Quadro FX 5800 vs Radeon PRO WX 3100

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro FX 5800 and Radeon PRO WX 3100, 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 5800 stacks up against Radeon PRO WX 3100, check out specs charts below.

Radeon PRO WX 3100 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon PRO WX 3100 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 PRO WX 3100 here:

Main Specs

  Quadro FX 5800 Radeon PRO WX 3100
Power consumption (TDP) 189 Watt 65 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin None
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video 1x DisplayPort, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Quadro FX 5800 has 190% more power consumption, than Radeon PRO WX 3100.
  • Quadro FX 5800 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon PRO WX 3100 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • Quadro FX 5800 and Radeon PRO WX 3100 have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
  • Quadro FX 5800 is used in Desktops, and Radeon PRO WX 3100 - in Mobile workstations.
  • Quadro FX 5800 is build with Tesla 2.0 architecture, and Radeon PRO WX 3100 - with Polaris.
  • Quadro FX 5800 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon PRO WX 3100 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon PRO WX 3100 is 4400 MHz higher, than Quadro FX 5800.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 3−4 14−16
ultra / 1080p 1−2 8−9
QHD / 1440p 0−1 3−4
low / 720p 14−16 27−30
medium / 1080p 5−6 16−18
The average gaming FPS of Radeon PRO WX 3100 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 183% more, than Quadro FX 5800.

Full Specs

  Quadro FX 5800 Radeon PRO WX 3100
Architecture Tesla 2.0 Polaris
Code name GT200B Polaris 12
Type Workstation Mobile workstation
Release date 11 November 2008 21 March 2017
Pipelines 240 512
Core clock speed 610 MHz
Boost Clock 1219 MHz
Transistor count 1,400 million 2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 48.80 39.01
Floating-point performance 622.1 gflops 1,248 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 512 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 102.4 GB/s 96 GB/s
Shared memory -
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
Laptop size large
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