NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 videocard review

NVIDIA Quadro FX 580

Quadro FX 580 videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 9 April 2009. At the time of release, the videocard cost $199. The videocard is designed for workstation-computers and based on Tesla microarchitecture codenamed G96C.

Core clock speed - 450 MHz. Texture fill rate - 7.2 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 32. Floating-point performance - 72 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 55 nm. Transistors count - 314 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 40 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 512 MB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1600 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 25.6 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38588
161
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
43
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
1687 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
1687.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 161
PassMark - G2D Mark 43
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 1687 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 1687.000 Fps

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Tesla
Code name G96C
Launch date 9 April 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $199
Place in performance rating 1578
Price now $59.46
Type Workstation
Value for money (0-100) 5.88

Technical info

Core clock speed 450 MHz
Floating-point performance 72 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm
Pipelines 32
Texture fill rate 7.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 40 Watt
Transistor count 314 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 198 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 10.0
OpenGL 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz
Memory type GDDR3