NVIDIA Quadro M1200 vs AMD Radeon Pro 555X

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General info

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

Place in performance ranking465463
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money1.800.97
ArchitecturePolaris (2016−2019)Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code namePolaris 21N17P-Q1
Market segmentMobile workstationMobile workstation
Release date5 June 2017 (6 years old)13 January 2017 (7 years old)
Current price$894 $1372
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Pro 555X has 86% better value for money than Quadro M1200.

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 cores768640
Core clock speed855 MHz991 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1150 MHz
Number of transistors3,000 million1870 Million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data45 Watt
Texture fill rate43.5443.72

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon Pro 555X and Quadro M1200 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizelargelarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8MXM-A (3.0)
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 GB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed5080 MHz5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth81.6 GB/s80 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs
Display Portno data1.2

Technologies

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

FreeSync+no data
Optimusno data+
3D Stereono data+
Mosaicno data+
nView Display Managementno data+
Optimusno data+

API support

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12
Shader Model6.45.0
OpenGL4.64.5
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.1.126
CUDAno data5.0

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.

Pro 555X 8.35
Quadro M1200 8.38
+0.4%

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%

Pro 555X 3235
Quadro M1200 3250
+0.5%

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.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

Pro 555X 12518
+27.4%
Quadro M1200 9829

Radeon Pro 555X outperforms Quadro M1200 by 27% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Pro 555X 13142
+34.8%
Quadro M1200 9752

Radeon Pro 555X outperforms Quadro M1200 by 35% in GeekBench 5 Vulkan.

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 HD27−30
−11.1%
30
+11.1%
4K10−12
−10%
11
+10%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Battlefield 5 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Far Cry 5 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Hitman 3 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Battlefield 5 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Far Cry 5 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Hitman 3 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Metro Exodus 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18
−64.7%
28
+64.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Battlefield 5 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Far Cry 5 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18
+30.8%
13
−30.8%
Watch Dogs: Legion 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Hitman 3 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Metro Exodus 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Battlefield 5 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Far Cry 5 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Hitman 3 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Metro Exodus 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Battlefield 5 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

This is how Pro 555X and Quadro M1200 compete in popular games:

1080p resolution:

  • Quadro M1200 is 11.1% faster than Pro 555X

4K resolution:

  • Quadro M1200 is 10% faster than Pro 555X

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Pro 555X is 30.8% faster than the Quadro M1200.
  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the Quadro M1200 is 64.7% faster than the Pro 555X.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Pro 555X is ahead in 1 test (1%)
  • Quadro M1200 is ahead in 2 tests (3%)
  • there's a draw in 65 tests (96%)

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 8.35 8.38
Recency 5 June 2017 13 January 2017
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm

We couldn't decide between Radeon Pro 555X and Quadro M1200. The differences in performance seem too small.


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

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