Quadro FX 3800 vs Radeon Pro WX 5100

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro FX 3800 and Radeon Pro WX 5100, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the Quadro FX 3800 stacks up against Radeon Pro WX 5100, check out specs charts below.
Quadro FX 3800
Radeon Pro WX 5100

Main Specs

  Quadro FX 3800 Radeon Pro WX 5100
Power consumption (TDP) 108 Watt 75 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin None
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort 4x DisplayPort
 
  • Quadro FX 3800 has 44% more power consumption, than Radeon Pro WX 5100.
  • Quadro FX 3800 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon Pro WX 5100 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon Pro WX 5100 has 7 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 Pro WX 5100 - with GCN 4.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon Pro WX 5100 is 113 MHz higher, than Quadro FX 3800.
  • Quadro FX 3800 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon Pro WX 5100 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon Pro WX 5100 is 3400 MHz higher, than Quadro FX 3800.

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 Pro WX 5100 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 766% more, than Quadro FX 3800.

Full Specs

  Quadro FX 3800 Radeon Pro WX 5100
Architecture Tesla 2.0 GCN 4.0
Code name GT200B Ellesmere
Type Workstation Workstation
Release date 30 March 2009 18 November 2016
Pipelines 192 1792
Core clock speed 600 MHz 713 MHz
Boost Clock 1086 MHz
Transistor count 1,400 million 5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 38.40 121.6
Floating-point performance 462.3 gflops 3,892 gflops
Length 198 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 51.2 GB/s 160.0 GB/s
DirectX 11.1 (10_0) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 4.0 6.4
OpenGL 3.3 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 2.0
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
CUDA 1.3
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