ATI FirePro V3800 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M

Comparative analysis of ATI FirePro V3800 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI FirePro V3800

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V3800

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 4% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 625 MHz
Around 30% higher texture fill rate: 13 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
12.5x more pipelines: 400 vs 32
6.5x better floating-point performance: 520.0 gflops vs 80 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
Around 16% lower typical power consumption: 43 Watt vs 50 Watt
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Around 39% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 321 vs 231
2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 179 vs 89

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 April 2010 vs 1 June 2007
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	13 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
Pipelines	400 vs 32
Floating-point performance	520.0 gflops vs 80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	43 Watt vs 50 Watt
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	321 vs 231
PassMark - G2D Mark	179 vs 89

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FirePro V3800
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

321

231

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

179

Name	ATI FirePro V3800	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M
PassMark - G3D Mark	321	231
PassMark - G2D Mark	179	89
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	3.432
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	153.019
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.29
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	10.314
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	48.552
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1572
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2958
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1572
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2958

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FirePro V3800	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla
Code name	Redwood	G84
Launch date	26 April 2010	1 June 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$129	$149.90
Place in performance rating	1411	1414
Type	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Price now		$149.90
Value for money (0-100)		1.87
Technical info
Core clock speed	650 MHz	625 MHz
Floating-point performance	520.0 gflops	80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	400	32
Texture fill rate	13 GTexel / s	10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	43 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	627 million	289 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-HE
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory		0