GeForce RTX 3080 Ti vs Quadro K4200

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro K4200 with GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, including specs and performance data.

Quadro K4200
2014
4 GB GDDR5, 108 Watt
11.22

RTX 3080 Ti outperforms K4200 by a whopping 526% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking41819
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.1722.67
Power efficiency7.2414.00
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGK104GA102
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date22 July 2014 (10 years ago)31 May 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$854.99 $1,199

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 3080 Ti has 945% better value for money than Quadro K4200.

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 cores134410240
Core clock speed771 MHz1365 MHz
Boost clock speed784 MHz1665 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)108 Watt350 Watt
Texture fill rate87.81532.8
Floating-point processing power2.107 TFLOPS34.1 TFLOPS
ROPs32112
TMUs112320
Tensor Coresno data320
Ray Tracing Coresno data80

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length241 mm285 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 12-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount4 GB12 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1350 MHz1188 MHz
Memory bandwidth172.8 GB/s912.4 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 Connectors1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan+1.2
CUDA3.08.6

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.

Quadro K4200 11.22
RTX 3080 Ti 70.28
+526%

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.

Quadro K4200 4328
RTX 3080 Ti 27112
+526%

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.

Quadro K4200 12071
RTX 3080 Ti 209081
+1632%

GeekBench 5 CUDA

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 CUDA API by NVIDIA.

Quadro K4200 8946
RTX 3080 Ti 235513
+2533%

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 HD30−35
−617%
215
+617%
1440p21−24
−581%
143
+581%
4K14−16
−593%
97
+593%

Cost per frame, $

1080p28.505.58
1440p40.718.38
4K61.0712.36

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 219
+0%
219
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Battlefield 5 220−230
+0%
220−230
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 184
+0%
184
+0%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 230−240
+0%
230−240
+0%
Hitman 3 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 250−260
+0%
250−260
+0%
Metro Exodus 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 290−300
+0%
290−300
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Battlefield 5 220−230
+0%
220−230
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 160
+0%
160
+0%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 230−240
+0%
230−240
+0%
Hitman 3 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 250−260
+0%
250−260
+0%
Metro Exodus 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 407
+0%
407
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 100
+0%
100
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 146
+0%
146
+0%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 230−240
+0%
230−240
+0%
Hitman 3 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 310
+0%
310
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 359
+0%
359
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 181
+0%
181
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 97
+0%
97
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 86
+0%
86
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 99
+0%
99
+0%
Far Cry 5 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 270−280
+0%
270−280
+0%
Hitman 3 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 240
+0%
240
+0%
Metro Exodus 141
+0%
141
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 269
+0%
269
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 230−240
+0%
230−240
+0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Hitman 3 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 220−230
+0%
220−230
+0%
Metro Exodus 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 152
+0%
152
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 61
+0%
61
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 50
+0%
50
+0%
Far Cry 5 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 161
+0%
161
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 59
+0%
59
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%

This is how Quadro K4200 and RTX 3080 Ti compete in popular games:

  • RTX 3080 Ti is 617% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 3080 Ti is 581% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 3080 Ti is 593% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 72 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 11.22 70.28
Recency 22 July 2014 31 May 2021
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 108 Watt 350 Watt

Quadro K4200 has 224.1% lower power consumption.

RTX 3080 Ti, on the other hand, has a 526.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro K4200 in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro K4200 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is a desktop one.


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