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NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP

Graphics Processor
GT218S
Cores
16
TMUs
8
ROPs
4
Memory Size
512 MB
Memory Type
GDDR3
Bus Width
64 bit
GPU Chip
GPU
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The Quadro FX 380 LP was a mid-range professional graphics card by NVIDIA, launched on December 1st, 2009. Built on the 40 nm process, and based on the GT218S graphics processor, in its GT218 GL variant, the card supports DirectX 11.1. Even though it supports DirectX 11, the feature level is only 10_1, which can be problematic with many DirectX 11 & DirectX 12 titles. The GT218S graphics processor is a relatively small chip with a die area of only 57 mm² and 260 million transistors. It features 16 shading units, 8 texture mapping units, and 4 ROPs. NVIDIA has paired 512 MB GDDR3 memory with the Quadro FX 380 LP, which are connected using a 64-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 550 MHz, memory is running at 800 MHz.
Being a single-slot card, the NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP does not require any additional power connector, its power draw is rated at 28 W maximum. Display outputs include: 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort. Quadro FX 380 LP is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 2.0 x16 interface. The card measures 168 mm in length, 69 mm in width, and features a single-slot cooling solution. Its price at launch was 169 US Dollars.

Graphics Processor

GPU Name
GT218S
GPU Variant
GT218 GL
Architecture
Tesla 2.0
Foundry
TSMC
Process Size
40 nm
Transistors
260 million
Density
4.6M / mm²
Die Size
57 mm²
Chip Package
BGA-533

Graphics Card

Release Date
Dec 1st, 2009
Generation
Quadro FX Tesla
(x800)
Predecessor
Quadro FX Curie
Successor
Quadro Fermi
Production
End-of-life
Launch Price
169 USD
Bus Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
Reviews
26 in our database

Relative Performance

GeForce RTX 5090
40667%
GeForce RTX 4090
31018%
GeForce RTX 5080
26799%
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
23927%
GeForce RTX 4080
23725%
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
23710%
GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
23369%
Radeon RX 9070 XT
22329%
Radeon RX 7900 XT
20416%
GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
20043%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
20024%
Radeon RX 9070
20004%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
18329%
GeForce RTX 5070
18145%
GeForce RTX 3090
17878%
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
17643%
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
17078%
Radeon RX 7900 GRE
16815%
Radeon RX 6950 XT
16539%
GeForce RTX 4070
16312%
Radeon RX 6900 XT
16149%
GeForce RTX 3080
15892%
Radeon RX 7800 XT
15846%
Radeon RX 6800 XT
15285%
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB
14189%
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB
14102%
Radeon RX 7700 XT
13893%
Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB
13468%
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
13444%
Radeon RX 6800
12993%
Radeon RX 6750 XT
12899%
Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GB
12713%
GeForce RTX 3070
12577%
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
12471%
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
12416%
GeForce RTX 5060
12222%
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
11010%
Radeon RX 6700 XT
10814%
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
10048%
Radeon RX 7600 XT
9960%
GeForce RTX 4060
9931%
Arc B580
9913%
GeForce RTX 5050
9660%
GeForce RTX 2080
9584%
Radeon RX 6650 XT
9372%
Radeon RX 7600
9360%
GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
8909%
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
8815%
Arc A770
8805%
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
8487%
Radeon RX 6600 XT
8364%
Radeon VII
8341%
Arc A750
8175%
Radeon RX 5700 XT
7990%
GeForce RTX 2070
7874%
Radeon RX 6600
7520%
Arc A580
7305%
GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
7296%
Radeon RX Vega 64
6984%
GeForce RTX 2060
6760%
Radeon RX 5700
6727%
GeForce GTX 1080
6601%
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
6476%
Radeon RX 5600 XT
6417%
Radeon RX Vega 56
6097%
GeForce GTX 1070
5876%
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
5565%
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
5559%
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
5266%
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
5238%
Radeon R9 FURY X
5178%
GeForce GTX 1660
5119%
Radeon RX 590
4834%
Radeon R9 FURY
4712%
GeForce GTX 980
4654%
GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
4609%
Radeon RX 6500 XT
4549%
Radeon RX 5500 XT
4511%
Radeon RX 580
4476%
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
4362%
Radeon R9 390X
4300%
GeForce GTX 690
4248%
Radeon RX 480
4212%
Radeon HD 7990
4192%
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
4115%
GeForce GTX 970
4008%
Radeon R9 290X
3997%
Radeon R9 390
3933%
Radeon RX 570
3886%
Radeon R9 290
3687%
Radeon RX 470
3637%
GeForce GTX 1650
3423%
Radeon RX 6400
3355%
Arc A380
3310%
GeForce GTX 780
3305%
Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
2984%
GeForce GTX 590
2982%
Radeon R9 280X
2940%
Radeon HD 6990
2871%
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
2734%
GeForce GTX 680
2672%
Radeon R9 380
2645%
Radeon HD 7970
2645%
GeForce GTX 770
2638%
Radeon R9 285
2618%
GeForce GTX 960
2538%
GeForce GTX 670
2474%
Radeon HD 5970
2235%
GeForce GTX 1630
2234%
Radeon HD 7950
2193%
GeForce GTX 1050
2188%
GeForce GTX 760
2172%
GeForce GTX 580
2170%
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
2161%
Radeon R9 270X
2134%
Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
2084%
GeForce GTX 950
2065%
Radeon RX 560
1945%
GeForce GTX 570
1913%
GeForce GTX 660
1908%
Radeon RX 460
1901%
Radeon R7 370
1901%
Radeon HD 6970
1835%
GeForce GTX 480
1754%
Radeon HD 7850
1723%
GeForce GTX 295
1691%
Radeon HD 6950
1633%
GeForce GTX 750 Ti
1626%
Radeon HD 4870 X2
1596%
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
1588%
Radeon HD 5870
1540%
Radeon HD 6870
1443%
GeForce GTX 470
1393%
GeForce GTX 650 Ti
1333%
Radeon HD 5850
1309%
GeForce GTX 285
1221%
Radeon HD 6850
1197%
GeForce GTX 280
1121%
Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
1118%
GeForce GTX 275
1114%
GeForce GT 1030
1105%
GeForce GTX 460
1086%
Radeon HD 4890
1047%
Radeon HD 6790
1029%
Radeon HD 5830
979%
GeForce GTX 650
925%
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
918%
Radeon HD 4870
906%
GeForce GTX 260
895%
Radeon HD 5770
879%
Radeon HD 7750
873%
Radeon HD 5750
764%
GeForce GTS 450
738%
GeForce GTS 250
717%
Radeon HD 4850
701%
Radeon HD 4770
665%
Radeon HD 4830
623%
Radeon HD 6670
604%
GeForce 9800 GT
581%
GeForce GT 640
561%
Radeon HD 5670
524%
GeForce 9600 GT
492%
GeForce GT 240
429%
GeForce GT 440
420%
Radeon HD 4670
399%
Radeon HD 5570
367%
GeForce GT 430
362%
GeForce GT 220
277%
GeForce GT 520
224%
Radeon HD 6450
212%
Radeon HD 5450
181%
Radeon HD 4550
141%
GeForce 9400 GT
115%
Quadro FX 380 LP
100%
GeForce 210
89%
Based on TPU review data: "Performance Summary" at 1920x1080, 4K for RTX 3080 and faster.
Performance estimated based on architecture, shader count and clocks.

Clock Speeds

GPU Clock
550 MHz
Shader Clock
1375 MHz
Memory Clock
800 MHz
1600 Mbps effective

Memory

Memory Size
512 MB
Memory Type
GDDR3
Memory Bus
64 bit
Bandwidth
12.80 GB/s

Render Config

Shading Units
16
TMUs
8
ROPs
4
SM Count
2
L2 Cache
32 KB

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Rate
2.200 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
4.400 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)
44.00 GFLOPS

Board Design

Slot Width
Single-slot
Length
168 mm
6.6 inches
Width
69 mm
2.7 inches
TDP
28 W
Suggested PSU
200 W
Outputs
1x DVI
1x DisplayPort
Power Connectors
None
Board Number
P690 SKU 500

Graphics Features

DirectX
11.1 (10_1)
OpenGL
3.3
OpenCL
1.1
Vulkan
N/A
CUDA
1.2
Shader Model
4.1

GT218S GPU Notes

PureVideo HD: VP4
VDPAU: Feature Set C

Latest Drivers:
Windows 2000:
Quadro Release 261.19

Windows XP / Server 2003 x64:
GeForce Release 185.81 (Notebooks)
GeForce Release 340.52
Quadro Release R319 U2 (321.01)
Tesla Release 258.96

Windows Vista:
GeForce Release 307.83 (Notebooks)
GeForce Release 342.01
Quadro Release R340 U15 (342.01)
Tesla Release 258.96

Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10:
GeForce Release 342.01
Quadro Release R340 U15 (342.01)
Tesla Release 258.96
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