Quadro FX 3800 vs Radeon RX Vega 5

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro FX 3800 and Radeon RX Vega 5. 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 RX Vega 5. 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.

Radeon RX Vega 5 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon RX Vega 5 is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon RX Vega 5 here:

Main Specs

  Quadro FX 3800 Radeon RX Vega 5
Power consumption (TDP) 108 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
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  • Quadro FX 3800 is used in Desktops, and Radeon RX Vega 5 - in Laptops.
  • Quadro FX 3800 is build with Tesla 2.0 architecture, and Radeon RX Vega 5 - with Vega.
  • Quadro FX 3800 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon RX Vega 5 - by 7 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 12−14
ultra / 1080p 0−1 8−9
QHD / 1440p 0−1 2−3
low / 720p 10−11 27−30
medium / 1080p 1−2 16−18
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX Vega 5 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 266% more, than Quadro FX 3800.

Full Specs

  Quadro FX 3800 Radeon RX Vega 5
Architecture Tesla 2.0 Vega
Code name GT200B Vega
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 30 March 2009 7 January 2020
Pipelines 192 320
Core clock speed 600 MHz
Boost Clock 1400 MHz
Transistor count 1,400 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 7 nm
Texture fill rate 38.40
Floating-point performance 462.3 gflops
Length 198 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth 51.2 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.1 (10_0) DirectX 12_1
Shader Model 4.0
OpenGL 3.3
OpenCL 1.1
Vulkan N/A
CUDA 1.3
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