A800 PCIe 40 GB vs Quadro FX 1800

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1095not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.02no data
Power efficiency1.25no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameG94GA100
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date30 March 2009 (15 years ago)8 November 2022 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$489 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 cores646912
Core clock speed550 MHz765 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1410 MHz
Number of transistors505 million54,200 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)59 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate17.60609.1
Floating-point processing power0.176 TFLOPS19.49 TFLOPS
ROPs12160
TMUs32432
Tensor Coresno data432

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 4.0 x16
Length198 mm267 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone8-pin EPS

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 typeGDDR3HBM2e
Maximum RAM amount768 MB40 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit5120 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz1215 MHz
Memory bandwidth38.4 GB/s1,555 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 DisplayPortNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)N/A
Shader Model4.0N/A
OpenGL3.3N/A
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.18.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 March 2009 8 November 2022
Maximum RAM amount 768 MB 40 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 59 Watt 250 Watt

FX 1800 has 323.7% lower power consumption.

A800 PCIe 40 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 13 years, a 5233.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 828.6% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 1800 and A800 PCIe 40 GB. We've got no test results to judge.


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