PNY Quadro K1200 4GB GDDR5 workstation
A 45W TDP and single-slot, low-profile design make this card a standout for compact workstations needing quad-display support via its four DisplayPort 1.2 outputs. The 4GB GDDR5 frame buffer and 512 CUDA cores provide certified reliability for legacy professional applications in a power-efficient package. This GPU is best for IT administrators maintaining multi-monitor setups for financial traders or digital signage where 3D performance is secondary to display density.
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
Cons
- Below average ai (11th percentile)
- Below average feature (12th percentile)
- Below average vram (13th percentile)
- Below average rt (14th percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
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The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Chipset
| GPU Chipset | Quadro K1200 |
| Brand | NVIDIA |
| Class | workstation |
Memory
| VRAM | 4 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 |
| Memory Bus | 128 |
| ECC | No |
Compute
| CUDA Cores | 512 |
| Stream Processors | 512 |
Performance
| PassMark G3D | 2961 |
| GPU Compute | 1203 |
Power & Cooling
| TDP | 45 |
| Cooler | Fan |
Connectivity
| Interface | PCI Express 2.0 x16 |
| DisplayPort | 4 |
| HDMI | 0 |
| Max Displays | 4 |
| Max Resolution | 4096 x 2160 |
Physical
| Length | 160 |
| Slot Width | 1 |
| Form Factor | Low Profile |
Features
| Ray Tracing | No |
| DirectX | 12 |
vs Competition
| Spec | PNY Quadro K1200 | ASUS PRIME PRIME-RTX5070-12G | ZOTAC Solid OC ZT-B50700J-10P | XFX Swift RX-97SWFB3B9 | Gigabyte GAMING OC GV-N5070GAMING OC-12GD | MSI SHADOW RTX 5070 12G SHADOW 3X OC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | Quadro K1200 | GeForce RTX 5070 | GeForce RTX 5070 | Radeon RX 9070 | GeForce RTX 5070 | GeForce RTX 5070 |
| Vram | 4GB GDDR5 | 12GB GDDR7 | 12GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR6 | 12GB GDDR7 | 12GB GDDR7 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | - | 2512 | 2542 | 2700 | 2625 | 2542 |
| Tdp W | 45 | 250 | 250 | 245 | 250 | 250 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 128 | 192 | 192 | 256 | 192 | 192 |
| Ray Tracing | false | true | true | true | true | true |
| GPU Class | workstation | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | AI | Rt | Vram | Raster | Compute | Feature | Thermal | User Sentiment | Efficiency | Connectivity | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PNY Quadro K1200 | 11.2 | 13.6 | 12.6 | 15.3 | 21.8 | 11.7 | 17.9 | 19 | 26.9 | 50.4 | 51.6 |
| ASUS PRIME PRIME-RTX5070-12G Compare | 62.6 | 83 | 65.1 | 82.3 | 81.3 | 96.4 | 91.5 | 72 | 73.4 | 94.1 | 95.4 |
| ZOTAC Solid OC ZT-B50700J-10P Compare | 62.6 | 83 | 65.1 | 82.3 | 81.3 | 96.4 | 91.5 | 86.3 | 73.4 | 94.1 | 88.7 |
| XFX Swift RX-97SWFB3B9 Compare | 83.1 | 79.5 | 75.2 | 69.2 | 86.9 | 90 | 72.9 | 86.3 | 63.1 | 94.1 | 88.7 |
| Gigabyte GAMING OC GV-N5070GAMING OC-12GD Compare | 62.6 | 77.8 | 65.1 | 82.3 | 81.3 | 96.4 | 91.5 | 45.2 | 73.4 | 94.1 | 82.3 |
| MSI SHADOW RTX 5070 12G SHADOW 3X OC Compare | 62.6 | 83 | 65.1 | 82.3 | 81.3 | 90 | 91.5 | 72 | 73.4 | 94.1 | 61 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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