Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU vs Quadro FX 380

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1252not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.02no data
Power efficiency0.83no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)no data
GPU code nameG96no data
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date30 March 2009 (15 years ago)31 October 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$129 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores1618
Core clock speed450 MHzno data
Number of transistors314 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology65 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)34 Wattno data
Texture fill rate3.600no data
Floating-point processing power0.0352 TFLOPSno data
ROPs8no data
TMUs8no data

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).

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no data
Length198 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeGDDR3LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount256 MBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed700 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth22.4 GB/sno data
Shared memory--

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 Connectors2x DVIno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)no data
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL3.3no data
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/A-
CUDA1.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 March 2009 31 October 2023
Chip lithography 65 nm 5 nm

Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU has an age advantage of 14 years, and a 1200% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 380 and Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro FX 380 is a workstation card while Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA Quadro FX 380
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