Quadro FX 5800 vs Radeon R7 Carrizo

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro FX 5800 and Radeon R7 Carrizo, 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 5800 stacks up against Radeon R7 Carrizo, check out specs charts below.

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 5800 Radeon R7 Carrizo
Power consumption (TDP) 189 Watt 12-35 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
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  • Quadro FX 5800 has 1475% more power consumption, than Radeon R7 Carrizo.
  • Quadro FX 5800 is used in Desktops, and Radeon R7 Carrizo - in Laptops.
  • Quadro FX 5800 is build with Tesla 2.0 architecture, and Radeon R7 Carrizo - with GCN 1.2/2.0.
  • Quadro FX 5800 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon R7 Carrizo - by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 3−4 2−3
ultra / 1080p 1−2 0−1
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 14−16 12−14
medium / 1080p 5−6 5−6
The average gaming FPS of Quadro FX 5800 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 14% more, than Radeon R7 Carrizo.

Full Specs

  Quadro FX 5800 Radeon R7 Carrizo
Architecture Tesla 2.0 GCN 1.2/2.0
Code name GT200B Carrizo
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 11 November 2008 4 June 2015
Pipelines 240 512
Core clock speed 610 MHz
Boost Clock 800 MHz
Transistor count 1,400 million 2410 Million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 48.80
Floating-point performance 622.1 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 512 Bit 64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth 102.4 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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