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NVIDIA Quadro FX 380

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 is a workstation graphics card released on March 30, 2009, built on the Tesla architecture. It has 16 shading units, 256 MB of GDDR3 memory, a boost clock of 450 MHz and a 34 W board power rating. It scores 206 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 10, OpenGL 3.3, OpenCL 1.1 and CUDA compute capability 1.1.

TeslaG96-850-C1Workstation

7/10 key specs recorded · 28 facts

Depth: 34 recorded fields, 1 feature, 2 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 7 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)PassMark Videocard Benchmark

Shading units

16cores

Memory

256 MB

GDDR3

Boost clock

n/a

450 MHz base

Board power

34 W

Performance

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 scores 206 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 25% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #2,187), measured across 152 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 60.

PassMark G3D Mark

206

Rank #2,187
Faster than 25% of 2,658 GPUs
152 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 5 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 6.5% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 4 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 32.1% of 1,602 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 averages DirectX 9 5 fps and DirectX 10 4 fps, across 152 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Workstation

Bus interface PCIe 2.0 x16

Max memory 256 MB

Core clock 450 MHz

Memory clock 1400 MHz

DirectX 10

OpenGL 3.3

Max TDP 34 W

First benchmarked 2012-02-23

Samples 152

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 states the PCIe 2.0 x16 interface, up to 256 MB of memory, a core clock of 450 MHz, DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3, first benchmarked on 2012-02-23. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Not to be confused with

This page covers the NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 specifically. It is a different product from NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP, NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800, NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M, NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M, which have their own specifications. Check the exact model name before comparing figures.

Graphics processor

Architecture Tesla

Codename G96-850-C1

Chip Not recorded

Process node Not recorded

Transistors Not recorded

Die size Not recorded

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 is based on the Tesla architecture and uses the G96-850-C1 graphics processor.

Shader configuration

Shading units 16

Compute units Not recorded

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) 8

Render output units (ROPs) 8

Ray tracing cores Not recorded

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 has 16 shading units, 8 texture mapping units and 8 render output units.

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Infinity Cache is an AMD architectural feature and does not apply to the NVIDIA Quadro FX 380. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the NVIDIA Quadro FX 380.

Clock speeds

Base clock 450 MHz

Boost clock Not recorded

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 runs at a base clock of 450 MHz.

Memory

Size 256 MB

Type GDDR3

Bus width Not recorded

Bandwidth Not recorded

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 is equipped with 256 MB of GDDR3 memory.

Board and power

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 has a board power rating of 34 W and it connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 34 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 2.0 x16

Market

Launched March 30, 2009

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Workstation

Series Quadro

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 was released on March 30, 2009.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 206

PassMark G2D 60

Rank #2,187

Samples 152

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 supports DirectX 10, OpenGL 3.3, OpenCL 1.1 and CUDA compute capability 1.1.

DirectX 10

OpenGL 3.3

OpenCL 1.1

CUDA compute capability 1.1

Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA Quadro FX 380.

Features

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 has 1 supported feature recorded outside the media engine. A feature that no source mentions is shown as not listed, never as unsupported.

Compute and AI

Supported: CUDA Compute capability 1.1

Support for NVIDIA's CUDA computing platform, used by many creative, scientific and AI applications.

Not listed (2)

No source Feex holds states whether the NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 supports Tensor cores and NVLink / SLI. That is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 supports CUDA (Compute capability 1.1) under Compute and AI.

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 have?

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 has 256 MB of GDDR3 memory.

How much power does the NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 use and what power supply does it need?

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 has a board power rating of 34 W.

How fast is the NVIDIA Quadro FX 380?

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 scores 206 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 25% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #2,187.

What is the CUDA compute capability of the NVIDIA Quadro FX 380?

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 has CUDA compute capability 1.1.

What bus interface does the NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 use?

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.

When was the NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 released?

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 was released on March 30, 2009.

Corrections to this record

After an audit, 1 empty field was filled from sources. Each change is listed with its old value, new value, rule and sources.

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Architecture: Tesla (was Not recorded). Rule: Architecture from chip codename. chip G96 -> Tesla. Sources: Wikipedia: List of Nvidia graphics processing units (revision 1377107724).

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