Quadro FX 3800 vs Radeon HD 8770M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro FX 3800 and Radeon HD 8770M, 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 8770M, check out specs charts below.

Radeon HD 8770M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon HD 8770M 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 8770M here:

Main Specs

  Quadro FX 3800 Radeon HD 8770M
Power consumption (TDP) 108 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort No outputs
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  • Quadro FX 3800 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 8770M uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • Radeon HD 8770M has 1 GB more memory, than Quadro FX 3800.
  • Quadro FX 3800 is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 8770M - in Laptops.
  • Quadro FX 3800 is build with Tesla 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 8770M - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 8770M is 175 MHz higher, than Quadro FX 3800.
  • Quadro FX 3800 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 8770M - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 8770M is 2900 MHz higher, than Quadro FX 3800.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 7−8
ultra / 1080p 0−1 4−5
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 10−11 16−18
medium / 1080p 1−2 8−9
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 8770M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 100% more, than Quadro FX 3800.

Full Specs

  Quadro FX 3800 Radeon HD 8770M
Architecture Tesla 2.0 GCN
Code name GT200B Mars
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 30 March 2009 16 November 2012
Pipelines 192 384
Core clock speed 600 MHz 775 MHz
Boost Clock 825 MHz
Transistor count 1,400 million 950 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 38.40 19.80
Floating-point performance 462.3 gflops 633.6 gflops
Length 198 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 4500 MHz
Memory bandwidth 51.2 GB/s 72 GB/s
Shared memory -
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
Laptop size medium sized
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