NVIDIA Quadro P2200

The NVIDIA Quadro P2200 is a professional workstation graphics card built on the Pascal architecture, fabricated by TSMC using a 16 nm process node. It was released on June 9, 2019, and is now classified as end-of-life, positioned between the Quadro Maxwell and Quadro Volta generations. The following analysis examines its specifications and benchmark performance, drawing exclusively from the provided data.

Power and Cooling

The Quadro P2200 carries a thermal design power (TDP) of 75 W, a figure that places it firmly in the low-power segment of professional graphics cards. This modest power envelope has direct implications for system integration: the card requires no auxiliary power connectors, drawing all its power solely from the PCIe 3.0 x16 slot. The suggested power supply unit rating is 250 W, which is quite modest by modern workstation standards, allowing the P2200 to be installed in compact or legacy systems without requiring a PSU upgrade.

The physical design matches the low-power profile. The card occupies a single slot, measuring 201 mm (7.9 inches) in length and 111 mm (4.4 inches) in height. This compact footprint, combined with the absence of external power connectors, makes the P2200 an attractive option for dense multi-GPU configurations or small-form-factor workstations where space and power delivery are at a premium. The cooling solution is not specified in detail, but given the 75 W TDP and single-slot design, it is reasonable to infer that a capable air cooler suffices, as no liquid cooling or oversized heatsink is implied by the specifications.

Memory Subsystem

The memory configuration of the Quadro P2200 is distinctive. It features 5 GB of GDDR5X memory, which is an unusual capacity that straddles the more common 4 GB and 8 GB configurations found in competing products. The memory operates across a 160-bit bus interface, with a memory clock of 1251 MHz (10 Gbps effective). This combination yields a total memory bandwidth of 200.2 GB/s.

For high-resolution workloads, this bandwidth figure requires careful interpretation. The 200.2 GB/s throughput is adequate for 1440p-class rendering and moderate 4K texture workloads, but it may become a limiting factor in scenarios involving massive texture sets or multi-sample anti-aliasing at ultra-high resolutions. The GDDR5X memory type provides an efficiency improvement over standard GDDR5, partially compensating for the relatively narrow 160-bit bus. The 5 GB capacity, while unconventional, offers a meaningful advantage over 4 GB cards in memory-intensive professional applications such as large-scale CAD models or video editing timelines, where exceeding 4 GB of usage is common.

Ray Tracing and Feature Set

The Quadro P2200 is built on the Pascal architecture, which predates the dedicated ray tracing hardware found in later NVIDIA generations. Consequently, the card has no RT cores and no tensor cores, as explicitly noted in the specifications. This means hardware-accelerated ray tracing is not a feature of this card; any ray tracing operations would rely on compute shaders, which is significantly less efficient.

The feature set is instead focused on traditional graphics APIs. The card supports DirectX 12 (12_1), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. The DirectX 12_1 support indicates compliance with the feature level that includes conservative rasterization and rasterizer-ordered views, but it lacks the DirectX 12 Ultimate features tied to ray tracing and mesh shaders. For professional workloads, the OpenGL 4.6 support is particularly relevant, as many CAD and scientific visualization applications rely heavily on this API. The display output is provided through four DisplayPort 1.4a connectors, which supports high refresh rates and multiple monitor configurations. The pixel rate is 59.72 GPixel/s, and the texture rate is 119.4 GTexel/s, providing context for the card's fill-rate capabilities in rasterization-heavy tasks.

How It Compares

The Quadro P2200’s nearest rivals, based on average benchmark scores, are a mix of consumer and professional cards. Each comparison reveals a different aspect of the P2200’s positioning.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650: This consumer card scores an average of 8713, which is essentially identical to the P2200’s 8671 average, with a delta of -0.5% (meaning the P2200 is 0.5% slower). This near-parity is notable because the GTX 1650 is a mainstream gaming card, whereas the P2200 is a professional workstation product. The performance equivalence suggests that the P2200’s value lies not in raw speed but in its professional feature set and driver optimizations.

AMD FirePro W5170M: The mobile workstation card from AMD scores 8602, placing it 0.8% ahead of the P2200. This is the only rival where the P2200 is the slower card. The margin is negligible, within run-to-run variance, but it indicates that AMD’s competing mobile pro solution holds its own against the P2200 in generalized benchmark tests.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Mobile: This modern mobile GPU scores 8746, which is 0.9% ahead of the P2200. Despite being a newer architecture with ray tracing capabilities, the RTX 3050 A Mobile only marginally outperforms the older Pascal-based card in these aggregate benchmarks. This highlights that the P2200’s Pascal architecture remains competitive in traditional rasterization workloads even against much newer silicon.

AMD Radeon 550X: The Radeon 550X scores 8749, also 0.9% ahead of the P2200. This is a budget-oriented card, and its slight lead over the professional P2200 underscores that the P2200’s premium pricing, where applicable, is justified by factors other than raw benchmark scores—such as certified drivers and stability.

Benchmark Performance

The benchmark data reveals a card that is consistently mid-pack, with an average benchmark score of 8671 and a percentile ranking of 42 among all GPUs. This places the P2200 in the lower half of the performance spectrum, but the specific test scores show a nuanced picture.

In the synthetic PassMark suite, the P2200 shows distinct strengths and weaknesses across DirectX versions. The DirectX 9 score is 167, which is by far the highest of the DirectX tests, indicating strong legacy API performance. The DirectX 11 score drops to 70, and DirectX 12 dips further to 33. The DirectX 10 score is 45. This pattern suggests that the card’s Pascal architecture is well-optimized for older APIs but does not scale as effectively with the more demanding draw-call workloads of DirectX 12. The PassMark G2D score of 881 reflects solid 2D desktop performance, while the G3D score of 9364 provides a more holistic 3D rendering measure. The GPU compute score of 3921 is moderate, reflecting the card’s lack of dedicated compute accelerators like tensor cores.

In the Geekbench tests, the OpenCL score is 32344, and the Vulkan score is 31218. The OpenCL score being higher than Vulkan is typical for a card that has been optimized for compute workloads in professional applications, where OpenCL is more commonly used. The Vulkan score, while lower, still demonstrates competent API support for modern game engines or Vulkan-based rendering applications.

When comparing to rivals using the delta percentages, the differences are all within a single percentage point. The P2200 is 0.5% slower than the GTX 1650, 0.8% faster than the FirePro W5170M, and 0.9% slower than both the RTX 3050 A Mobile and the Radeon 550X. These margins are statistically insignificant in real-world usage, meaning that the P2200 offers performance parity with all four rivals. However, the P2200’s position as a professional card with 5 GB of GDDR5X memory and a 160-bit bus sets it apart in terms of memory capacity, which is not captured in these aggregate scores. The 200.2 GB/s bandwidth is competitive with the GTX 1650’s specifications, though direct comparisons of memory subsystems are not available in the data.

FAQ

Q: What is the power consumption of the Quadro P2200?

A: The card has a TDP of 75 W and requires no external power connectors, relying solely on the PCIe slot for power. A 250 W power supply is suggested.

Q: How much memory does the P2200 have, and what type is it?

A: It features 5 GB of GDDR5X memory on a 160-bit bus, providing 200.2 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Q: Does the P2200 support hardware ray tracing?

A: No. The Pascal architecture has no RT cores or tensor cores, so ray tracing is not hardware-accelerated on this card.

Q: What display outputs are available on the P2200?

A: The card provides four DisplayPort 1.4a outputs, supporting multi-monitor configurations.

Q: How does the P2200 compare to the GeForce GTX 1650 in benchmarks?

A: The P2200’s average score is 8671, which is 0.5% lower than the GTX 1650’s 8713, indicating near-identical performance.

Q: What is the card’s performance percentile among all GPUs?

A: The P2200 ranks in the 42nd percentile of all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 8671.