Quadro Plex 7000 vs Quadro FX 380M
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1391 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 0.87 | no data |
| Architecture | Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013) | Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014) |
| GPU code name | GT218 | GF110 |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 7 January 2010 (15 years ago) | 25 July 2011 (14 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $14,999 |
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 cores | 16 | 512 ×2 |
| Core clock speed | 606 MHz | 574 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 260 million | 3,000 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 600 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 4.848 | 36.74 ×2 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.04698 TFLOPS | 1.176 TFLOPS ×2 |
| ROPs | 4 | 48 ×2 |
| TMUs | 8 | 64 ×2 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 1 MB |
| L2 Cache | 32 KB | 768 KB |
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 | no data | 522 mm |
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 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 6 GB ×2 |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 384 Bit ×2 |
| Memory clock speed | 790 MHz | 750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 12.64 GB/s | 144.0 GB/s ×2 |
| Shared memory | - | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 4x DVI, 2x S-Video |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_1) | 12 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | + | 2.0 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 7 January 2010 | 25 July 2011 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 6 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 600 Watt |
FX 380M has 2300% lower power consumption.
Plex 7000, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount.
We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 380M and Quadro Plex 7000. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro FX 380M is a mobile workstation graphics card while Quadro Plex 7000 is a workstation one.
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