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    Quadro FX 3800 vs Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro FX 3800 and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire, 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 7970M Crossfire, check out specs charts below.
    Quadro FX 3800
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    Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is a Laptop Graphics Card

    Note: Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire here:

    Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire Laptops

    Main Specs

      Quadro FX 3800 Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
    Power consumption (TDP) 108 Watt 200 Watt
    Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
    Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
    Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
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    • Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire has 85% more power consumption, than Quadro FX 3800.
    • Quadro FX 3800 is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire - in Laptops.
    • Quadro FX 3800 is build with Tesla 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire - with GCN.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is 250 MHz higher, than Quadro FX 3800.
    • Quadro FX 3800 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire - by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is 3200 MHz higher, than Quadro FX 3800.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 0−1 35−40
    ultra / 1080p 0−1 21−24
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
    4K / 2160p − 10−11
    low / 720p 10−11 60−65
    medium / 1080p 1−2 40−45
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 766% more, than Quadro FX 3800.

    Full Specs

      Quadro FX 3800 Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
    Architecture Tesla 2.0 GCN
    Code name GT200B Wimbledon XT
    Type Workstation Laptop
    Release date 30 March 2009 1 May 2012
    Pipelines 192 2560
    Core clock speed 600 MHz 850 MHz
    Transistor count 1,400 million
    Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 38.40
    Floating-point performance 462.3 gflops
    Length 198 mm
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 2x 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 4800 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 51.2 GB/s
    Shared memory -
    DirectX 11.1 (10_0) DirectX 11.1, Shader 5.0
    Shader Model 4.0
    OpenGL 3.3
    OpenCL 1.1
    Vulkan N/A
    CUDA 1.3
    Laptop size large
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