Radeon R7 250E vs Quadro K1200

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro K1200 with Radeon R7 250E, including specs and performance data.

Quadro K1200
2015
4 GB 128-bit, 45 Watt
7.62
+74.4%

K1200 outperforms R7 250E by an impressive 74% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking525670
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.511.14
Power efficiency11.805.54
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameGM107Cape Verde
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date28 January 2015 (9 years ago)20 December 2013 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$321.97 $109

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Quadro K1200 has 120% better value for money than R7 250E.

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 cores512512
Core clock speed1058 MHz800 MHz
Boost clock speed1124 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,870 million1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt55 Watt
Texture fill rate35.9725.60
Floating-point processing power1.151 TFLOPS0.8192 TFLOPS
ROPs1616
TMUs3232

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length160 mm168 mm
Width1" (2.5 cm)1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 GB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz1125 MHz
Memory bandwidthUp to 80 GB/s72 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 Connectors4x mini-DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Number of simultaneous displays4no data
HDMI-+

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

DirectX1212 (11_1)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.131
CUDA5.0-

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 7.62 4.37
Recency 28 January 2015 20 December 2013
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 55 Watt

Quadro K1200 has a 74.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 22.2% lower power consumption.

The Quadro K1200 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 250E in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro K1200 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon R7 250E is a desktop one.


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