Quadro FX 5800 vs Radeon R7 370

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro FX 5800 and Radeon R7 370, 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 R7 370, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  Quadro FX 5800 Radeon R7 370
Power consumption (TDP) 189 Watt 110 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin 1 x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Quadro FX 5800 has 71% more power consumption, than Radeon R7 370.
  • Quadro FX 5800 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R7 370 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro FX 5800 and Radeon R7 370 have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro FX 5800 is build with Tesla 2.0 architecture, and Radeon R7 370 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Quadro FX 5800 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon R7 370 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Quadro FX 5800 is 115 mm longer, than Radeon R7 370.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro FX 5800 is 625 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 370.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 3−4 21−24
ultra / 1080p 1−2 14−16
QHD / 1440p 0−1 8−9
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 14−16 40−45
medium / 1080p 5−6 27−30
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R7 370 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 350% more, than Quadro FX 5800.

Full Specs

  Quadro FX 5800 Radeon R7 370
Architecture Tesla 2.0 GCN 1.0
Code name GT200B Trinidad (Pitcairn)
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 11 November 2008 5 May 2015
Pipelines 240 1024
Core clock speed 610 MHz
Boost Clock 975 MHz
Transistor count 1,400 million 2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 48.80 62.40
Floating-point performance 622.1 gflops 1,997 gflops
Length 267 mm 152 mm
Memory bus width 512 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 975 MHz
Memory bandwidth 102.4 GB/s 179.2 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model 4.0 5.1
OpenGL 3.3 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 2.0
Vulkan N/A +
CUDA 1.3
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.42 kh/s
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 359 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
TrueAudio +
Mantle +
Design reference
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
DisplayPort support +
CrossFire +
VCE +
DDMA audio +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.52 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 14 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 150 Sol/s
AppAcceleration +
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