AMD Radeon Pro 580 vs NVIDIA Quadro CX

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 580 and NVIDIA Quadro CX videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon Pro 580

NVIDIA Quadro CX

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 580

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 83% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 602 MHz
5x more texture fill rate: 193.0 GTexel / s vs 38.5 GTexel / s
12x more pipelines: 2304 vs 192
13.4x better floating-point performance: 6,175 gflops vs 462.3 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 55 nm
5.3x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 1536 MB
4.2x more memory clock speed: 6780 MHz vs 1600 MHz
8.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7753 vs 947
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 943 vs 454

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 June 2017 vs 11 November 2008
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 602 MHz
Texture fill rate	193.0 GTexel / s vs 38.5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2304 vs 192
Floating-point performance	6,175 gflops vs 462.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 1536 MB
Memory clock speed	6780 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	7753 vs 947
PassMark - G2D Mark	943 vs 454

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 580
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro CX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

7753

947

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

943

454

Name	AMD Radeon Pro 580	NVIDIA Quadro CX
PassMark - G3D Mark	7753	947
PassMark - G2D Mark	943	454
Geekbench - OpenCL	40288
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	109.521
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1206.829
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	9.88
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	117.944
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	511.984
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	10113
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2900
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	10113
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2900
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro 580	NVIDIA Quadro CX
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Polaris 20	GT200B
Launch date	5 June 2017	11 November 2008
Place in performance rating	324	322
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,999
Price now		$149.95
Value for money (0-100)		8.20
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	602 MHz
Floating-point performance	6,175 gflops	462.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	2304	192
Texture fill rate	193.0 GTexel / s	38.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	1,400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	241 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	1536 MB
Memory bandwidth	256.0 GB / s	76.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	6780 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3