GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps vs Quadro FX 3800

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking858not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.06no data
Power efficiency1.42no data
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameGT200BGP104
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date30 March 2009 (15 years ago)20 April 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$799 $499

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 cores1922560
Core clock speed600 MHz1607 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1733 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 million7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)108 Watt180 Watt
Texture fill rate38.40277.3
Floating-point processing power0.4623 TFLOPS8.873 TFLOPS
ROPs1664
TMUs64160

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 x16
Length198 mm267 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 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 typeGDDR3GDDR5X
Maximum RAM amount1 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz1376 MHz
Memory bandwidth51.2 GB/s352.3 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 DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model4.06.4
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA1.36.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 March 2009 20 April 2017
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 108 Watt 180 Watt

FX 3800 has 66.7% lower power consumption.

GTX 1080 11Gbps, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 243.8% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 3800 and GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro FX 3800 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800
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