Quadro K1200 vs Quadro M4000M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro M4000M with Quadro K1200, including specs and performance data.

M4000M
2015
4 GB GDDR5, 100 Watt
15.94
+109%

M4000M outperforms K1200 by a whopping 109% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking337524
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data2.49
Power efficiency11.0811.77
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Maxwell (2014−2017)
GPU code nameGM204GM107
Market segmentMobile workstationWorkstation
Release date18 August 2015 (9 years ago)28 January 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$321.97

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores1,280512
Core clock speed975 MHz1058 MHz
Boost clock speed1013 MHz1124 MHz
Number of transistors5,200 million1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rate78.0035.97
Floating-point processing power2.496 TFLOPS1.151 TFLOPS
ROPs6416
TMUs8032

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 sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data160 mm
Widthno data1" (2.5 cm)
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 typeGDDR5128 Bit
Maximum RAM amount4 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1253 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth160 GB/sUp to 80 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 ConnectorsNo outputs4x mini-DisplayPort
Number of simultaneous displaysno data4
Display Port1.2no data

Supported technologies

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

Optimus+-
3D Vision Pro++
Mosaic++
nView Display Management+no data
nView Desktop Managementno data+
Optimus+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX1212
Shader Model6.45.1
OpenGL4.54.5
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan+1.1.126
CUDA5.25.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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.

M4000M 15.94
+109%
Quadro K1200 7.62

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

M4000M 6148
+109%
Quadro K1200 2940

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

M4000M 19892
+126%
Quadro K1200 8814

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

M4000M 21133
+175%
Quadro K1200 7677

Octane Render OctaneBench

This is a special benchmark measuring graphics card performance in OctaneRender, which is a realistic GPU rendering engine by OTOY Inc., available either as a standalone program, or as a plugin for 3DS Max, Cinema 4D and many other apps. It renders four different static scenes, then compares render times with a reference GPU which is currently GeForce GTX 980. This benchmark has nothing to do with gaming and is aimed at professional 3D graphics artists.

M4000M 53
+104%
Quadro K1200 26

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD73
+143%
30−35
−143%
4K20
+122%
9−10
−122%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data10.73
4Kno data35.77

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
+150%
10−11
−150%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
+125%
16−18
−125%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27
+117%
12−14
−117%
Battlefield 5 50−55
+117%
24−27
−117%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 30−35
+129%
14−16
−129%
Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
+150%
10−11
−150%
Far Cry 5 35−40
+111%
18−20
−111%
Far Cry New Dawn 40−45
+110%
21−24
−110%
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
+129%
45−50
−129%
Hitman 3 30−35
+121%
14−16
−121%
Horizon Zero Dawn 80−85
+131%
35−40
−131%
Metro Exodus 55−60
+129%
24−27
−129%
Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
+110%
21−24
−110%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 50−55
+117%
24−27
−117%
Watch Dogs: Legion 80−85
+131%
35−40
−131%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
+125%
16−18
−125%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27
+117%
12−14
−117%
Battlefield 5 50−55
+117%
24−27
−117%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 30−35
+129%
14−16
−129%
Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
+150%
10−11
−150%
Far Cry 5 35−40
+111%
18−20
−111%
Far Cry New Dawn 40−45
+110%
21−24
−110%
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
+129%
45−50
−129%
Hitman 3 30−35
+121%
14−16
−121%
Horizon Zero Dawn 80−85
+131%
35−40
−131%
Metro Exodus 55−60
+129%
24−27
−129%
Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
+110%
21−24
−110%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 50−55
+117%
24−27
−117%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 35−40
+111%
18−20
−111%
Watch Dogs: Legion 80−85
+131%
35−40
−131%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
+125%
16−18
−125%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27
+117%
12−14
−117%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 30−35
+129%
14−16
−129%
Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
+150%
10−11
−150%
Far Cry 5 35−40
+111%
18−20
−111%
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
+129%
45−50
−129%
Hitman 3 30−35
+121%
14−16
−121%
Horizon Zero Dawn 80−85
+131%
35−40
−131%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 50−55
+117%
24−27
−117%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 35−40
+111%
18−20
−111%
Watch Dogs: Legion 80−85
+131%
35−40
−131%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
+110%
21−24
−110%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 30−35
+121%
14−16
−121%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
+150%
10−11
−150%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16−18
+129%
7−8
−129%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
+117%
6−7
−117%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 16−18
+113%
8−9
−113%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Far Cry 5 18−20
+111%
9−10
−111%
Forza Horizon 4 85−90
+113%
40−45
−113%
Hitman 3 18−20
+111%
9−10
−111%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−35
+136%
14−16
−136%
Metro Exodus 27−30
+142%
12−14
−142%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−33
+114%
14−16
−114%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18
+113%
8−9
−113%
Watch Dogs: Legion 95−100
+118%
45−50
−118%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
+117%
12−14
−117%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 16−18
+129%
7−8
−129%
Far Cry New Dawn 12−14
+140%
5−6
−140%
Hitman 3 12−14
+140%
5−6
−140%
Horizon Zero Dawn 80−85
+131%
35−40
−131%
Metro Exodus 16−18
+129%
7−8
−129%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+114%
7−8
−114%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Far Cry 5 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
+120%
10−11
−120%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 16−18
+129%
7−8
−129%
Watch Dogs: Legion 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
+133%
6−7
−133%

This is how M4000M and Quadro K1200 compete in popular games:

  • M4000M is 143% faster in 1080p
  • M4000M is 122% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 15.94 7.62
Recency 18 August 2015 28 January 2015
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 45 Watt

M4000M has a 109.2% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 6 months.

Quadro K1200, on the other hand, has 122.2% lower power consumption.

The Quadro M4000M is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro K1200 in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro M4000M is a mobile workstation card while Quadro K1200 is a workstation one.


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