Quadro FX 3800 vs Radeon HD 5850

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro FX 3800 and Radeon HD 5850. 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 HD 5850. 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.

Main Specs

  Quadro FX 3800 Radeon HD 5850
Power consumption (TDP) 108 Watt 151 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
  Check Price
  • Radeon HD 5850 has 39% more power consumption, than Quadro FX 3800.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Quadro FX 3800 and Radeon HD 5850 have maximum RAM of 1 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro FX 3800 is build with Tesla 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 5850 - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 5850 is 125 MHz higher, than Quadro FX 3800.
  • Quadro FX 3800 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 5850 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 5850 is 43 mm longer, than Quadro FX 3800.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 5850 is 400 MHz higher, than Quadro FX 3800.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 9−10
ultra / 1080p 0−1 5−6
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 10−11 21−24
medium / 1080p 1−2 12−14
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 5850 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 183% more, than Quadro FX 3800.

Full Specs

  Quadro FX 3800 Radeon HD 5850
Architecture Tesla 2.0 Terascale 2
Code name GT200B Cypress
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 30 March 2009 30 September 2009
Pipelines 192 1440
Core clock speed 600 MHz 725 MHz
Transistor count 1,400 million 2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 38.40 52.20
Floating-point performance 462.3 gflops 2,088.0 gflops
Length 198 mm 241 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 51.2 GB/s 128.0 GB/s
DirectX 11.1 (10_0) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 4.0 5.0
OpenGL 3.3 4.4
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA 1.3
  Check Price