Product comparison · 2 gpus

Dell NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800 vs GIGABYTE Radeon HD 6850

13specifications compared
7differ
6identical
19known for one product only

Key differences

CUDA
- NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800:Yes
- Radeon HD 6850:No
Graphics card memory type
- NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800:GDDR3
- Radeon HD 6850:GDDR5
Interface type
- NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800:PCI Express x16
- Radeon HD 6850:PCI Express 2.1
DisplayPorts quantity
- NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800:2
- Radeon HD 6850:1
DirectX version
- NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800:10.0
- Radeon HD 6850:11
Shader model version
- NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800:4.0
- Radeon HD 6850:5.0
OpenGL version
- NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800:3.0
- Radeon HD 6850:4.1

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Comparison of NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800, Radeon HD 6850
32 specifications	A Dell NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800 View product	B GIGABYTE Radeon HD 6850 View product
Processor1 differ
CUDADiffers	Yes	No
Processor frequencyKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	775 MHz
Graphics processor familyKnown for one	NVIDIA	Unknown — not stated by the source
Graphics processorKnown for one	Quadro FX 3800	Unknown — not stated by the source
Memory1 differ
Graphics card memory typeDiffers	GDDR3	GDDR5
Memory clock speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4000 MHz
Memory busKnown for one	256 bit	Unknown — not stated by the source
Memory bandwidth (max)Known for one	51.2 GB/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Ports & interfaces2 differ
Interface typeDiffers	PCI Express x16	PCI Express 2.1
HDMI ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
DVI-D ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
DVI-I ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
DisplayPorts quantityDiffers	2	1
DVI ports quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Performance3 differ
DirectX versionDiffers	10.0	11
Shader model versionDiffers	4.0	5.0
OpenGL versionDiffers	3.0	4.1
HDCPKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Designidentical
CertificationKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	RoHS
System requirementsidentical
Minimum RAMKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1024 MB
Minimum processorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Intel Pentium 4/Core 2/AMD Athlon/Phenom
Windows operating systems supportedKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other featuresidentical
Mac compatibilityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	No
HDMIKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Windows XP Pro/XP SP2/Vista/7
Poweridentical
Power consumption (typical)Known for one	108 W	Unknown — not stated by the source

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