Quadro T1200 Mobile vs ATI Radeon 9700 PRO

Place in the ranking	1426	288
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	74.67
Architecture	Rage 8 (2002−2007)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	R300	TU117
Market segment	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Release date	1 July 2002 (22 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 cores	no data	1024
Core clock speed	325 MHz	855 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1425 MHz
Number of transistors	110 million	4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	18 Watt
Texture fill rate	2.600	91.20
Floating-point processing power	no data	2.918 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	32
TMUs	8	64

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	no data	medium sized
Interface	AGP 8x	PCIe 3.0 x16
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	Floppy	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	DDR	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	310 MHz	1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	19.84 GB/s	160.0 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 Connectors

1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	9.0 (9_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	no data	6.6
OpenGL	2.0	4.6
OpenCL	N/A	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2
CUDA	-	7.5

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 HD	-0−1	58
1440p	-0−1	33
4K	0−1	81

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

30−35

+0%

30−35

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	47 +0%	47 +0%
Battlefield 5	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Far Cry 5	65 +0%	65 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Hitman 3	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	60 +0%	60 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	59 +0%	59 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	54 +0%	54 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	28 +0%	28 +0%
Battlefield 5	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Far Cry 5	59 +0%	59 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Hitman 3	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	47 +0%	47 +0%
Metro Exodus	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	44 +0%	44 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	71 +0%	71 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	47 +0%	47 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21 +0%	21 +0%
Battlefield 5	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Far Cry 5	56 +0%	56 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	37 +0%	37 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	19 +0%	19 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Hitman 3	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	32 +0%	32 +0%
Metro Exodus	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	18 +0%	18 +0%
Battlefield 5	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Far Cry 5	41 +0%	41 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	12 +0%	12 +0%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Hitman 3	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Metro Exodus	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Battlefield 5	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Far Cry 5	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 68 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.14	19.47
Recency	1 July 2002	12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	4 GB
Chip lithography	150 nm	12 nm

T1200 Mobile has a 13807.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 18 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1150% more advanced lithography process.

The Quadro T1200 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 9700 PRO in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon 9700 PRO is a desktop card while Quadro T1200 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.

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