Quadro FX 380 vs GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile Refresh
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 1311 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 0.01 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 0.95 |
| Architecture | Turing (2018−2022) | Tesla (2006−2010) |
| GPU code name | TU116B | G96 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 15 May 2019 (6 years ago) | 30 March 2009 (16 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $129 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 | 1536 | 16 |
| Core clock speed | 1455 MHz | 450 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1590 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 6,600 million | 314 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 12 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 34 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 152.6 | 3.600 |
| Floating-point processing power | 4.884 TFLOPS | 0.0352 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 48 | 8 |
| TMUs | 96 | 8 |
| L1 Cache | 1.5 MB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 1536 KB | 32 KB |
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 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 198 mm |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 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 | GDDR6 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 256 MB |
| Memory bus width | 192 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2000 MHz | 700 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 384.0 GB/s | 22.4 GB/s |
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 HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | 2x DVI |
| HDMI | + | - |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 11.1 (10_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | 4.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | N/A |
| CUDA | 7.5 | 1.1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 15 May 2019 | 30 March 2009 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 256 MB |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 65 nm |
GTX 1660 Ti Mobile Refresh has an age advantage of 10 years, a 2300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 441.7% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile Refresh and Quadro FX 380. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile Refresh is a notebook graphics card while Quadro FX 380 is a workstation one.
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