Quadro FX 3800 vs Radeon R7 M270DX

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro FX 3800 and Radeon R7 M270DX. 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 M270DX. 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 3800
Radeon R7 M270DX

Main Specs

  Quadro FX 3800 Radeon R7 M270DX
Power consumption (TDP) 108 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 IGP
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR3 System Shared
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort No outputs
 
  • Quadro FX 3800 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R7 M270DX uses IGP interface.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro FX 3800 is build with Tesla 2.0 architecture, and Radeon R7 M270DX - with GCN 3.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon R7 M270DX is 300 MHz higher, than Quadro FX 3800.
  • Quadro FX 3800 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon R7 M270DX - 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 3−4
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R7 M270DX in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 33% more, than Quadro FX 3800.

Full Specs

  Quadro FX 3800 Radeon R7 M270DX
Architecture Tesla 2.0 GCN 3.0
Code name GT200B Topaz
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 30 March 2009 11 June 2014
Pipelines 192 384
Core clock speed 600 MHz 900 MHz
Boost Clock 940 MHz
Transistor count 1,400 million 1,550 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 38.40 22.56
Floating-point performance 462.3 gflops
Length 198 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth 51.2 GB/s
DirectX 11.1 (10_0) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 4.0 6.3
OpenGL 3.3 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 2.0
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
CUDA 1.3