ATI FirePro V3800 vs GeForce GTX 1070

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	144	not rated
Place by popularity	25	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	23.35	no data
Power efficiency	16.22	no data
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	GP104	Redwood
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	10 June 2016 (8 years ago)	26 April 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$379	$129

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	1920	400
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	650 MHz
Boost clock speed	1683 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	7,200 million	627 million
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	43 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	94 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	202.0	13.00
Floating-point processing power	6.463 TFLOPS	0.52 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	8
TMUs	120	20

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).

Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm	168 mm
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Recommended system power (PSU)	500 Watt	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	None
SLI options	+	-

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	GDDR5	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	8 GB/s	900 MHz
Memory bandwidth	256 GB/s	14.4 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
G-SYNC support	+	-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GPU Boost	3.0	no data
VR Ready	+	no data
Ansel	+	-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (12_1)	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	6.4	5.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	+	N/A
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	10 June 2016	26 April 2010
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	16 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	43 Watt

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