FirePro W4300 vs Quadro K4200

Place in performance ranking	389	499
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	4.43	4.68
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code name	GK104	Bonaire
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	22 July 2014 (9 years ago)	1 December 2015 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$854.99	no data
Current price	$311 (0.4x MSRP)	$129

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

FirePro W4300 has 6% better value for money than Quadro K4200.

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	1344	768
Core clock speed	771 MHz	930 MHz
Boost clock speed	784 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	3,540 million	2,080 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	108 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	87.81	44.64
Floating-point performance	2,107 gflops	1,428 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 3.0 x16
Length	241 mm	171 mm
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	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	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz	6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	172.8 GB/s	96 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

1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort

4x mini-DisplayPort

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	5.1	6.3
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	+	1.2.131
CUDA	3.0	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Quadro K4200 11.17
+49.1%

FirePro W4300 7.49

Quadro K4200 outperforms FirePro W4300 by 49% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

Quadro K4200 4319
+49.2%

FirePro W4300 2894

Quadro K4200 outperforms FirePro W4300 by 49% in Passmark.