Quadro K1200 vs Radeon HD 6550A

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro K1200 and Radeon HD 6550A, 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 Quadro K1200 stacks up against Radeon HD 6550A, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  Quadro K1200 Radeon HD 6550A
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 35 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-A (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type 128 Bit GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 4x mini-DisplayPort No outputs
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  • Quadro K1200 has 28% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6550A.
  • Quadro K1200 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 6550A uses MXM-A (3.0) interface.
  • Quadro K1200 has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6550A.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro K1200 is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon HD 6550A - with TeraScale 2.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro K1200 is 508 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6550A.
  • Quadro K1200 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6550A - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro K1200 is 3400 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6550A.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 0−1
ultra / 1080p 8−9
QHD / 1440p 3−4 0−1
low / 720p 30−35 1−2
medium / 1080p 18−20 0−1
The average gaming FPS of Quadro K1200 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 3100% more, than Radeon HD 6550A.

Full Specs

  Quadro K1200 Radeon HD 6550A
Architecture Maxwell TeraScale 2
Code name GM107 Pinewood
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 28 January 2015 7 February 2011
Pipelines 512 480
Core clock speed 1058 MHz 550 MHz
Boost Clock 1124 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million 627 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 35.97 13.20
Floating-point performance 1,151 gflops 624.0 gflops
Length 160 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
DirectX 12 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5 5.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan + N/A
CUDA 5.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 132 Mh/s
3D Vision Pro +
Mosaic +
Width 1" (2.5 cm)
Number of simultaneous displays 4
nView Desktop Management +
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