Quadro K1200 vs Radeon Sky 500

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro K1200 and Radeon Sky 500, 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 Sky 500, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  Quadro K1200 Radeon Sky 500
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 150 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin
Memory type 128 Bit GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 4x mini-DisplayPort 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon Sky 500 has 233% more power consumption, than Quadro K1200.
  • Quadro K1200 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon Sky 500 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro K1200 and Radeon Sky 500 have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro K1200 is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon Sky 500 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro K1200 is 108 MHz higher, than Radeon Sky 500.
  • Quadro K1200 and Radeon Sky 500 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon Sky 500 is 82 mm longer, than Quadro K1200.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro K1200 is 200 MHz higher, than Radeon Sky 500.

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 Sky 500 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 140% more, than Quadro K1200.

Full Specs

  Quadro K1200 Radeon Sky 500
Architecture Maxwell GCN 1.0
Code name GM107 Pitcairn
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 28 January 2015 27 March 2013
Pipelines 512 1280
Core clock speed 1058 MHz 950 MHz
Boost Clock 1124 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million 2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 35.97 76.00
Floating-point performance 1,151 gflops 2,432 gflops
Length 160 mm 242 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 154 GB/s
DirectX 12 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5 5.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan + 1.2.131
CUDA 5.0
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 132 Mh/s
Form factor full height / full length
DisplayPort count 1
Dual-link DVI support +
3D Vision Pro +
Mosaic +
Width 1" (2.5 cm)
Number of simultaneous displays 4
nView Desktop Management +
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