Radeon R7 Graphics vs Quadro FX 4800

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking790not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.09no data
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code nameGT200BSpectre
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date11 November 2008 (15 years ago)11 January 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,799 no data
Current price$632 (0.4x MSRP)$150

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 cores192512
Core clock speed602 MHz686 MHz
Boost clock speedno data980 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 million2,410 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate38.5331.36
Floating-point performance462.3 gflops526.8 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
Length267 mmno data
Width2-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 amount1536 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width384 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1600 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth76.8 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 DisplayPort, 1x S-VideoNo 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 11 November 2008 11 January 2014
Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB System Shared
Chip lithography 55 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 15 Watt

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 4800 and Radeon R7 Graphics. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro FX 4800 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon R7 Graphics is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800
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