Radeon 780M vs ATI FirePro V3800
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 359 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 37 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 84.49 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | RDNA 3.0 (2022−2026) |
| GPU code name | Redwood | Phoenix |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 26 April 2010 (15 years ago) | 31 January 2024 (1 year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $129 | no data |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 400 | 768 |
| Core clock speed | 650 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2900 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 627 million | 25,390 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 43 Watt | 15 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 13.00 | 139.2 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.52 TFLOPS | 8.909 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 32 |
| TMUs | 20 | 48 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 12 |
| L0 Cache | no data | 192 KB |
| L1 Cache | 40 KB | 256 KB |
| L2 Cache | 128 KB | 2 MB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| Length | 168 mm | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | IGP |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | DDR3 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 14.4 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | no data | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort | Motherboard Dependent |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 26 April 2010 | 31 January 2024 |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 43 Watt | 15 Watt |
Radeon 780M has an age advantage of 13 years, a 900% more advanced lithography process, and 186.7% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between FirePro V3800 and Radeon 780M. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that FirePro V3800 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon 780M is a desktop one.
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