Quadro T1200 Mobile vs Quadro M4000

Place in the ranking	313	284
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	5.46	no data
Power efficiency	9.98	74.72
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	GM204	TU117
Market segment	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Release date	29 June 2015 (9 years ago)	12 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$791	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	1664	1024
Core clock speed	773 MHz	855 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1425 MHz
Number of transistors	5,200 million	4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	18 Watt
Texture fill rate	80.39	91.20
Floating-point processing power	2.573 TFLOPS	2.918 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	32
TMUs	104	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	no data	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	241 mm	no data
Width	1" (2.5 cm)	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin	no data
SLI options	+	-

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	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1502 MHz	1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	Up to 192 GB/s	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	4x DisplayPort	No outputs
Number of simultaneous displays	4	no data
Multi-display synchronization	Quadro Sync	no data

Supported technologies

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

3D Vision Pro	+	no data
Mosaic	+	no data
High-Performance Video I/O6	+	no data
nView Desktop Management	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.4	6.6
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.2
CUDA	5.2	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	50−55 −16%	58 +16%
1440p	27−30 −22.2%	33 +22.2%
4K	70−75 −15.7%	81 +15.7%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	15.82	no data
1440p	29.30	no data
4K	11.30	no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

30−35

+0%

30−35

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	47 +0%	47 +0%
Battlefield 5	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35 +0%	30−35 +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%
Hitman 3	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	60 +0%	60 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	59 +0%	59 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	54 +0%	54 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	28 +0%	28 +0%
Battlefield 5	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35 +0%	30−35 +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%
Hitman 3	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	47 +0%	47 +0%
Metro Exodus	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	44 +0%	44 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	71 +0%	71 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	47 +0%	47 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21 +0%	21 +0%
Battlefield 5	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35 +0%	30−35 +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%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	37 +0%	37 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	19 +0%	19 +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%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 +0%	12−14 +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

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

This is how Quadro M4000 and T1200 Mobile compete in popular games:

T1200 Mobile is 16% faster in 1080p
T1200 Mobile is 22% faster in 1440p
T1200 Mobile is 16% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 68 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	17.29	19.42
Recency	29 June 2015	12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	18 Watt

Quadro M4000 has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

T1200 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 12.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 566.7% lower power consumption.

The Quadro T1200 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro M4000 in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro M4000 is a workstation 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.