Quadro FX 4800 vs Radeon HD 7870 XT

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro FX 4800 and Radeon HD 7870 XT. 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 4800 and Radeon HD 7870 XT. 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.
Quadro FX 4800
Radeon HD 7870 XT

Main Specs

  Quadro FX 4800 Radeon HD 7870 XT
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 185 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
 
  • Radeon HD 7870 XT has 23% more power consumption, than Quadro FX 4800.
  • Quadro FX 4800 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 7870 XT uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro FX 4800 has 1534 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7870 XT.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro FX 4800 is build with Tesla 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 7870 XT - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 7870 XT is 323 MHz higher, than Quadro FX 4800.
  • Quadro FX 4800 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7870 XT - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Both graphics cards are the same length of 267 mm.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7870 XT is 4400 MHz higher, than Quadro FX 4800.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 2−3 35−40
ultra / 1080p 0−1 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 12−14 60−65
medium / 1080p 3−4 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 XT in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 683% more, than Quadro FX 4800.

Full Specs

  Quadro FX 4800 Radeon HD 7870 XT
Architecture Tesla 2.0 GCN 1.0
Code name GT200B Tahiti
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 11 November 2008 19 November 2012
Pipelines 192 1536
Core clock speed 602 MHz 925 MHz
Boost Clock 975 MHz
Transistor count 1,400 million 4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 38.53 93.60
Floating-point performance 462.3 gflops 2,995 gflops
Length 267 mm 267 mm
Memory bus width 384 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 76.8 GB/s 192.0 GB/s
DirectX 11.1 (10_0) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 4.0 5.1
OpenGL 3.3 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
CUDA 1.3
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