Quadro FX 3800 vs Radeon HD 7850

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro FX 3800 and Radeon HD 7850, 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 3800 stacks up against Radeon HD 7850, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  Quadro FX 3800 Radeon HD 7850
Power consumption (TDP) 108 Watt 225 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 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 7850 has 108% more power consumption, than Quadro FX 3800.
  • Quadro FX 3800 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 7850 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon HD 7850 has 1 GB more memory, than Quadro FX 3800.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro FX 3800 is build with Tesla 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 7850 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Quadro FX 3800 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7850 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 7850 is 12 mm longer, than Quadro FX 3800.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro FX 3800 is 400 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7850.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 18−20
ultra / 1080p 0−1 10−12
QHD / 1440p 0−1 5−6
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 10−11 35−40
medium / 1080p 1−2 24−27
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7850 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 416% more, than Quadro FX 3800.

Full Specs

  Quadro FX 3800 Radeon HD 7850
Architecture Tesla 2.0 GCN 1.0
Code name GT200B Pitcairn
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 30 March 2009 5 March 2012
Pipelines 192 1024
Core clock speed 600 MHz
Boost Clock 1000 MHz
Transistor count 1,400 million 2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 38.40 55.04
Floating-point performance 462.3 gflops 1,761 gflops
Length 198 mm 210 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 1200 MHz
Memory bandwidth 51.2 GB/s 153.6 GB/s
DirectX 11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model 4.0 5.1
OpenGL 3.3 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A
CUDA 1.3
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 2.1 x16
HDMI +
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