Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition vs Quadro K1200

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking568not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.14no data
Power efficiency11.97no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code nameGM107Tahiti
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Designno datareference
Release date28 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.

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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 cores5122048
Core clock speed1058 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1124 MHz1050 MHz
Number of transistors1,870 million4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate35.97134.4
Floating-point processing power1.151 TFLOPS4.301 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs32128

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 supportno dataPCIe 2.1 x16
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length160 mm274 mm
Width1" (2.5 cm)2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 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 type128 BitGDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB3 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidthUp to 80 GB/s288 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 Connectors4x mini-DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Number of simultaneous displays4no 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.

DirectX12DirectX® 11
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.126-
CUDA5.0-

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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