Quadro FX 3800 vs Radeon HD 7950

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro FX 3800 and Radeon HD 7950. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between Quadro FX 3800 and Radeon HD 7950. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Main Specs

  Quadro FX 3800 Radeon HD 7950
Power consumption (TDP) 108 Watt 200 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 3 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 7950 has 85% more power consumption, than Quadro FX 3800.
  • Quadro FX 3800 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 7950 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon HD 7950 has 2 GB more memory, than Quadro FX 3800.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro FX 3800 is build with Tesla 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 7950 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Quadro FX 3800 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7950 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 7950 is 69 mm longer, than Quadro FX 3800.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro FX 3800 is 350 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7950.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 35−40
ultra / 1080p 0−1 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 10−11 60−65
medium / 1080p 1−2 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7950 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 766% more, than Quadro FX 3800.

Full Specs

  Quadro FX 3800 Radeon HD 7950
Architecture Tesla 2.0 GCN 1.0
Code name GT200B Tahiti
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 30 March 2009 31 January 2012
Pipelines 192 1792
Core clock speed 600 MHz
Boost Clock 1250 MHz
Transistor count 1,400 million 4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 38.40 89.60
Floating-point performance 462.3 gflops 2,867 gflops
Length 198 mm 267 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth 51.2 GB/s 240 GB/s
DirectX 11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model 4.0 5.1
OpenGL 3.3 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A
CUDA 1.3
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.56 kh/s
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0 x16
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 381 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
PowerTune +
ZeroCore +
Design reference
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
CrossFire +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.78 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 13.86 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 250 Sol/s
Compute units 28
AppAcceleration +
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