Quadro K1200 vs FirePro S10000

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared FirePro S10000 and Quadro K1200, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

S10000
2012
6 GB GDDR5, 750 Watt
12.36
+62.2%

S10000 outperforms K1200 by an impressive 62% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking395521
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.612.50
Power efficiency2.3812.22
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Maxwell (2014−2017)
GPU code nameTahitiGM107
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date12 November 2012 (11 years ago)28 January 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$3,599 $321.97

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Quadro K1200 has 310% better value for money than S10000.

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 cores4096512
Core clock speed825 MHz1058 MHz
Boost clock speed950 MHz1124 MHz
Number of transistors4,313 million1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)750 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rate106.435.97
Floating-point processing power3.405 TFLOPS1.151 TFLOPS
ROPs3216
TMUs11232

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).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length305 mm160 mm
Width2-slot1" (2.5 cm)
Form factorfull height / full lengthno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5128 Bit
Maximum RAM amount6 GB4 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth480 GB/sUp to 80 GB/s

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 Connectors1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort4x mini-DisplayPort
Number of simultaneous displaysno data4
Dual-link DVI support+-

Supported technologies

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

3D Vision Prono data+
Mosaicno data+
nView Desktop Managementno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.5
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.1.126
CUDA-5.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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.

S10000 12.36
+62.2%
Quadro K1200 7.62

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

S10000 4768
+62.2%
Quadro K1200 2940

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.

S10000 30631
+247%
Quadro K1200 8821

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.

S10000 34145
+345%
Quadro K1200 7677

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 12.36 7.62
Recency 12 November 2012 28 January 2015
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 4 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 750 Watt 45 Watt

S10000 has a 62.2% higher aggregate performance score, and a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

Quadro K1200, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and 1566.7% lower power consumption.

The FirePro S10000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro K1200 in performance tests.


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