Radeon RX Vega 7 vs Quadro FX 3800M

Place in performance ranking	976	529
Place by popularity	not in top-100	12
Architecture	G9x (2007−2010)	Vega (2017−2020)
GPU code name	N10E-GLM4	Vega Raven Ridge
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Release date	20 December 2009 (14 years ago)	7 January 2020 (4 years ago)

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	128	448
Core clock speed	675 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	1800 MHz
Number of transistors	754 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	15 Watt
Texture fill rate	43.20	no data
Floating-point performance	0.4224 gflops	no data

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).

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	no 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 type	GDDR3	no data
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	no data
Memory bus width	256 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	64 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	+

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

No outputs

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12_1
Shader Model	4.0	no data
OpenGL	3.3	no data
OpenCL	1.1	no data
Vulkan	N/A	-
CUDA	+	-

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 3800M 1.52

RX Vega 7 7.40
+387%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

FX 3800M 6779

RX Vega 7 17714
+161%

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 HD	34 +47.8%	23 −47.8%
1440p	6−7 −450%	33 +450%
4K	3−4 −433%	16 +433%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5

−350%

18
+350%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −250%	21 +250%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −325%	17 +325%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −250%	14 +250%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −750%	17 +750%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 −425%	21−24 +425%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 −1125%	45−50 +1125%
Hitman 3	6−7 −133%	14 +133%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −187%	40−45 +187%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 −800%	27 +800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −213%	24−27 +213%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −179%	95 +179%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −483%	35 +483%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −350%	18 +350%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −150%	10 +150%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −750%	16−18 +750%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 −425%	21−24 +425%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 −1125%	45−50 +1125%
Hitman 3	6−7 −133%	14 +133%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −387%	73 +387%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 −467%	17 +467%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −200%	24 +200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −100%	21−24 +100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −135%	80 +135%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −200%	18−20 +200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −275%	14−16 +275%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −125%	9 +125%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −750%	16−18 +750%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 −575%	27 +575%
Hitman 3	6−7 −133%	14−16 +133%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −46.7%	22 +46.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −163%	21 +163%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −18.2%	13 +18.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −61.8%	55−60 +61.8%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−500%

18
+500%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 −600%	14−16 +600%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −450%	10−12 +450%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −600%	7−8 +600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	7−8
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −300%	8−9 +300%
Hitman 3	7−8 −57.1%	10−12 +57.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 −220%	16−18 +220%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −600%	7−8 +600%
Watch Dogs: Legion	8−9 −488%	45−50 +488%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−225%

12−14
+225%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

1−2

−400%

5−6
+400%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −300%	4−5 +300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	3−4
Far Cry 5	0−1	4−5

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−133%

7−8
+133%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	19 +0%	19 +0%
Battlefield 5	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Metro Exodus	27 +0%	27 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	15 +0%	15 +0%
Battlefield 5	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Metro Exodus	21 +0%	21 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla

10−11

+0%

10−11

+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Metro Exodus	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Hitman 3	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	13 +0%	13 +0%
Metro Exodus	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

This is how FX 3800M and RX Vega 7 compete in popular games:

FX 3800M is 48% faster in 1080p
RX Vega 7 is 450% faster in 1440p
RX Vega 7 is 433% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RX Vega 7 is 1125% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RX Vega 7 is ahead in 49 tests (71%)
there's a draw in 20 tests (29%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.52	7.40
Recency	20 December 2009	7 January 2020
Chip lithography	55 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	15 Watt

RX Vega 7 has a 386.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, a 685.7% more advanced lithography process, and 566.7% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX Vega 7 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro FX 3800M in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro FX 3800M is a mobile workstation card while Radeon RX Vega 7 is a mobile workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.