Quadro K1200 vs Radeon HD 6790

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro K1200 and Radeon HD 6790. 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 6790. 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 K1200 Radeon HD 6790
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 150 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pin
Memory type 128 Bit GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 4x mini-DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 6790 has 233% more power consumption, than Quadro K1200.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Quadro K1200 has 3 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6790.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro K1200 is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon HD 6790 - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro K1200 is 218 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6790.
  • Quadro K1200 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6790 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 6790 is 38 mm longer, than Quadro K1200.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro K1200 is 3950 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6790.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 7−8
ultra / 1080p 8−9 4−5
QHD / 1440p 3−4 0−1
low / 720p 30−35 18−20
medium / 1080p 18−20 9−10
The average gaming FPS of Quadro K1200 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 80% more, than Radeon HD 6790.

Full Specs

  Quadro K1200 Radeon HD 6790
Architecture Maxwell Terascale 2
Code name GM107 Barts
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 28 January 2015 4 April 2011
Pipelines 512 800
Core clock speed 1058 MHz 840 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 33.60
Floating-point performance 1,151 gflops 1,344.0 gflops
Length 160 mm 198 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 1050 MHz
Memory bandwidth 134.4 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 122 Mh/s
3D Vision Pro +
Mosaic +
Width 1" (2.5 cm)
Number of simultaneous displays 4
nView Desktop Management +
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