Quadro K5200 vs Quadro P4000 Mobile

Place in the ranking	264	340
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	8.02	2.17
Power efficiency	14.37	7.35
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	GP104	GK110B
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Workstation
Release date	11 January 2017 (7 years ago)	22 July 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$819.61	$1,699.74

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

P4000 Mobile has 270% better value for money than Quadro K5200.

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	1792	2304
Core clock speed	1227 MHz	667 MHz
Boost clock speed	1228 MHz	771 MHz
Number of transistors	7,200 million	7,080 million
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	150 Watt
Texture fill rate	137.4	148.0
Floating-point processing power	4.398 TFLOPS	3.553 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	48
TMUs	112	192

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
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	no data	267 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 6-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 type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1502 MHz	1502 MHz
Memory bandwidth	192 GB/s	192.3 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	2x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
Display Port	1.4	no data

Supported technologies

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

Optimus	+	-
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 (11_1)
Shader Model	6.4	5.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	+
CUDA	6.1	3.5

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	20.60	15.82
Recency	11 January 2017	22 July 2014
Chip lithography	16 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	150 Watt

P4000 Mobile has a 30.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 75% more advanced lithography process, and 50% lower power consumption.

The Quadro P4000 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro K5200 in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro P4000 Mobile is a mobile workstation card while Quadro K5200 is a workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.