Radeon R5 Graphics vs Quadro FX 3800

Primary Details

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

Place in performance ranking831not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation0.21no data
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code nameGT200BSpectre SL
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date30 March 2009 (15 years ago)17 September 2014 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$799 no data
Current price$171 (0.2x MSRP)$213

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores192256
Core clock speed600 MHz497 MHz
Boost clock speedno data720 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 million2,410 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)108 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate38.407.952
Floating-point performance462.3 gflops388.1 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 x16IGP
Length198 mmno data
Width1-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno data

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 typeGDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount1 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1600 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth51.2 GB/sno 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 DisplayPortNo outputs

API Compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model4.06.0
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA1.3no data

Pros & Cons Summary


Recency 30 March 2009 17 September 2014
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB System Shared
Chip lithography 55 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 108 Watt 15 Watt

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 3800 and Radeon R5 Graphics. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro FX 3800 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon R5 Graphics is a desktop one.


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