Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition vs Quadro M1200

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking503not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency12.81no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameGM107Tahiti
Market segmentMobile workstationDesktop
Release date11 January 2017 (7 years ago)7 March 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$449

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 cores6401792
Core clock speed1093 MHz800 MHz
Boost clock speed1150 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,870 million4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt200 Watt
Texture fill rate43.7289.60
Floating-point processing power1.399 TFLOPS2.867 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs40112

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 sizelargeno data
InterfaceMXM-A (3.0)PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data279 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 6-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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB3 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1253 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth80 GB/s240.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
HDMI-+
Display Port1.2no data

Supported technologies

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

Optimus+-
3D Stereo+no data
Mosaic+no data
nView Display Management+no data
Optimus+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX1212 (11_1)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.131
CUDA5.0-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 January 2017 7 March 2013
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 3 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 200 Watt

Quadro M1200 has an age advantage of 3 years, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 344.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro M1200 and Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro M1200 is a mobile workstation card while Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition is a desktop one.


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