Quadro T1200 Mobile vs GeForce4 4200 Go

Place in the ranking	1519	287
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	74.25
Architecture	no data	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	NV28M	TU117
Market segment	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Release date	15 November 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	6	1024
Core clock speed	2 MHz	855 MHz
Boost clock speed	200 MHz	1425 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	18 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	91.20
Floating-point processing power	no data	2.918 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	32
TMUs	no data	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	medium sized	medium sized
Interface	no data	PCIe 3.0 x16

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	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	200 MHz	1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	160.0 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 Connectors

no data

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	DDR	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	no data	6.6
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	3.0
Vulkan	-	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

2−3

−1500%

30−35
+1500%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −1367%	40−45 +1367%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −1900%	40−45 +1900%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −1500%	30−35 +1500%
Hitman 3	4−5 −875%	35−40 +875%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −650%	60 +650%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −1375%	59 +1375%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −92.9%	54 +92.9%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −1367%	40−45 +1367%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −1900%	40−45 +1900%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −1500%	30−35 +1500%
Hitman 3	4−5 −875%	35−40 +875%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −488%	47 +488%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −1000%	44 +1000%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −689%	71 +689%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −67.9%	47 +67.9%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −1367%	40−45 +1367%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −192400%	3850−3900 +192400%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −1500%	30−35 +1500%
Hitman 3	4−5 −193650%	7750−7800 +193650%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −194275%	15550−15600 +194275%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −193650%	7750−7800 +193650%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −311%	37 +311%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 +47.4%	19 −47.4%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	12−14
Hitman 3	6−7 −194067%	11650−11700 +194067%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −192400%	3850−3900 +192400%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−192400%

3850−3900
+192400%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −1100%	12−14 +1100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	10−11

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−192400%

3850−3900
+192400%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	47 +0%	47 +0%
Battlefield 5	65−70 +0%	65−70 +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%
Red Dead Redemption 2	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	28 +0%	28 +0%
Battlefield 5	65−70 +0%	65−70 +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%
Metro Exodus	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21 +0%	21 +0%
Battlefield 5	65−70 +0%	65−70 +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%

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%
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

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%

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

in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GeForce4 4200 Go is 47% faster.
in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the T1200 Mobile is 1900% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

GeForce4 4200 Go is ahead in 1 test (2%)
T1200 Mobile is ahead in 20 tests (30%)
there's a draw in 45 tests (68%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.01	19.46
Recency	15 November 2002	12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	4 GB
Chip lithography	150 nm	12 nm

T1200 Mobile has a 194500% 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 GeForce4 4200 Go in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce4 4200 Go is a notebook graphics 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.