GeForce GT 320 OEM vs Quadro FX 380 LP

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameGT218GT215
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date1 December 2009 (14 years ago)2 February 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$169 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 cores1672
Core clock speed550 MHz540 MHz
Number of transistors260 million727 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)28 Watt43 Watt
Texture fill rate4.40012.96
Floating-point processing power0.044 gflops0.1875 gflops
ROPs48
TMUs824

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length168 mm175 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MB1 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1600 MHz1580 MHz
Memory bandwidth12.8 GB/s25.28 GB/s

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_1)11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model4.14.1
OpenGL3.33.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.21.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 December 2009 2 February 2010
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 1 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 28 Watt 43 Watt

FX 380 LP has 53.6% lower power consumption.

GT 320 OEM, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 months, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 380 LP and GeForce GT 320 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro FX 380 LP is a workstation graphics card while GeForce GT 320 OEM is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP
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