Radeon HD 6490 vs Quadro K1200

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	497	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	5.22	no data
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2018)	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	GM107	Redwood
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	28 January 2015 (9 years ago)	4 July 2011 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$321.97	no data
Current price	$124 (0.4x MSRP)	$800

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	512	320
Core clock speed	1058 MHz	550 MHz
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	1,870 million	627 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	39 Watt
Texture fill rate	35.97	8.800
Floating-point performance	1,151 gflops	352.0 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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	160 mm	165 mm
Width	1" (2.5 cm)	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

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	DDR2
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	Up to 80 GB/s	16 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	mDP mDP mDP mDP	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Number of simultaneous displays	4	no data
HDMI	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 compatibility

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

DirectX	12	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	5	5.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	+	N/A
CUDA	5.0	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	28 January 2015	4 July 2011
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	39 Watt

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