Quadro M1200: FPS benchmarks and laptop guide
Quadro M1200 — 20 games benchmarked at 1080p, 5 models in the catalog.
Quadro M1200 — 20 games benchmarked at 1080p , 5 laptop models in the used-laptop catalog . This guide covers what the chip delivers in games, where it sits among mobile GPUs in 2026, and which laptops carry it.
The NVIDIA Quadro M1200 is the 2017 refresh of the entry Maxwell workstation rung — GM107 silicon with 4GB of memory, slotting into the Kaby Lake-era generation of work laptops. This guide covers its 20 benchmarked games at 1080p on high and the five catalog machines that carry it.
Where the Quadro M1200 sits in 2026
A catalog score of 18.4 ranks it 215th of 341 — the lower middle. The neighbors: the Apple A12Z (18.8), Radeon Vega 10 (18.6) and Radeon 840M (18.5) above; the Quadro M620 (18.4) at the same score, with the GTX 850M (18.2) and Vega 8 (17.6) below. Scoring level with its own sibling M620, an iPad Pro's GPU and a 2025 entry iGPU — the refresh moved the clock, not the class.
What the chip brings
Maxwell architecture, GM107 codename, 28nm process: 640 CUDA cores boosting to 1148MHz, 4GB of GDDR5 on a 128-bit bus at 80GB/s, a 45W envelope, 1.4 teraflops and CUDA flagged. Public benchmarks: PassMark 3190, Fire Strike 4142, GeekBench Vulkan 8874 and OpenCL 9789. Against the 2015 M2000M (which shares the core-and-memory recipe) the numbers land within a few percent — two years apart, effectively the same throughput.
FPS in games at 1080p
The high-preset table mirrors that M-generation class: Valorant at 80 fps, DOTA 2 55, Fortnite 45, Counter-Strike 2 40, Doom 37, Batman: Arkham Knight 35, Battlefield 5 and Forza Horizon 4 at 30, Rise of the Tomb Raider and The Witcher 3 at 28 — capped quartet at its ceilings. The modern block: Far Cry 5 24, Forza Horizon 5 21, Cyberpunk 2077 16, Resident Evil 4 remake and Metro Exodus 14. Esports at medium, older AAA at low-to-medium: the honest envelope.
Laptops that carry it
Five listings match, spanning the Kaby-era workstation generation: Dell Precision 3551 (2019) at $385, Precision 7520 (2017) at $288, ZBook Studio G4 (2017) at $345, ThinkPad P51 (2017) at $340 and Precision 5520 (2016) at $321. A clean roster of well-built professional platforms. Fleet medians (best-GPU 18.4 pinned to the chip, gaming index 30, USComp 44, mobility 28) describe work machines with modest 3D capability on board.
Bottom line
The M1200 is the entry workstation GPU you actually meet on the used market — its five-machine roster is broader than most rungs of this class, and $288-385 buys solid Precision, ZBook and ThinkPad platforms around it. The graphics deliver the era's standard entry bargain: Valorant-and-older at honest settings, modern titles at low. Buyers wanting more from the same chassis should check the M2200-class options those platforms carried; buyers at this price should treat gaming as a side capability and buy the machine, not the chip.
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Universal advice for any use case.
- Reliability vs price: reliability (median 50) ↔ price (median 385.1).
- Weight vs CPU: mobility (median 48) ↔ overall performance (median 49.8).
- Upgradeability vs battery: upgradability (median 50) ↔ battery life (median 2.8).
🎮 Quadro M1200 — game FPS at 1080p
Average FPS per game, high quality preset.
| Game | FPS (1080p) | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| Overwatch | 240 | ✓ Comfortable |
| PUBG: Battlegrounds | 140 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Valorant | 80 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Dota 2 | 55 | ⚠ Playable |
| Fortnite | 45 | ⚠ Playable |
| Batman: Arkham Knight | 35 | ⚠ Playable |
| Battlefield 5 | 30 | ⚠ Playable |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 30 | ⚠ Playable |
| Rise of the Tomb Raider | 28 | ✗ Low |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 26 | ✗ Low |
| Far Cry 5 | 24 | ✗ Low |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 21 | ✗ Low |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 16 | ✗ Low |
| Metro Exodus | 14 | ✗ Low |
| Resident Evil 4 Remake | 14 | ✗ Low |
| CS:GO | 240 | ✓ Comfortable |
| GTA V | 140 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 40 | ⚠ Playable |
| Doom | 37 | ⚠ Playable |
| The Witcher 3 | 28 | ✗ Low |
Laptops with the Quadro M1200
5 matched models — newest first. Names link to the full review.
| Model | Year | Class | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dell Precision 3551 | 2019 | Workstation | $385 |
| Dell Precision 7520 | 2017 | Workstation | $288 |
| ZBook Studio G4 | 2017 | Workstation | $345 |
| Lenovo ThinkPad P51 | 2017 | Workstation | $340 |
| Dell Precision 5520 | 2016 | Workstation | $321 |
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