NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 OEM vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 OEM 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 OEM

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 17% higher core clock speed: 700 MHz vs 600 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
2.2x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 108 Watt
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1600 MHz
4.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 236 vs 52

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 May 2011 vs 30 March 2009
Core clock speed	700 MHz vs 600 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 108 Watt
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	236 vs 52

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800

3.4x more texture fill rate: 38.4 GTexel / s vs 11.2 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 192 vs 96
Around 72% better floating-point performance: 462.3 gflops vs 268.8 gflops
Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 824 vs 671
5.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 13337 vs 2304
Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3258 vs 2716
Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3258 vs 2716

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	38.4 GTexel / s vs 11.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	192 vs 96
Floating-point performance	462.3 gflops vs 268.8 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	824 vs 671
Geekbench - OpenCL	13337 vs 2304
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3258 vs 2716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3258 vs 2716

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

671

824

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

236

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

2304

13337

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2716

3258

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2716

3258

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 OEM	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800
PassMark - G3D Mark	671	824
PassMark - G2D Mark	236	52
Geekbench - OpenCL	2304	13337
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	5.698
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	175.385
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.497
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	9.27
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1064
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1589
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2716	3258
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1064
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1589
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2716	3258

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 OEM	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GF108	GT200B
Launch date	14 May 2011	30 March 2009
Place in performance rating	1360	1362
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$799
Price now		$109.99
Value for money (0-100)		9.89
Technical info
Core clock speed	700 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	268.8 gflops	462.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	96	192
Texture fill rate	11.2 GTexel / s	38.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	108 Watt
Transistor count	585 million	1,400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	145 mm	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3