Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition vs Quadro K1200
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 573 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 1.15 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 11.96 | no data |
| Architecture | Maxwell (2014−2017) | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) |
| GPU code name | GM107 | Tahiti |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Design | no data | reference |
| Release date | 28 January 2015 (10 years ago) | 22 June 2012 (13 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $321.97 | $499 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
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 | 2048 |
| Core clock speed | 1058 MHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 1124 MHz | 1050 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,870 million | 4,313 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 250 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 35.97 | 134.4 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.151 TFLOPS | 4.301 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 32 |
| TMUs | 32 | 128 |
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 | no data | PCIe 2.1 x16 |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 160 mm | 274 mm |
| Width | 1" (2.5 cm) | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-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 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 3 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1250 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | Up to 80 GB/s | 288 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 | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
| Number of simultaneous displays | 4 | no data |
| Eyefinity | - | + |
| HDMI | - | + |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| CrossFire | - | + |
| FreeSync | - | + |
| 3D Vision Pro | + | no data |
| Mosaic | + | no data |
| nView Desktop Management | + | no data |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 | DirectX® 11 |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | - |
| CUDA | 5.0 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 28 January 2015 | 22 June 2012 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 3 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 250 Watt |
Quadro K1200 has an age advantage of 2 years, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 455.6% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Quadro K1200 and Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro K1200 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition is a desktop one.
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