AMD Radeon RX 580 vs NVIDIA Quadro K4200

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 580 and NVIDIA Quadro K4200 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 580

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 63% higher core clock speed: 1257 MHz vs 771 MHz
  • Around 71% higher boost clock speed: 1340 MHz vs 784 MHz
  • 2197.5x more texture fill rate: 192.96 GTexel/s vs 87.81 GTexel / s
  • Around 71% higher pipelines: 2304 vs 1344
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
  • Around 48% higher memory clock speed: 8000 MHz vs 5400 MHz
  • 2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8827 vs 4340
  • Around 54% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 767 vs 498
  • 3.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 39028 vs 12321
  • 3.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 116.142 vs 33.016
  • Around 39% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1022.932 vs 736.063
  • 3.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 9.235 vs 2.73
  • 2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 84.034 vs 31.588
  • 8.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 607.721 vs 70.194
  • Around 77% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11281 vs 6373
  • Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3695 vs 3382
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3349 vs 3311
  • Around 77% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11281 vs 6373
  • Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3695 vs 3382
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3349 vs 3311
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 April 2017 vs 22 July 2014
Core clock speed 1257 MHz vs 771 MHz
Boost clock speed 1340 MHz vs 784 MHz
Texture fill rate 192.96 GTexel/s vs 87.81 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2304 vs 1344
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed 8000 MHz vs 5400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 8827 vs 4340
PassMark - G2D Mark 767 vs 498
Geekbench - OpenCL 39028 vs 12321
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 116.142 vs 33.016
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1022.932 vs 736.063
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 9.235 vs 2.73
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 84.034 vs 31.588
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 607.721 vs 70.194
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11281 vs 6373
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3695 vs 3382
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3349 vs 3311
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11281 vs 6373
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3695 vs 3382
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3349 vs 3311

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K4200

  • 339.8x better floating-point performance: 2,107 gflops vs 6.2 TFLOPs
  • Around 71% lower typical power consumption: 108 Watt vs 185 Watt
Floating-point performance 2,107 gflops vs 6.2 TFLOPs
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 108 Watt vs 185 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 580
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro K4200

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
8827
4340
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
767
498
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
39028
12321
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
116.142
33.016
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1022.932
736.063
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9.235
2.73
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
84.034
31.588
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
607.721
70.194
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11281
6373
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3695
3382
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3349
3311
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11281
6373
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3695
3382
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3349
3311
Name AMD Radeon RX 580 NVIDIA Quadro K4200
PassMark - G3D Mark 8827 4340
PassMark - G2D Mark 767 498
Geekbench - OpenCL 39028 12321
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 116.142 33.016
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1022.932 736.063
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 9.235 2.73
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 84.034 31.588
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 607.721 70.194
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11281 6373
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3695 3382
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3349 3311
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11281 6373
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3695 3382
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3349 3311
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1005 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 580 NVIDIA Quadro K4200

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 Kepler
Code name Polaris 20 GK104
Design Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch date 18 April 2017 22 July 2014
Launch price (MSRP) $229 $854.99
Place in performance rating 341 681
Price now $169.99 $446.99
Type Desktop Workstation
Value for money (0-100) 76.21 11.92

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1340 MHz 784 MHz
Compute units 36
Core clock speed 1257 MHz 771 MHz
Floating-point performance 6.2 TFLOPs 2,107 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 2304 1344
Pixel fill rate 42.88 GP/s
Render output units 32
Stream Processors 2304
Texture fill rate 192.96 GTexel/s 87.81 GTexel / s
Texture Units 144
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 185 Watt 108 Watt
Transistor count 5,700 million 3,540 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
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 241 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s 172.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 8000 MHz 5400 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

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