Quadro K1200 vs Radeon R9 M390

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro K1200 and Radeon R9 M390, 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 R9 M390, check out specs charts below.

Radeon R9 M390 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R9 M390 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 R9 M390 here:

Main Specs

  Quadro K1200 Radeon R9 M390
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type 128 Bit GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 4x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Quadro K1200 has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon R9 M390.
  • Quadro K1200 is used in Desktops, and Radeon R9 M390 - in Laptops.
  • Quadro K1200 is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon R9 M390 - with GCN.
  • Quadro K1200 and Radeon R9 M390 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 18−20
ultra / 1080p 8−9 10−11
QHD / 1440p 3−4 5−6
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 30−35 35−40
medium / 1080p 18−20 21−24
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 M390 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 26% more, than Quadro K1200.

Full Specs

  Quadro K1200 Radeon R9 M390
Architecture Maxwell GCN
Code name GM107 Pitcairn
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 28 January 2015 9 June 2015
Pipelines 512 1024
Core clock speed 1058 MHz
Boost Clock 1124 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million 5000 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 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz
Shared memory -
DirectX 12
Shader Model 5
OpenGL 4.5 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 Not Listed
Vulkan +
CUDA 5.0
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 132 Mh/s 242 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
DualGraphics +
ZeroCore +
Switchable graphics +
Mantle +
3D Vision Pro +
Mosaic +
Width 1" (2.5 cm)
Number of simultaneous displays 4
nView Desktop Management +
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