Quadro K4200 vs Radeon HD 5850

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro K4200 and Radeon HD 5850. 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 K4200 and Radeon HD 5850. 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.

Main Specs

  Quadro K4200 Radeon HD 5850
Power consumption (TDP) 108 Watt 151 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 5850 has 39% more power consumption, than Quadro K4200.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Quadro K4200 has 3 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 5850.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro K4200 is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon HD 5850 - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro K4200 is 46 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 5850.
  • Quadro K4200 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 5850 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Both graphics cards are the same length of 241 mm.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro K4200 is 3400 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 5850.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 21−24 9−10
ultra / 1080p 12−14 5−6
QHD / 1440p 7−8 0−1
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 40−45 21−24
medium / 1080p 27−30 12−14
The average gaming FPS of Quadro K4200 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 116% more, than Radeon HD 5850.

Full Specs

  Quadro K4200 Radeon HD 5850
Architecture Kepler Terascale 2
Code name GK104 Cypress
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 22 July 2014 30 September 2009
Pipelines 1344 1440
Core clock speed 771 MHz 725 MHz
Boost Clock 784 MHz
Transistor count 3,540 million 2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 87.81 52.20
Floating-point performance 2,107 gflops 2,088.0 gflops
Length 241 mm 241 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5400 MHz 2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 172.8 GB/s 128.0 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 N/A
CUDA 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 119 Mh/s
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