Radeon Vega 7 vs Quadro FX 3800

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro FX 3800 with Radeon Vega 7, including specs and performance data.

FX 3800
2009
1 GB GDDR3, 108 Watt
2.13

Vega 7 outperforms FX 3800 by a whopping 250% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking858526
Place by popularitynot in top-10039
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.06no data
Power efficiency1.3711.48
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)GCN 5.1 (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGT200BCezanne
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date30 March 2009 (15 years ago)13 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$799 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 cores192448
Core clock speed600 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1900 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 million9,800 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)108 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rate38.4053.20
Floating-point processing power0.4623 TFLOPS1.702 TFLOPS
ROPs168
TMUs6428

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 x16IGP
Length198 mmno data
Width1-slotIGP
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 typeGDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount1 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed800 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth51.2 GB/sno data
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 Connectors1x DVI, 2x DisplayPortNo outputs

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
OpenCL1.12.1
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA1.3-

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 HD6−7
−283%
23
+283%
1440p10−12
−260%
36
+260%
4K5−6
−300%
20
+300%

Cost per frame, $

1080p133.17no data
1440p79.90no data
4K159.80no data

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.13 7.46
Recency 30 March 2009 13 April 2021
Chip lithography 55 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 108 Watt 45 Watt

Vega 7 has a 250.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, a 685.7% more advanced lithography process, and 140% lower power consumption.

The Radeon Vega 7 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro FX 3800 in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro FX 3800 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon Vega 7 is a desktop one.


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