Quadro FX 4800 vs Radeon HD 7790

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro FX 4800 and Radeon HD 7790, 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 4800 stacks up against Radeon HD 7790, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  Quadro FX 4800 Radeon HD 7790
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 85 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 1 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Quadro FX 4800 has 76% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 7790.
  • Quadro FX 4800 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 7790 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro FX 4800 has 1535 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7790.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro FX 4800 is build with Tesla 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 7790 - with GCN 2.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 7790 is 398 MHz higher, than Quadro FX 4800.
  • Quadro FX 4800 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7790 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Quadro FX 4800 is 84 mm longer, than Radeon HD 7790.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7790 is 4400 MHz higher, than Quadro FX 4800.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 2−3 16−18
ultra / 1080p 0−1 9−10
QHD / 1440p 0−1 4−5
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 12−14 30−35
medium / 1080p 3−4 20−22
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7790 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 283% more, than Quadro FX 4800.

Full Specs

  Quadro FX 4800 Radeon HD 7790
Architecture Tesla 2.0 GCN 2.0
Code name GT200B Bonaire
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 11 November 2008 22 March 2013
Pipelines 192 896
Core clock speed 602 MHz 1000 MHz
Transistor count 1,400 million 2,080 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 38.53 56.00
Floating-point performance 462.3 gflops 1,792 gflops
Length 267 mm 183 mm
Memory bus width 384 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 76.8 GB/s 96 GB/s
DirectX 11.1 (10_0) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 4.0 6.3
OpenGL 3.3 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 2.0
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
CUDA 1.3
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 218 Mh/s
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