Radeon RX 460 1024SP vs Quadro FX 3700

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1111not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.88no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameG92Baffin
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date8 January 2008 (16 years ago)17 January 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,599 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 cores1121024
Core clock speed500 MHz1090 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1200 MHz
Number of transistors754 million3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)78 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate28.0076.80
Floating-point processing power0.28 TFLOPS2.458 TFLOPS
ROPs1616
TMUs5664

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 3.0 x8
Length267 mm170 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount512 MB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth51.2 GB/s112.0 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-Video1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model4.06.4
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA1.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 January 2008 17 January 2017
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 2 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 78 Watt 75 Watt

RX 460 1024SP has an age advantage of 9 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 364.3% more advanced lithography process, and 4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 3700 and Radeon RX 460 1024SP. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro FX 3700 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon RX 460 1024SP is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700
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