Quadro FX 3800M vs M5000M

Place in performance ranking	287	932
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	8.12	0.09
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2018)	G9x (2007−2010)
GPU code name	GM204	N10E-GLM4
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Mobile workstation
Release date	2 October 2015 (8 years ago)	20 December 2009 (14 years ago)
Current price	$468	$199

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

M5000M has 8922% better value for money than FX 3800M.

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	1,536	128
Core clock speed	962 MHz	675 MHz
Boost clock speed	1051 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	5,200 million	754 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	100 Watt
Texture fill rate	93.60	43.20
Floating-point performance	2,995 gflops	422.4 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Quadro M5000M and Quadro FX 3800M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large	large
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	None	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	GDDR5	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	160 GB/s	64 GB/s
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 outputs
Display Port	1.2	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus	+	no data
3D Vision Pro	+	no data
Mosaic	+	no data
nView Display Management	+	no data
Optimus	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	5.0	4.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	+	N/A
CUDA	5.2	+

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.

M5000M 17.95
+1089%

FX 3800M 1.51

M5000M outperforms FX 3800M by 1089% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

M5000M 6932
+1085%

FX 3800M 585

M5000M outperforms FX 3800M by 1085% in Passmark.

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

78
+129%

−129%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

27−30

no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−33 +1400%	2−3 −1400%
Battlefield 5	55−60 +1375%	4−5 −1375%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30	no data
Far Cry 5	40−45	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	45−50	no data
Forza Horizon 4	80−85	no data
Hitman 3	35−40	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	70−75	no data
Metro Exodus	60−65 +1100%	5−6 −1100%
Red Dead Redemption 2	50−55	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	55−60	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	55−60	no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−33 +1400%	2−3 −1400%
Battlefield 5	55−60 +1375%	4−5 −1375%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30	no data
Far Cry 5	40−45	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	45−50	no data
Forza Horizon 4	80−85	no data
Hitman 3	35−40	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	70−75	no data
Metro Exodus	60−65 +1100%	5−6 −1100%
Red Dead Redemption 2	50−55	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	55−60	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	67	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	55−60	no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−33 +1400%	2−3 −1400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30	no data
Far Cry 5	40−45	no data
Forza Horizon 4	80−85	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	70−75	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	55−60	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	38	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	55−60	no data

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

50−55

no data

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40	no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	18−20	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18 +1500%	1−2 −1500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11	no data
Far Cry 5	30−33	no data
Forza Horizon 4	35−40	no data
Hitman 3	21−24	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40	no data
Metro Exodus	30−35 +1550%	2−3 −1550%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	35−40 +1650%	2−3 −1650%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	20−22	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	12−14 +1100%	1−2 −1100%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

30−33

no data

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	18−20 +1700%	1−2 −1700%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14	no data
Hitman 3	12−14 +1200%	1−2 −1200%
Horizon Zero Dawn	20−22	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 +1100%	1−2 −1100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 +1700%	1−2 −1700%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	9−10	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4	0−1
Far Cry 5	10−11	no data
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 +1100%	2−3 −1100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	20−22	no data
Metro Exodus	16−18	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	7−8	0−1