AMD Radeon HD 7870 vs NVIDIA Quadro K4200

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Combined performance score

Quadro K4200
11.14

Radeon HD 7870 outperforms Quadro K4200 by 7% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking384371
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money4.252.70
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code nameGK104Pitcairn XT
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date22 July 2014 (9 years old)5 March 2012 (12 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$854.99 $412.83
Current price$311 (0.4x MSRP)$200 (0.5x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Quadro K4200 has 57% better value for money than HD 7870.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores13441280
Core clock speed771 MHz1000 MHz
Boost clock speed784 MHzno data
Number of transistors3,540 million2800 Million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)108 Watt175 Watt
Texture fill rate87.8180.00
Floating-point performance2,107 gflopsno data

Size and 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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length241 mm241 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin2x 6-pin

Memory

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed5400 MHz4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth172.8 GB/s153.6 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectors1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Eyefinityno data+
HDMIno data+

API support

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan+1.2.131
CUDA3.0no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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.

Quadro K4200 11.14
HD 7870 11.96
+7.4%

Radeon HD 7870 outperforms Quadro K4200 by 7% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

Quadro K4200 4319
HD 7870 4634
+7.3%

Radeon HD 7870 outperforms Quadro K4200 by 7% in Passmark.

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:

900p75−80
−12%
84
+12%
Full HD60−65
−10%
66
+10%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 11.14 11.96
Recency 22 July 2014 5 March 2012
Cost $854.99 $412.83
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 108 Watt 175 Watt

We couldn't decide between Quadro K4200 and Radeon HD 7870. The differences in performance seem too small.

Be aware that Quadro K4200 is a workstation card while Radeon HD 7870 is a desktop one.


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

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