ATI Radeon HD 5770 X2 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 580

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5770 X2 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 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: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon HD 5770 X2

NVIDIA Quadro FX 580

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5770 X2

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 89% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 450 MHz
32.5x more texture fill rate: 2x 34.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 7.2 GTexel / s
50x more pipelines: 2x 800 vs 32
37.8x better floating-point performance: 2x 1,360.0 gflops vs 72 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2x 1 GB vs 512 MB
3x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 1600 MHz

Launch date	13 October 2010 vs 9 April 2009
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 34.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 7.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 800 vs 32
Floating-point performance	2x 1,360.0 gflops vs 72 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz vs 1600 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5770 X2
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 580

Name	ATI Radeon HD 5770 X2	NVIDIA Quadro FX 580
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.092
PassMark - G3D Mark		162
PassMark - G2D Mark		42
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1687
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1687

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 5770 X2	NVIDIA Quadro FX 580
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla
Code name	Juniper	G96C
Launch date	13 October 2010	9 April 2009
Place in performance rating	1586	1588
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Price now		$59.46
Value for money (0-100)		5.88
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 1,360.0 gflops	72 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	2x 800	32
Texture fill rate	2x 34.0 GTexel / s billion / sec	7.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,040 million	314 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		40 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		198 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 76.8 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3