Quadro FX 4800 vs Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge

In this comparison between Quadro FX 4800 and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge you will find out which graphics card performs better in today's games. Bear in mind that third-party versions may have more efficient cooling and higher clock speeds. This will increase cards' performance, though not by much. In addition to raw power you should also take into account the dimensions. Thicker models simply will not fit into a small mini-ITX case. The resolution of your monitor also affects the choice, since 4K gameplay requires a more powerful GPU. And don't overspend on the graphics card. Other parts of your build may also need to be upgraded, save some money for the CPU or power supply. For some people Quadro FX 4800 will be the best choice, for others Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge 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 R5 Bristol Ridge here:

Main Specs

  Quadro FX 4800 Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 12-45 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
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  • Quadro FX 4800 has 1150% more power consumption, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.
  • Quadro FX 4800 is used in Desktops, and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge - in Laptops.
  • Quadro FX 4800 is build with Tesla 2.0 architecture, and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge - with GCN 1.2/2.0.
  • Quadro FX 4800 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge - by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 2−3 3−4
ultra / 1080p 0−1 1−2
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 12−14 14−16
medium / 1080p 3−4 5−6
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 33% more, than Quadro FX 4800.

Full Specs

  Quadro FX 4800 Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge
Architecture Tesla 2.0 GCN 1.2/2.0
Code name GT200B Bristol Ridge
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 11 November 2008 1 June 2016
Pipelines 192 384
Core clock speed 602 MHz
Boost Clock 800 MHz
Transistor count 1,400 million 3100 Million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 38.53
Floating-point performance 462.3 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 384 Bit 64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth 76.8 GB/s
Shared memory +
DirectX 11.1 (10_0) DirectX 12 (FL 12_0)
Shader Model 4.0
OpenGL 3.3
OpenCL 1.1
Vulkan N/A
CUDA 1.3
Laptop size medium sized
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