Quadro K1200 vs Radeon Pro 5500M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro K1200 and Radeon Pro 5500M, 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 Pro 5500M, check out specs charts below.

Radeon Pro 5500M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon Pro 5500M 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 Pro 5500M here:

Main Specs

  Quadro K1200 Radeon Pro 5500M
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 85 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None None
Memory type 128 Bit GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors 4x mini-DisplayPort No outputs
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  • Radeon Pro 5500M has 88% more power consumption, than Quadro K1200.
  • Quadro K1200 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon Pro 5500M uses PCIe 4.0 x8 interface.
  • Radeon Pro 5500M has 4 GB more memory, than Quadro K1200.
  • Quadro K1200 is used in Desktops, and Radeon Pro 5500M - in Mobile workstations.
  • Quadro K1200 is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon Pro 5500M - with Navi / RDNA.
  • Quadro K1200 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon Pro 5500M - by 7 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon Pro 5500M is 7000 MHz higher, than Quadro K1200.

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 Pro 5500M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 140% more, than Quadro K1200.

Full Specs

  Quadro K1200 Radeon Pro 5500M
Architecture Maxwell Navi / RDNA
Code name GM107 Navi 14
Type Workstation Mobile workstation
Release date 28 January 2015 13 November 2019
Pipelines 512 1536
Core clock speed 1058 MHz
Boost Clock 1124 MHz 1300 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million 6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 7 nm
Texture fill rate 35.97 139.2
Floating-point performance 1,151 gflops
Length 160 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 12000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 192.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 5 6.5
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan + 1.2.131
CUDA 5.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 132 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
3D Vision Pro +
Mosaic +
Width 1" (2.5 cm)
Number of simultaneous displays 4
nView Desktop Management +
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