NVS 315 vs Quadro FX 3800

Place in performance ranking	833	1086
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.21	0.02
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code name	GT200B	GF119
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	30 March 2009 (15 years ago)	10 March 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$799	$159
Current price	$171 (0.2x MSRP)	$213 (1.3x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

FX 3800 has 950% better value for money than NVS 315.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	192	48
Core clock speed	600 MHz	523 MHz
Number of transistors	1,400 million	292 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	108 Watt	19 Watt
Texture fill rate	38.40	4.184
Floating-point performance	462.3 gflops	100.4 gflops

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 2.0 x16
Length	198 mm	145 mm
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	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	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB/s	14 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

1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort

1x DMS-59

API compatibility

List of supported graphics 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	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	1.3	2.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

FX 3800 2.06
+131%

NVS 315 0.89

Quadro FX 3800 outperforms NVS 315 by 131% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

FX 3800 798
+131%

NVS 315 346

Quadro FX 3800 outperforms NVS 315 by 131% in Passmark.