GeForce RTX 2080 vs Quadro FX 2800M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro FX 2800M with GeForce RTX 2080, including specs and performance data.

FX 2800M
2009
1 GB GDDR3, 75 Watt
1.08

RTX 2080 outperforms FX 2800M by a whopping 4410% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking107964
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data27.81
Power efficiency1.0416.35
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameG92TU104
Market segmentMobile workstationDesktop
Release date1 December 2009 (14 years ago)20 September 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$699

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 cores962944
Core clock speed600 MHz1515 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1710 MHz
Number of transistors754 million13,600 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt215 Watt
Texture fill rate28.80314.6
Floating-point processing power0.288 TFLOPS10.07 TFLOPS
ROPs1664
TMUs48184
Tensor Coresno data368
Ray Tracing Coresno data46

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 sizelargeno data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth64 GB/s448.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI-+
G-SYNC support-+

Supported technologies

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

VR Readyno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model4.06.5
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA+7.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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 2800M 1.08
RTX 2080 48.71
+4410%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

FX 2800M 417
RTX 2080 18794
+4407%

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 2800M 5783
RTX 2080 66631
+1052%

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 HD31
−358%
142
+358%
1440p2−3
−4800%
98
+4800%
4K1−2
−7300%
74
+7300%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−2867%
85−90
+2867%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−2000%
105
+2000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−3200%
132
+3200%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−2867%
85−90
+2867%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−12600%
127
+12600%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−8150%
165
+8150%
Forza Horizon 4 0−1 262
Hitman 3 5−6
−2600%
135
+2600%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−1923%
263
+1923%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−10800%
109
+10800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
−2971%
215
+2971%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−691%
253
+691%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−2960%
153
+2960%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−2825%
117
+2825%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−2867%
85−90
+2867%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−10100%
102
+10100%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−6200%
126
+6200%
Forza Horizon 4 0−1 243
Hitman 3 5−6
−2520%
131
+2520%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−1854%
254
+1854%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−11600%
117
+11600%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
−2571%
180−190
+2571%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12
−818%
100−110
+818%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−659%
243
+659%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−1260%
68
+1260%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−2150%
90
+2150%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−2867%
85−90
+2867%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−8000%
81
+8000%
Forza Horizon 4 0−1 132
Hitman 3 5−6
−2200%
115
+2200%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−1200%
169
+1200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
−2571%
180−190
+2571%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12
−864%
106
+864%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−147%
79
+147%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−9800%
99
+9800%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
−12200%
123
+12200%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−8700%
88
+8700%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−5700%
58
+5700%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−4200%
40−45
+4200%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−6900%
70
+6900%
Hitman 3 7−8
−1043%
80
+1043%
Horizon Zero Dawn 4−5
−3125%
129
+3125%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 75−80
Watch Dogs: Legion 5−6
−4680%
239
+4680%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−2275%
95
+2275%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 50

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−4000%
41
+4000%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 38
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 38
Far Cry 5 0−1 39

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−2850%
59
+2850%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 98
+0%
98
+0%
Battlefield 5 194
+0%
194
+0%
Metro Exodus 144
+0%
144
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 83
+0%
83
+0%
Battlefield 5 182
+0%
182
+0%
Metro Exodus 144
+0%
144
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 73
+0%
73
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 60
+0%
60
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 69
+0%
69
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 212
+0%
212
+0%
Metro Exodus 89
+0%
89
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 66
+0%
66
+0%
Hitman 3 48
+0%
48
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 117
+0%
117
+0%
Metro Exodus 82
+0%
82
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 76
+0%
76
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 81
+0%
81
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35
+0%
35
+0%

This is how FX 2800M and RTX 2080 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 2080 is 358% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 2080 is 4800% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 2080 is 7300% faster in 4K

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

  • in Far Cry 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX 2080 is 12600% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX 2080 is ahead in 43 tests (67%)
  • there's a draw in 21 test (33%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.08 48.71
Recency 1 December 2009 20 September 2018
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 215 Watt

FX 2800M has 186.7% lower power consumption.

RTX 2080, on the other hand, has a 4410.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 441.7% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 2080 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro FX 2800M in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro FX 2800M is a mobile workstation card while GeForce RTX 2080 is a desktop one.


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

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