GeForce GT 630 OEM vs Quadro FX 380

Place in the ranking	1253	942
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.02	no data
Power efficiency	0.83	2.29
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	G96	GK107
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	30 March 2009 (15 years ago)	24 April 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$129	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores	16	192
Core clock speed	450 MHz	875 MHz
Number of transistors	314 million	1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	34 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	3.600	14.00
Floating-point processing power	0.0352 TFLOPS	0.336 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	16
TMUs	8	16

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 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	198 mm	145 mm
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	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	GDDR3	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	1 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	700 MHz	891 MHz
Memory bandwidth	22.4 GB/s	28.51 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 Connectors	2x DVI	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	4.0	5.1
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.1.126
CUDA	1.1	3.0

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.41	1.67
Recency	30 March 2009	24 April 2012
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	1 GB
Chip lithography	65 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	34 Watt	50 Watt

FX 380 has 47.1% lower power consumption.

GT 630 OEM, on the other hand, has a 307.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 132.1% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GT 630 OEM is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro FX 380 in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro FX 380 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce GT 630 OEM is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.