GeForce RTX 5060 vs Quadro FX 3800

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking866not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.08no data
Power efficiency1.36no data
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code nameGT200BGB206
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date30 March 2009 (15 years ago)2025
Launch price (MSRP)$799 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 cores1924608
Core clock speed600 MHz2235 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2520 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology55 nm0 nm
Power consumption (TDP)108 Watt170 Watt
Texture fill rate38.40362.9
Floating-point processing power0.4623 TFLOPS23.22 TFLOPS
ROPs1648
TMUs64144
Tensor Coresno data144
Ray Tracing Coresno data36

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 5.0 x16
Length198 mmno data
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 16-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 typeGDDR3GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount1 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth51.2 GB/s80 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, 2x DisplayPort1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.06.7
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA1.39.1

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 8 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 108 Watt 170 Watt

FX 3800 has 57.4% lower power consumption.

RTX 5060, on the other hand, has a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 3800 and GeForce RTX 5060. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro FX 3800 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 5060 is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800
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