2	TU117
Market segment	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Release date	1 September 2015 (9 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	192	1024
Core clock speed	350 MHz	855 MHz
Boost clock speed	1150 MHz	1425 MHz
Number of transistors	189 million	4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm+	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	18 Watt
Texture fill rate	18.40	91.20
Floating-point processing power	0.4416 TFLOPS	2.918 TFLOPS
ROPs	3	32
TMUs	16	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
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 3.0 x16
Width	IGP	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	DDR3L/LPDDR3/DDR4	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	1740 MB	4 GB
Memory bus width	System Shared	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	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

No outputs

Supported technologies

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

Quick Sync

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.4	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.1	3.0
Vulkan	1.1.97	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	8−9 −625%	58 +625%
1440p	4−5 −725%	33 +725%
4K	10−12 −710%	81 +710%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

5−6

−540%

30−35
+540%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −389%	40−45 +389%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −4600%	47 +4600%
Battlefield 5	4−5 −1525%	65−70 +1525%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −471%	40−45 +471%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −540%	30−35 +540%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −1200%	65 +1200%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 −657%	50−55 +657%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 −779%	120−130 +779%
Hitman 3	8−9 −388%	35−40 +388%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −186%	60 +186%
Metro Exodus	3−4 −500%	18−20 +500%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 −657%	50−55 +657%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −392%	59 +392%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −42.1%	54 +42.1%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −389%	40−45 +389%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −2700%	28 +2700%
Battlefield 5	4−5 −1525%	65−70 +1525%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −471%	40−45 +471%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −540%	30−35 +540%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −1080%	59 +1080%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 −657%	50−55 +657%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 −779%	120−130 +779%
Hitman 3	8−9 −388%	35−40 +388%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −124%	47 +124%
Metro Exodus	3−4 −2200%	65−70 +2200%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 −657%	50−55 +657%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −267%	44 +267%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −407%	71 +407%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −23.7%	47 +23.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −389%	40−45 +389%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −2000%	21 +2000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −543%	45−50 +543%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −540%	30−35 +540%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −1020%	56 +1020%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 −779%	120−130 +779%
Hitman 3	8−9 −588%	55−60 +588%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −567%	140−150 +567%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −567%	80−85 +567%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −164%	37 +164%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +100%	19 −100%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

7−8
−543%

45−50

+543%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	5−6 −500%	30−33 +500%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 −575%	27−30 +575%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −900%	20−22 +900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −500%	12−14 +500%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −1100%	12−14 +1100%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −1267%	41 +1267%
Hitman 3	8−9 −588%	55−60 +588%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 −543%	45−50 +543%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 −500%	12−14 +500%
Watch Dogs: Legion	16−18 +33.3%	12 −33.3%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

6−7
−567%

40−45

+567%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −500%	6−7 +500%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −500%	12−14 +500%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −500%	12−14 +500%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −900%	10−11 +900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −500%	6−7 +500%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −1000%	10−12 +1000%
Forza Horizon 4	0−1	27−30
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	8−9

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5
−575%

27−30

+575%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Hitman 3	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	32 +0%	32 +0%
Metro Exodus	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	18 +0%	18 +0%
Battlefield 5	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Hitman 3	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Metro Exodus	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%

This is how HD Graphics P530 and T1200 Mobile compete in popular games:

T1200 Mobile is 625% faster in 1080p
T1200 Mobile is 725% faster in 1440p
T1200 Mobile is 710% faster in 4K

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

in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the HD Graphics P530 is 100% faster.
in Assassin's Creed Valhalla, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the T1200 Mobile is 4600% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

HD Graphics P530 is ahead in 2 tests (3%)
T1200 Mobile is ahead in 41 test (62%)
there's a draw in 23 tests (35%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.78	19.43
Recency	1 September 2015	12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount	1740 MB	4 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	18 Watt

HD Graphics P530 has 20% lower power consumption.

T1200 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 598.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 135.4% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Quadro T1200 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics P530 in performance tests.

Be aware that HD Graphics P530 is a desktop 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.