Quadro FX 380 LP: specs and benchmarks

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Aggregate performance score

Quadro FX 380 LP provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at 0.33% of a leader's which is RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell.

Summary

NVIDIA started Quadro FX 380 LP sales 1 December 2009 at a recommended price of $169. This is a Tesla 2.0 architecture desktop card based on 40 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at designers. 512 MB of GDDR3 memory clocked at 0.8 GHz are supplied, and together with 64 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 12.8 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is a single-slot graphics card attached via PCIe 2.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 168 mm. No additional power connector is required, and power consumption is at 28 Watt.

Primary details

Some basic facts about Quadro FX 380 LP: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in the ranking1332
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Power efficiency0.95of 100.00 (Radeon 890M)
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameGT218
Market segmentWorkstation
Release date1 December 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$169 of 14,999 (Quadro Plex 7000)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

Quadro FX 380 LP's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Quadro FX 380 LP's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores16of 960 (GeForce GTX 660)
Core clock speed550 MHzof 980 (GeForce GT 755M SLI)
Number of transistors260 millionof 100,000 million (Data Center GPU Max 1100)
Manufacturing process technology40 nmof 0.003 MB (Arc Graphics 140V)
Power consumption (TDP)28 Wattof 235 (FirePro S9150)
Texture fill rate4.400of 1,968 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell)
Floating-point processing power0.044 TFLOPSof 126 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell)
ROPs4of 512 (Moore Threads MTT S4000)
TMUs8of 896 (Data Center GPU Max 1350)
L2 Cache32 KBof 408 MB (Data Center GPU Max 1350)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Quadro FX 380 LP and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16
Length168 mm
Width1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on Quadro FX 380 LP: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory typeGDDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MBof 288 GB (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width64 Bitof 384 (GeForce GTX 980 Ti)
Memory clock speed800 MHzof 16384000 MB (GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile)
Memory bandwidth12.8 GB/sof 983040 MB (GeForce RTX 5080)

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on Quadro FX 380 LP. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort

API and SDK compatibility

APIs supported by Quadro FX 380 LP, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model4.1
OpenGL3.3of 4.6 (RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell)
OpenCL1.1
VulkanN/A
CUDA1.2

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of Quadro FX 380 LP. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

FX 380 LP
0.33

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

FX 380 LP Samples: 59 144

Gaming performance

Let's see how good Quadro FX 380 LP is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Closest competitors

Quadro FX 380 LP's performance relative to its closest rivals among server graphics cards.


Quadro FX 380 LP 100
FirePro 2270 96.97
NVS 300 81.82

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Quadro FX 380 LP is FirePro 2270, which is slower by 3% and lower by 7 positions in our ranking.

Here are some closest AMD rivals to Quadro FX 380 LP:

FirePro W2100 618.18
FirePro V3900 433.33
Quadro FX 380 LP 100
FirePro 2270 96.97

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