Quadro K1200 vs Radeon HD 6990M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro K1200 and Radeon HD 6990M, 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 6990M, check out specs charts below.

Radeon HD 6990M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon HD 6990M is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon HD 6990M here:

Main Specs

  Quadro K1200 Radeon HD 6990M
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 100 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors None None
Memory type 128 Bit GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 4x mini-DisplayPort No outputs
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  • Radeon HD 6990M has 122% more power consumption, than Quadro K1200.
  • Quadro K1200 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 6990M uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
  • Quadro K1200 has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6990M.
  • Quadro K1200 is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 6990M - in Laptops.
  • Quadro K1200 is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon HD 6990M - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro K1200 is 343 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6990M.
  • Quadro K1200 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6990M - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro K1200 is 4100 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6990M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 14−16
ultra / 1080p 8−9 8−9
QHD / 1440p 3−4 3−4
low / 720p 30−35 30−33
medium / 1080p 18−20 16−18
Quadro K1200 and Radeon HD 6990M have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Full Specs

  Quadro K1200 Radeon HD 6990M
Architecture Maxwell Terascale 2
Code name GM107 Blackcomb XTX
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 28 January 2015 12 July 2011
Pipelines 512 1120
Core clock speed 1058 MHz 715 MHz
Boost Clock 1124 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million 1,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 35.97 40.04
Floating-point performance 1,151 gflops 1,601.6 gflops
Length 160 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 900 MHz
Memory bandwidth 115.2 GB/s
Shared memory -
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
Laptop size large
3D Vision Pro +
Mosaic +
Width 1" (2.5 cm)
Number of simultaneous displays 4
nView Desktop Management +
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