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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 210
89%
Quadro FX 380 LP
100%
GeForce 9400 GT
115%
Radeon HD 4550
141%
Radeon HD 5450
181%
Radeon HD 6450
212%
GeForce GT 520
224%
GeForce GT 220
277%
GeForce GT 430
362%
Radeon HD 5570
367%
Radeon HD 4670
398%
GeForce GT 440
420%
GeForce GT 240
429%
GeForce 9600 GT
492%
Radeon HD 5670
523%
GeForce GT 640
560%
GeForce 9800 GT
580%
Radeon HD 6670
603%
Radeon HD 4830
623%
Radeon HD 4770
664%
Radeon HD 4850
700%
GeForce GTS 250
717%
GeForce GTS 450
738%
Radeon HD 5750
764%
Radeon HD 7750
872%
Radeon HD 5770
879%
GeForce GTX 260
894%
Radeon HD 4870
905%
Radeon Vega 8
907%
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
917%
GeForce GTX 650
924%
Radeon HD 5830
978%
Radeon HD 6790
1028%
Radeon HD 4890
1046%
GeForce GTX 460
1085%
Radeon RX Vega 11
1093%
GeForce GT 1030
1104%
GeForce GTX 275
1113%
Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
1117%
GeForce GTX 280
1120%
GeForce GTX 465
1141%
Radeon HD 6850
1196%
GeForce GTX 285
1219%
Radeon HD 5850
1308%
GeForce GTX 650 Ti
1332%
Radeon HD 7790
1332%
Radeon RX 550
1388%
GeForce GTX 470
1392%
Radeon HD 6870
1442%
Radeon HD 5870
1538%
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
1587%
Radeon HD 4870 X2
1595%
GeForce GTX 750 Ti
1624%
Radeon HD 6950
1632%
GeForce GTX 295
1689%
GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
1709%
Radeon HD 7850
1722%
GeForce GTX 480
1752%
Radeon HD 6970
1833%
Radeon R7 265
1869%
Radeon R7 370
1899%
Radeon RX 460
1899%
GeForce GTX 660
1906%
GeForce GTX 570
1911%
Radeon RX 560
1943%
GeForce GTX 950
2063%
Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
2082%
Radeon R9 270X
2132%
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
2159%
GeForce GTX 580
2168%
GeForce GTX 1050
2186%
Radeon HD 7950
2191%
GeForce GTX 1630
2232%
Radeon HD 5970
2233%
GeForce GTX 760
2297%
GeForce GTX 670
2471%
GeForce GTX 960
2536%
Radeon R9 380
2600%
Radeon R9 285
2616%
Radeon HD 7970
2643%
GeForce GTX 680
2670%
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
2732%
GeForce GTX 770
2804%
Radeon HD 6990
2868%
Radeon R9 280X
2937%
GeForce GTX 590
2979%
Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
2981%
GeForce GTX 780
3302%
Arc A380
3307%
Radeon RX 6400
3352%
GeForce GTX 1650
3420%
Radeon RX 470
3633%
Radeon R9 290
3684%
Radeon RX 570
3882%
Radeon R9 390
3930%
Radeon R9 290X
3951%
GeForce GTX 970
4005%
GeForce GTX TITAN
4058%
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
4111%
Radeon R9 390X
4170%
Radeon HD 7990
4188%
Radeon RX 480
4208%
GeForce GTX 690
4244%
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
4358%
Radeon RX 5500 OEM
4419%
Radeon RX 580
4472%
Radeon RX 5500 XT
4507%
Radeon RX 6500 XT
4545%
GeForce GTX 980
4565%
GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
4604%
Radeon R9 FURY
4624%
Radeon RX 590
4830%
Radeon R9 295X2
5086%
GeForce GTX 1660
5114%
Radeon R9 FURY X
5173%
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
5233%
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
5261%
GeForce GTX TITAN X
5398%
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
5560%
GeForce GTX 1070
5871%
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
5871%
Radeon RX Vega 56
6250%
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
6629%
Arc A580
6663%
Radeon RX 5600 XT
6728%
Radeon RX Vega 64
6818%
GeForce GTX 1080
6912%
GeForce RTX 2060
6912%
Radeon RX 5700
7197%
Arc A750
7374%
Radeon RX 5700 XT
7506%
Radeon RX 6600
7513%
Radeon RX 6600 XT
7721%
GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
7765%
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
7844%
GeForce RTX 2070
7867%
Arc A770
8162%
Radeon RX 7600
8240%
Radeon VII
8333%
TITAN X Pascal
8550%
GeForce RTX 5050
8698%
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
8807%
GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
8901%
GeForce RTX 4060
9156%
Radeon RX 7600 XT
9339%
GeForce RTX 5060
9353%
Radeon RX 6650 XT
9364%
Arc B580
9428%
GeForce RTX 2080
9575%
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
9705%
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
9889%
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
10039%
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB
10438%
Radeon RX 6700 XT
10645%
Radeon RX 6750 XT
11299%
GeForce RTX 3070
11454%
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
11507%
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
12003%
Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB
12027%
Radeon RX 7700 XT
12452%
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB
12906%
Radeon RX 6800
12981%
Radeon RX 6800 XT
14636%
GeForce RTX 4070
14709%
Radeon RX 7800 XT
15513%
Radeon RX 6900 XT
15658%
GeForce RTX 3080
15877%
Radeon RX 6950 XT
16524%
Radeon RX 7900 GRE
16800%
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
17062%
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
17627%
GeForce RTX 3090
17862%
GeForce RTX 5070
18129%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
18312%
Radeon RX 9070
19986%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
20005%
GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
20025%
Radeon RX 7900 XT
20397%
Radeon RX 9070 XT
22309%
GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
23348%
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
23688%
GeForce RTX 4080
23703%
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
23905%
GeForce RTX 5080
26774%
GeForce RTX 4090
30990%
GeForce RTX 5090
40630%
Based on TPU review data: "Performance Summary" at 1920x1080, 4K for 2080 Ti 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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