ATI FirePro V3800 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M

Comparative analysis of ATI FirePro V3800 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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 3800M

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V3800

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
3.1x more pipelines: 400 vs 128
Around 23% better floating-point performance: 520.0 gflops vs 422.4 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 43 Watt vs 100 Watt
4.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 179 vs 44

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 April 2010 vs 14 August 2008
Pipelines	400 vs 128
Floating-point performance	520.0 gflops vs 422.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	43 Watt vs 100 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	179 vs 44

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M

Around 4% higher core clock speed: 675 MHz vs 650 MHz
3.3x more texture fill rate: 43.2 GTexel / s vs 13 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Around 81% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 581 vs 321
Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3272 vs 2958
Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3272 vs 2958

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	675 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate	43.2 GTexel / s vs 13 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	581 vs 321
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3272 vs 2958
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3272 vs 2958

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

321

581

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

179

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2958

3272

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2958

3272

Name	ATI FirePro V3800	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M
PassMark - G3D Mark	321	581
PassMark - G2D Mark	179	44
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	3272
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1572
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2958	3272

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FirePro V3800	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla
Code name	Redwood	G92
Launch date	26 April 2010	14 August 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$129
Place in performance rating	1405	1406
Type	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	650 MHz	675 MHz
Floating-point performance	520.0 gflops	422.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	400	128
Texture fill rate	13 GTexel / s	43.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	43 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	627 million	754 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
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	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA
PowerMizer 8.0