ATI FirePro V3800 vs Quadro FX 540

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1388not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.58no data
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameNV43Redwood
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date9 August 2004 (20 years ago)26 April 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$299 $129

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 coresno data400
Core clock speed300 MHz650 MHz
Number of transistors146 million627 million
Manufacturing process technology110 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt43 Watt
Texture fill rate2.40013.00
Floating-point processing powerno data0.52 TFLOPS
ROPs48
TMUs820

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 1.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length198 mm168 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeDDRDDR3
Maximum RAM amount128 MB512 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed250 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth8 GB/s14.4 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, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model3.05.0
OpenGL2.0 (full) 2.1 (partial)4.4
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 9 August 2004 26 April 2010
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 512 MB
Chip lithography 110 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 43 Watt

FX 540 has 72% lower power consumption.

ATI V3800, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 175% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 540 and FirePro V3800. We've got no test results to judge.


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