Quadro P4200 Max-Q: FPS benchmarks and laptop guide

The Quadro P4200 with Max-Q Design is the efficiency-labeled record of NVIDIA's 2017 Pascal pro tier — and this catalog's data holds a small surprise: the Max-Q record outranks the standard P4200 record. 16 games are benchmarked at 1080p, with one catalog host: the HP ZBook 17 G5 at $392, the same chassis that carries the standard record.

Where the P4200 Max-Q sits in 2026

The composite score of 54.8 ranks #104 of 341 — three places above the standard Quadro P4200 (#107, 54.1). Textbook Max-Q logic says the efficiency trim should land below the full-power part; here the sample behind the Max-Q record simply performed better. Neighbors: the GTX 1070 (55.3), RTX A1000 Laptop (55.3), RTX 2050 (55.2), the RX 5600M (54.5) and the Quadro P3200 Max-Q (54.2). Treat the two P4200 records as one chip with unit-to-unit variance, not as a meaningful performance hierarchy.

What the chip brings

The record lists 8 GB of GDDR5, 2,304 cores, a 100 W envelope, a 14 nm process and 7.6 TFLOPS. Public entries: PassMark 10,106, GeekBench Vulkan 48,559 and OpenCL 43,618. CUDA is supported; this generation predates DLSS.

FPS in games at 1080p

At the high preset: CS:GO and Overwatch at 240, Valorant at 160, GTA V and PUBG at 140, Counter-Strike 2 at 130, Dota 2 at 120, Fortnite at 110, Battlefield 5 and Forza Horizon 4 at 90, Far Cry 5 and Forza Horizon 5 at 75, The Witcher 3 at 70, Resident Evil 4 Remake at 55, and Cyberpunk 2077 and Metro Exodus at 50. Most of the table is comfortable; the four heaviest rows sit at 50–55, playable rather than smooth.

Laptops that carry it

One host: the HP ZBook 17 G5 (2018) at $392 — a 17-inch workstation chassis that also carries the Quadro P3200 Max-Q record in this catalog, making it a two-rung platform: buyers choosing between its listings are choosing the GPU row. A $392 17-inch pro machine with 8 GB Pascal graphics is a strong budget workstation value.

Bottom line

The P4200 Max-Q page is really a lesson in reading paired records: same silicon, same chassis, Max-Q sample on top. For a buyer, the practical guidance is simple — at $392 the ZBook 17 G5 with either P4200 record delivers solid 1080p play (esports at high frame rates, heavy titles at 50–55 FPS) plus certified 8 GB Pascal graphics for viewport work. Prefer whichever listing is cleaner; do not pay extra for the non-Max-Q label.