FX 1800 vs FX 3700

General info

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

Place in performance ranking	1024	1011
Value for money	no data	0.02
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	G92	G94
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	8 January 2008 (15 years old)	30 March 2009 (14 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,599	$489
Current price	$513 (0.3x MSRP)	$180 (0.4x MSRP)

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	112	64
Core clock speed	500 MHz	550 MHz
Number of transistors	754 million	505 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	78 Watt	59 Watt
Texture fill rate	28.00	17.60
Floating-point performance	280 gflops	176 gflops

Size and 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 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm	198 mm
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None

Memory

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated VRAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	768 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB/s	38.4 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort

API support

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	4.0	4.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	1.1	1.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

FX 1800 outperforms FX 3700 by 7% in our combined benchmark results.

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Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	0.95	1.02
Recency	8 January 2008	30 March 2009
Cost	$1599	$489
Memory bus width	256	192
Pipelines / CUDA cores	112	64
Memory bandwidth	51.2	38.4
Power consumption (TDP)	78 Watt	59 Watt

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