Quadro FX 5800 vs Radeon R7 512 Cores Kaveri

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro FX 5800 and Radeon R7 512 Cores Kaveri, 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 512 Cores Kaveri, check out specs charts below.
Radeon R7 512 Cores Kaveri

Main Specs

  Quadro FX 5800 Radeon R7 512 Cores Kaveri
Power consumption (TDP) 189 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
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  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro FX 5800 is build with Tesla 2.0 architecture, and Radeon R7 512 Cores Kaveri - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon R7 512 Cores Kaveri is 110 MHz higher, than Quadro FX 5800.
  • Quadro FX 5800 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon R7 512 Cores Kaveri - by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 3−4 7−8
ultra / 1080p 1−2 4−5
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 14−16 18−20
medium / 1080p 5−6 9−10
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R7 512 Cores Kaveri in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 66% more, than Quadro FX 5800.

Full Specs

  Quadro FX 5800 Radeon R7 512 Cores Kaveri
Architecture Tesla 2.0 GCN
Code name GT200B Kaveri Spectre
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 11 November 2008 14 January 2014
Pipelines 240 512
Core clock speed 610 MHz 720 MHz
Transistor count 1,400 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 48.80
Floating-point performance 622.1 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 512 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth 102.4 GB/s
Shared memory +
DirectX 11.1 (10_0) DirectX 12 (FL 12_0), Shader 5.2
Shader Model 4.0
OpenGL 3.3
OpenCL 1.1
Vulkan N/A
CUDA 1.3
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