NVIDIA Quadro CX
VS
ATI Radeon HD 3870
NVIDIA Quadro CX
VS
ATI Radeon HD 3870

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA Quadro CX and ATI Radeon HD 3870. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

668
Place in performance rating
821
7.22
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Tesla 2.0
Architecture
TeraScale
GT200B
Code name
RV670
Workstation
Type
Desktop
11 November 2008 (13 years ago)
Release date
19 November 2007 (14 years ago)
$1,999
Launch price (MSRP)
$269
$199 (0.1x MSRP)
Price now
$283 (1.1x MSRP)
0.46
Value for money
0.08
GT200B
GPU code name
RV670
Workstation
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA Quadro CX and ATI Radeon HD 3870 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

192
Pipelines
320
602 MHz
Core clock speed
777 MHz
1,400 million
Transistor count
666 million
55 nm
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
150 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
106 Watt
38.53
Texture fill rate
12.43
462.3 gflops
Floating-point performance
497.3 gflops
192
Pipelines / CUDA cores
320
1,400 million
Number of transistors
666 million
150 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
106 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA Quadro CX and ATI Radeon HD 3870.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
267 mm
Length
241 mm
1x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA Quadro CX and ATI Radeon HD 3870 can be seen in this section.

GDDR3
Memory type
GDDR4
1536 MB
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
384 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
1600 MHz
Memory clock speed
2252 MHz
76.8 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
72.06 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA Quadro CX and ATI Radeon HD 3870, the size and number of monitors.

1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA Quadro CX and ATI Radeon HD 3870. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.1 (10_0)
DirectX
10.1 (10_1)
3.3
OpenGL
3.3

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA Quadro CX and ATI Radeon HD 3870 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA Quadro CX or ATI Radeon HD 3870 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA Quadro CX
ATI Radeon HD 3870
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA Quadro CX
ATI Radeon HD 3870
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA Quadro CX
ATI Radeon HD 3870
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA Quadro CX
ATI Radeon HD 3870
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA Quadro CX
ATI Radeon HD 3870
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA Quadro CX

1.73% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($199 (0.1x MSRP) vs $283 (1.1x MSRP))

More maximum RAM amount (1536 MB vs 512 MB)

More memory bandwidth (76.8 GB/s vs 72.06 GB/s)

Advantages of ATI Radeon HD 3870

More pipelines (320 vs 192)

Less power consumption (106 Watt vs 150 Watt)

So, NVIDIA Quadro CX or ATI Radeon HD 3870?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA Quadro CX .

NVIDIA Quadro CX versus ATI Radeon HD 3870 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA Quadro CX
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score ATI Radeon HD 3870