AMD Radeon R5 230 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 380
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Caicos | G96 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Caicos PRO | — |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 | Tesla |
| Foundry | TSMC | UMC |
| Manufacturing process | 40 nm | 65 nm |
| Number of transistors | 370 million | 314 million |
| Die size | 67 mm² | 144 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Apr 3rd, 2014 | Mar 30th, 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Volcanic Islands | Quadro FX |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Predecessor | Sea Islands | — |
| Successor | Pirate Islands | — |
| Launch price | — | 129 USD |
| Reviews | — | 26 in our database |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 625 MHz | 450 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 667 MHz 1334 Mbps effective | 700 MHz 1400 Mbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 1100 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 1024 MB | 256 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 64 bit | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | 10.67 GB/s | 22.40 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 160 | 16 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 8 | 8 |
| ROPs | 4 | 8 |
| Compute units | 2 | — |
| Cache L1 | 8 KB (per CU) | — |
| Cache L2 | 128 KB | 32 KB |
| SM count | — | 2 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 2.500 GPixel/s | 3.600 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 5.000 GTexel/s | 3.600 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 200.0 GFLOPS | 35.20 GFLOPS |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | Single-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 168 mm 6.6 inches | 198 mm 7.8 inches |
| TDP | 19 W | 34 W |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | 200 W |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x HDMI1x VGA | 2x DVI |
| Power connectors | None | None |
| Board number | C164 | P977 |
| Width | — | 111 mm 4.4 inches |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 11.1 (10_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Shader model | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| CUDA | — | 1.1 |
