Radeon R7 265X OEM vs Quadro FX 380

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1250not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.02no data
Power efficiency0.84no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameG96Curacao
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date30 March 2009 (15 years ago)12 August 2014 (10 years 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 cores161280
Core clock speed450 MHz900 MHz
Boost clock speedno data925 MHz
Number of transistors314 million2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)34 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate3.60074.00
Floating-point processing power0.0352 TFLOPS2.368 TFLOPS
ROPs832
TMUs880

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 3.0 x16
Length198 mm210 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-pin

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 typeGDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount256 MB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed700 MHz1400 MHz
Memory bandwidth22.4 GB/s179.2 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 Connectors2x DVI2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model4.05.1
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA1.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 March 2009 12 August 2014
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 2 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 34 Watt 150 Watt

FX 380 has 341.2% lower power consumption.

R7 265X OEM, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 132.1% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 380 and Radeon R7 265X OEM. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro FX 380 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon R7 265X OEM is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA Quadro FX 380
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