Quadro K1200 vs Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro K1200 and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between Quadro K1200 and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire 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 7970M Crossfire here:

Main Specs

  Quadro K1200 Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 200 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type 128 Bit GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Display Connectors 4x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire has 344% more power consumption, than Quadro K1200.
  • Quadro K1200 is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire - in Laptops.
  • Quadro K1200 is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro K1200 is 208 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire.
  • Quadro K1200 and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro K1200 is 200 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 35−40
ultra / 1080p 8−9 21−24
QHD / 1440p 3−4 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 30−35 60−65
medium / 1080p 18−20 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 140% more, than Quadro K1200.

Full Specs

  Quadro K1200 Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
Architecture Maxwell GCN
Code name GM107 Wimbledon XT
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 28 January 2015 1 May 2012
Pipelines 512 2560
Core clock speed 1058 MHz 850 MHz
Boost Clock 1124 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 35.97
Floating-point performance 1,151 gflops
Length 160 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 4800 MHz
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 DirectX 11.1, Shader 5.0
Shader Model 5
OpenGL 4.5
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan +
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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