Quadro T1200 Max-Q vs Quadro P4200

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking210not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency18.45no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGP104TU117
Market segmentMobile workstationMobile workstation
Release date21 February 2018 (6 years ago)12 April 2021 (3 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 cores23041024
Core clock speed1227 MHz855 MHz
Boost clock speed1647 MHz1425 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 million4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt18 Watt
Texture fill rate237.291.20
Floating-point processing power7.589 TFLOPS2.918 TFLOPS
ROPs6432
TMUs14464

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
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 3.0 x16
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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.3 GB/s160.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputsPortable Device Dependent

Supported technologies

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

Optimus+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.7 (6.4)
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA6.17.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 21 February 2018 12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 18 Watt

Quadro P4200 has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

T1200 Max-Q, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 33.3% more advanced lithography process, and 455.6% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro P4200 and Quadro T1200 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.


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