Quadro P620 vs FX 3800

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Aggregate performance score

FX 3800
2009
1 GB GDDR3, 108 Watt
2.06

P620 outperforms FX 3800 by a whopping 356% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking835440
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.2220.73
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameGT200BGP107
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date30 March 2009 (15 years ago)27 May 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$799 no data
Current price$171 (0.2x MSRP)$170

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Quadro P620 has 9323% better value for money than FX 3800.

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 cores192512
Core clock speed600 MHz1177 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1442 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 million3,300 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)108 Watt25 Watt
Texture fill rate38.4043.33
Floating-point performance462.3 gflops1,490 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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length198 mm145 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

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 amount1 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1600 MHz6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth51.2 GB/s80.13 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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 DisplayPort4x mini-DisplayPort

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model4.06.4
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA1.36.1

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
Quadro P620 9.39
+356%

P620 outperforms FX 3800 by 356% based on our aggregate 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 797
Quadro P620 3629
+355%

P620 outperforms FX 3800 by 355% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD10−12
−420%
52
+420%

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.06 9.39
Recency 30 March 2009 27 May 2019
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 108 Watt 25 Watt

The Quadro P620 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro FX 3800 in performance tests.


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