ATI Radeon X700 XT vs Quadro FX 3800

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking858not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.06no data
Power efficiency1.37no data
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)R400 (2004−2008)
GPU code nameGT200BRV410
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date30 March 2009 (15 years ago)1 September 2004 (20 years ago)
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 cores192no data
Core clock speed600 MHz475 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 million120 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)108 Watt38 Watt
Texture fill rate38.403.800
Floating-point processing power0.4623 TFLOPSno data
ROPs168
TMUs648

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 1.0 x16
Length198 mmno data
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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB128 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz525 MHz
Memory bandwidth51.2 GB/s16.8 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 DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)9.0b (9_2)
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL3.32.0
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.3-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 March 2009 1 September 2004
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 128 MB
Chip lithography 55 nm 110 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 108 Watt 38 Watt

FX 3800 has an age advantage of 4 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

ATI X700 XT, on the other hand, has 184.2% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 3800 and Radeon X700 XT. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro FX 3800 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon X700 XT is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800
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