AMD Radeon RX 580 vs NVIDIA Quadro CX

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 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, Technologies. 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX 580

NVIDIA Quadro CX

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 580

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 5 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 1257 MHz vs 602 MHz
5011.9x more texture fill rate: 192.96 GTexel/s vs 38.5 GTexel / s
12x more pipelines: 2304 vs 192
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
5x more memory clock speed: 8000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
9.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8827 vs 947
Around 69% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 767 vs 454

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 11 November 2008
Core clock speed	1257 MHz vs 602 MHz
Texture fill rate	192.96 GTexel/s vs 38.5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2304 vs 192
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 1536 MB
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8827 vs 947
PassMark - G2D Mark	767 vs 454

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro CX

74.6x better floating-point performance: 462.3 gflops vs 6.2 TFLOPs
Around 23% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 185 Watt

Floating-point performance	462.3 gflops vs 6.2 TFLOPs
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 185 Watt

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8827

947

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

767

454

Name	AMD Radeon RX 580	NVIDIA Quadro CX
PassMark - G3D Mark	8827	947
PassMark - G2D Mark	767	454
Geekbench - OpenCL	39028
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	116.142
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1022.932
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	9.235
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	84.034
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	607.721
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11281
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11281
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1005

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 580	NVIDIA Quadro CX
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Polaris 20	GT200B
Design	Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	11 November 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$229	$1,999
Place in performance rating	341	340
Price now	$169.99	$149.95
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	76.21	8.20
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1340 MHz
Compute units	36
Core clock speed	1257 MHz	602 MHz
Floating-point performance	6.2 TFLOPs	462.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	2304	192
Pixel fill rate	42.88 GP/s
Render output units	32
Stream Processors	2304
Texture fill rate	192.96 GTexel/s	38.5 GTexel / s
Texture Units	144
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	185 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	1,400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bridgeless CrossFire
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	241 mm	267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12	10.0
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	1536 MB
Memory bandwidth	256 GB/s	76.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready