GeForce 8800 GTS 640 vs Quadro K1200

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	586	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.17	no data
Power efficiency	12.10	no data
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2017)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	GM107	G80
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	28 January 2015 (10 years ago)	8 November 2006 (19 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$321.97	$449

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	512	96
Core clock speed	954 MHz	513 MHz
Boost clock speed	1033 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	1,870 million	681 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	143 Watt
Texture fill rate	33.06	24.62
Floating-point processing power	1.0578 TFLOPS	0.2281 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	20
TMUs	32	24
L1 Cache	256 KB	no data
L2 Cache	2 MB	80 KB

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 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	160 mm	267 mm
Width	1" (2.5 cm)	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin

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	128 Bit	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	640 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	320 Bit
Memory clock speed	1253 MHz	792 MHz
Memory bandwidth	Up to 80 GB/s	63.36 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	4x mini-DisplayPort 1.2	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Number of simultaneous displays	4	no data

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 (10_0)
Shader Model	6.7 (5.1)	4.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
OpenCL	3.0	1.1
Vulkan	1.3	N/A
CUDA	5.0	+

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	28 January 2015	8 November 2006
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	640 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	143 Watt

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