Quadro FX 3800 vs Radeon R7 Carrizo

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro FX 3800 and Radeon R7 Carrizo. 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 3800 and Radeon R7 Carrizo. 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.

Radeon R7 Carrizo is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R7 Carrizo 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 R7 Carrizo here:

Main Specs

  Quadro FX 3800 Radeon R7 Carrizo
Power consumption (TDP) 108 Watt 12-35 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
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  • Quadro FX 3800 has 800% more power consumption, than Radeon R7 Carrizo.
  • Quadro FX 3800 is used in Desktops, and Radeon R7 Carrizo - in Laptops.
  • Quadro FX 3800 is build with Tesla 2.0 architecture, and Radeon R7 Carrizo - with GCN 1.2/2.0.
  • Quadro FX 3800 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon R7 Carrizo - by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 2−3
ultra / 1080p 0−1 0−1
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 10−11 12−14
medium / 1080p 1−2 5−6
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R7 Carrizo in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 50% more, than Quadro FX 3800.

Full Specs

  Quadro FX 3800 Radeon R7 Carrizo
Architecture Tesla 2.0 GCN 1.2/2.0
Code name GT200B Carrizo
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 30 March 2009 4 June 2015
Pipelines 192 512
Core clock speed 600 MHz
Boost Clock 800 MHz
Transistor count 1,400 million 2410 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 64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth 51.2 GB/s
Shared memory +
DirectX 11.1 (10_0) DirectX 12 (FL 12_0)
Shader Model 4.0
OpenGL 3.3
OpenCL 1.1
Vulkan N/A
CUDA 1.3
Laptop size medium sized
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