ATI FirePro V3800 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800

Comparative analysis of ATI FirePro V3800 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800 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), Geekbench - OpenCL.

ATI FirePro V3800

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V3800

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 8% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 600 MHz
2.1x more pipelines: 400 vs 192
Around 12% better floating-point performance: 520.0 gflops vs 462.3 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 43 Watt vs 108 Watt
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1600 MHz
3.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 179 vs 49

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 April 2010 vs 30 March 2009
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 600 MHz
Pipelines	400 vs 192
Floating-point performance	520.0 gflops vs 462.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	43 Watt vs 108 Watt
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	179 vs 49

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800

3x more texture fill rate: 38.4 GTexel / s vs 13 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 825 vs 321
Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3258 vs 2958
Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3258 vs 2958

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	38.4 GTexel / s vs 13 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	825 vs 321
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3258 vs 2958
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3258 vs 2958

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FirePro V3800
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

321

825

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

179

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2958

3258

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2958

3258

Name	ATI FirePro V3800	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800
PassMark - G3D Mark	321	825
PassMark - G2D Mark	179	49
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	3258
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1572
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2958	3258
Geekbench - OpenCL		13337

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FirePro V3800	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Redwood	GT200B
Launch date	26 April 2010	30 March 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$129	$799
Place in performance rating	1411	1363
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Price now		$109.99
Value for money (0-100)		9.89
Technical info
Core clock speed	650 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	520.0 gflops	462.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	400	192
Texture fill rate	13 GTexel / s	38.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	43 Watt	108 Watt
Transistor count	627 million	1,400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	168 mm	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3