Quadro FX 4800 vs Radeon R9 380X

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro FX 4800 and Radeon R9 380X. 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 4800 and Radeon R9 380X. 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.

Main Specs

  Quadro FX 4800 Radeon R9 380X
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 190 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 4 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R9 380X has 26% more power consumption, than Quadro FX 4800.
  • Quadro FX 4800 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R9 380X uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro FX 4800 has 1532 GB more memory, than Radeon R9 380X.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro FX 4800 is build with Tesla 2.0 architecture, and Radeon R9 380X - with GCN 3.0.
  • Quadro FX 4800 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 380X - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Quadro FX 4800 is 46 mm longer, than Radeon R9 380X.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro FX 4800 is 630 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 380X.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 2−3 35−40
ultra / 1080p 0−1 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 12−14 60−65
medium / 1080p 3−4 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 380X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 683% more, than Quadro FX 4800.

Full Specs

  Quadro FX 4800 Radeon R9 380X
Architecture Tesla 2.0 GCN 3.0
Code name GT200B Antigua
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 11 November 2008 19 November 2015
Pipelines 192 2048
Core clock speed 602 MHz
Boost Clock 970 MHz
Transistor count 1,400 million 5,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 38.53 124.2
Floating-point performance 462.3 gflops 3,973 gflops
Length 267 mm 221 mm
Memory bus width 384 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 970 MHz
Memory bandwidth 76.8 GB/s 182.4 GB/s
DirectX 11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model 4.0 6.3
OpenGL 3.3 4.5
OpenCL 1.1 2.0
Vulkan N/A +
CUDA 1.3
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.58 kh/s
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
TrueAudio +
ZeroCore +
Mantle +
Design reference
Bridgeless CrossFire +
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
DisplayPort support +
CrossFire +
VCE +
DDMA audio +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.89 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 20.63 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 175 Sol/s
Compute units 32
Form factor full height / full length
High bandwidth memory (HBM) -
LiquidVR +
FRTC +
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