Fx 380 quadro: NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 Specs

Quadro FX 380 [in 1 benchmark]

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Quadro FX 380

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Interface PCIe 2.0 x16

Core clock speed 450 MHz

Max video memory 256 MB

Memory type GDDR3

Memory clock speed 1400 MHz

Maximum resolution

Summary

NVIDIA started Quadro FX 380 sales 30 March 2009 at a recommended price of $129. This is a Tesla architecture desktop card based on 65 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at designers. 256 MB of GDDR3 memory clocked at 1.4 GHz are supplied, and together with 128 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 22.4 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is single-slot card attached via PCIe 2.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 198 mm. No additional power connector is required, and power consumption is at 34 Watt.

We have no data on Quadro FX 380 benchmark results.

General info

Some basic facts about Quadro FX 380: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in performance rating	not rated
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	G96
Market segment	Workstation
Release date	30 March 2009 (13 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$129
Current price	$68 (0.5x MSRP)	of 49999 (A100 SXM4)

Technical specs

Quadro FX 380’s general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Quadro FX 380’s performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	16	of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
Core clock speed	450 MHz	of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Number of transistors	314 million	of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	of 4 (GeForce RTX 4080 Ti)
Thermal design power (TDP)	34 Watt	of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate	3.600	of 969.9 (h200 SXM5 96 GB)
Floating-point performance	35.2 gflops	of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo)

Dimensions and compatibility

Information on Quadro FX 380’s compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it’s interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	198 mm
Width	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None

Memory

Parameters of memory installed on Quadro FX 380: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory type	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	of 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory bus width	128 Bit	of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	of 22400 (GeForce RTX 4080)
Memory bandwidth	22. 4 GB/s	of 14400 (Radeon R7 M260)

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on Quadro FX 380. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors

2x DVI

API support

APIs supported by Quadro FX 380, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	4.0
OpenGL	3.3	of 4.6 (GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile)
OpenCL	1.1
Vulkan	N/A
CUDA	1. 1

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of Quadro FX 380. Overall performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.

Passmark

Passmark

This is probably the most ubiquitous benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

FX 380
137

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Recommended processors

These processors are most commonly used with Quadro FX 380 according to our statistics.

Xeon
X3450

10%

Xeon
W3520

Core 2
Duo E8400

Xeon
W3530

Core i7
870

A6
3500

Ryzen 5
5500U

Core i3
4160

Core i5
520M

Ryzen 7
3700X

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Your store. PNY VCQFX380-PCIE-T Quadro FX 380 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Workstation Video Card

NVIDIA^® Quadro^® FX 380 by PNY
Entry-Level Professional Graphics Solution

Get a 50% pure performance boost over previous generations with the NVIDIA^® Quadro^® FX 380, the professional graphics solution offered at an affordable price. Digital artists and designers can now create stunning 3D designs from a professional platform. Enabling EnergyStar compliance, Quadro FX 380 provides extreme power efficiency to save you money.

The 256MB GDDR3 frame buffer makes the FX 380 Microsoft^® Vista™ ready and capable of displaying the full Windows Aero user interface. The reference standard for Shader Model 4.0, the NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 enables next generation ultra-realistic, realtime OpenGL and DirectX 10 applications. With two dual-link DVI-I connectors the FX 380 offers superb image quality at resolutions up to 2560 x 1600 at 60Hz.

Certified on all industry-leading applications and featuring automatic configuration of display settings, Quadro FX 380 provides both power efficiency and performance.

Memory Size	256MB
Memory Interface	128-bit
Graphic Memory Bandwidth	22.4GB/sec.
Graphics Bus	PCI Express x16

Product Specifications

256MB GDDR3 frame buffer
128-bit memory interface
22.4GB/sec memory bandwidth
Twin DVI-I dual link
PCI Express x16 Gen 2 bus interface (compatible with Gen 1)
34W maximum power consumption
No auxiliary power required
Active fansink thermal management
ATX form factor, 4. 376″ (H) x 6.60″ (L)

NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 by PNY Architecture

128-bit color precision

Unlimited fragment instruction

Unlimited vertex instruction
3D volumetric texture support
Hardware-accelerated, antialiased points & lines
Hardware OpenGL overlay planes
Hardware-accelerated, two-sided lighting
Hardware-accelerated clipping planes
3rd-generation occlusion culling
Window ID clipping functionality
Hardware-accelerated line stippling

Shading Architecture

Full Shader Model 4.0 (OpenGL 3.0/DirectX 10 class)
Long fragment programs (unlimited instructions)
Long vertex programs (unlimited instructions)
Looping and subroutines (up to 256 loops per vertex program)
Dynamic flow control
Conditional execution

High Level Shader Languages

Optimized complier for Cg and Microsoft HLSL
OpenGL 2. 1 and DirectX 10 support
Open source compiler

High-Resolution Antialiasing

Rotated Grid Full-Scene Antialiasing (RG FSAA)
16x FSAA dramatically reduces visual aliasing artifacts or «jaggies» at resolution up to 1920×1200

Display Resolution Support

Dual dual-link DVI-I outputs drive two digital displays at resolutions up to 2560 x 1600 at 60Hz
Internal 400 MHz DAC—one analog display up to 2048 x 1536 @ 85Hz

nView Multi-Display Technology

Advanced multi-display desktop a application management, seamlessly integrated into Microsoft Windows.

Minimum System Requirements

Windows^® 7, Vista, XP SP3, Linux^®, or Solaris^®
PCIe x16 expansion slot
1GB or more of system memory, 2GB recommended
200MB of available disk space for full driver installation
Blu-ray, DVD-ROM or CD-ROM drive
DisplayPort, DVI or VGA compatible display(s)

128-Bit Precision Graphics Pipeline
Full IEEE 32-bit floating-point precision per color component (RGBA) delivers millions of color variations with the broadest dynamic range. Sets new standards for image clarity and quality in shading, filtering, texturing, and blending. Enables unprecedented rendered image quality for visual effects processing.

256 MB GDDR3 GPU Memory with ultra fast memory bandwidth
Delivers high throughput for interactive visualization of large models and high-performance for real time processing of large textures and frames and enables the highest quality and resolution full-scene antialiasing (FSAA).

Advanced Color Compression, Early Z-Cull
Improved pipeline color compression and early z-culling to increase effective bandwidth and improve rendering efficiency and performance.

Compatible with Industry Standard Architectures
Compatible with x86 32 and 64-bit microprocessor architectures and operating systems from Intel/AMD and Microsoft/Linux.

Cg High-Level Graphics Shader Language
Cg—»C» for graphics—is a high-level, open-standard programming language that takes advantage of the power of programmable GPUs. NVIDIA Quadro FX programmable graphics pipelines leverage high-level shading languages to enable the creation and integration of real-time photorealistic effects into 3D models, scenes, and designs. This represents a key enabler for the creation of real-time, photo-realistic visuals within CAD, DCC, and scientific applications.

Full-Scene Antialiasing (FSAA)
Up to 16x FSAA dramatically reduces visual aliasing artifacts or «jaggies,» resulting in highly realistic scenes.

Hardware 3D Window Clipping
Hardware accelerated clip regions (data transfer mechanism between a window and the frame buffer) which improve overall graphics performance by increasing transfer speed between color buffer and frame buffer.

Highest Workstation Application Performance
Next-generation architecture enables over 2x improvement in geometry and fill rates with the industry’s highest performance for professional CAD, DCC, and scientific applications.

8K Texture and Render Processing
The ability to texture from and render to 8K x 8K surfaces. Beneficial for applications that demand the highest resolution and quality image processing.

Next-Generation Vertex and Pixel Programmability Shader Model 4.0
Reference standard for Shader Model 4.0 enabling a higher level of performance and realistic effects for OpenGL and next generation DirectX 10 industry-leading professional applications.

Next-Generation Vertex and Pixel Programmability
NVIDIA Quadro FX GPUs introduce infinite length vertex programs and dynamic flow control, removing the previous limits on complexity, and structure of shader programs. NVIDIA Quadro FX GPUs deliver sophisticated effects never before imagined for real-time graphics systems.

NVIDIA^® CUDA™ Architecture
NVIDIA^® CUDA™ is a revolutionary parallel computing architecture for NVIDIA Quadro professional GPUs enabling breakthrough performance in areas such as video encoding, image processing, and accurate physics.

NVIDIA Graphics API Extensions
NVIDIA provides a set of extensions to standard graphics APIs for Linux and Windows, enabling applications to take maximum advantage of state-of-the-art GPU capabilities.

NVIDIA High Precision High Dynamic Range (HDR) Technology
Sets new standards for image clarity and quality through floating point capabilities in shading, filtering, texturing, and blending. Enables unprecedented rendered image quality for visual effects processing.

NVIDIA PureVideo HD Technology
The ultimate high-definition movie experience on your PC by combining high-definition movie decode, acceleration and post-processing on HDCP enabled platforms. PureVideo HD delivers superb picture quality for all video formats, as well as stunning Blu-ray playback—with low CPU utilization and power consumption.

NVIDIA GPU Unified Architecture
Industry’s first unified architecture designed to dynamically allocate compute, geometry, shading and pixel processing power to deliver optimized GPU performance.

NVIDIA^® nView™ Multi-Display Technology
The nView advanced Display Software delivers maximum flexibility for single-large display or multi-display options, providing unprecedented end-user control of the desktop experience for increased productivity.

PCI Express Gen 2 Compliant
Doubles the data transfer rate up to 5 GT/sec per lane for an aggregate bandwidth of 16 GB/sec bi-directional (8 GB/sec in each direction).

Quad Buffered Stereo
Offers enhanced visual experience for professional applications that demand stereo viewing capability.

Dual DVI Dual-Link Digital Display Connectors
Dual dual-link TMDS transmitters support ultra-high-resolution panels (up to 2560 x 1600 at 60Hz on each panel) – which result in amazing image quality producing detailed photorealistic images.

Ultra quiet design
Acoustics lower than most desktops at sub 40db for a quiet desktop environment.

Unified Driver Architecture (UDA)
The NVIDIA UDA guarantees forward and backward compatibility with software drivers. Simplifies upgrading to a new NVIDIA product because all NVIDIA products work with the same driver software.

Quadro FX 380 video card [in 1 benchmark]

NVIDIA
Quadro FX 380

PCIe 2.0 x16 interface
Core frequency 450 MHz
Video memory size 256 MB
Memory type GDDR3
Memory frequency 1400 MHz
Maximum resolution

Description

NVIDIA launched Quadro FX 380 on March 30, 2009at a suggested price of $129. This is a desktop video card based on Tesla architecture and 65 nm manufacturing process, primarily aimed at designers. It has 256 MB of GDDR3 memory at 1.4 GHz, and coupled with a 128-bit interface, this creates a bandwidth of 22.40 Gb / s.

In terms of compatibility, this is a single-slot PCIe 2.0 x16 card. The length of the reference version is 198 mm. An additional power cable is not required for connection, and the power consumption is 34 W.

We don’t have test results for the Quadro FX 380.

General information

Information about the type (desktop or laptop) and architecture of the Quadro FX 380, as well as when sales started and cost at that time.

place in the performance rating	A
Tesla (2006–2010)			0038	of 49999 (A100 SXM4)

Features

Quadro FX 380’s general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. They indirectly speak about Quadro FX 380’s performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Number of Stream Processors	16
memory capacity	22. 40 GB/s	of 14400 (Radeon R7 M260)

Video

Types and number of video connectors present on Quadro FX 380. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference video cards, since for laptop ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model.

Video connectors

Passmark