GeForce 405M vs Quadro M1200

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	502	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	12.98	no data
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2017)	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code name	GM107	GT218
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Release date	11 January 2017 (7 years ago)	5 January 2011 (13 years ago)

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	640	16
Core clock speed	1093 MHz	606 MHz
Boost clock speed	1150 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	1,870 million	260 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	14 Watt
Texture fill rate	43.72	4.848
Floating-point processing power	1.399 TFLOPS	0.03878 TFLOPS
Gigaflops	no data	73
ROPs	16	4
TMUs	40	8

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).

Laptop size	large	no data
Bus support	no data	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

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	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	Up to 512 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1253 MHz	Up to 800 (DDR3), Up to 800 (GDDR3) MHz
Memory bandwidth	80 GB/s	25.6 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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	No outputs	DisplayPort, HDMI, VGA, Dual Link DVI, Single Link DVI
Multi monitor support	no data	+
HDMI	-	+
Maximum VGA resolution	no data	2048x1536
Display Port	1.2	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus	+	-
Power management	no data	8.0
3D Stereo	+	no data
Mosaic	+	no data
nView Display Management	+	no data
Optimus	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12	12 API
Shader Model	5.1	4.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	1.1.126	N/A
CUDA	5.0	+

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	11 January 2017	5 January 2011
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	14 Watt

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