FirePro V5900 vs Quadro K4200

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro V5900 and Quadro K4200, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the FirePro V5900 stacks up against Quadro K4200, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  FirePro V5900 Quadro K4200
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 108 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
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  • Quadro K4200 has 44% more power consumption, than FirePro V5900.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Quadro K4200 has 2 GB more memory, than FirePro V5900.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro V5900 is build with TeraScale 3 architecture, and Quadro K4200 - with Kepler.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro K4200 is 171 MHz higher, than FirePro V5900.
  • FirePro V5900 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Quadro K4200 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Quadro K4200 is 11 mm longer, than FirePro V5900.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro K4200 is 3400 MHz higher, than FirePro V5900.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 4−5 21−24
ultra / 1080p 2−3 12−14
QHD / 1440p 1−2 7−8
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 14−16 40−45
medium / 1080p 7−8 27−30
The average gaming FPS of Quadro K4200 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 266% more, than FirePro V5900.

Full Specs

  FirePro V5900 Quadro K4200
Architecture TeraScale 3 Kepler
Code name Cayman GK104
Type Workstation Workstation
Release date 24 May 2011 22 July 2014
Pipelines 512 1344
Core clock speed 600 MHz 771 MHz
Boost Clock 784 MHz
Transistor count 2,640 million 3,540 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 19.20 87.81
Floating-point performance 614.4 gflops 2,107 gflops
Length 230 mm 241 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 5400 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s 172.8 GB/s
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.0 5.1
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan N/A 1.1.126
CUDA 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 66 Mh/s 119 Mh/s
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