NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 9 month(s) later
5.1x more core clock speed: 1544 MHz vs 300 MHz
20.6x more texture fill rate: 49.4 billion / sec vs 2.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 130 nm
12x more maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 128 MB
3.3x more memory clock speed: 2004 MHz (4008 data rate) vs 600 MHz
136x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4625 vs 34
Around 84% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 489 vs 266

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 November 2010 vs 21 January 2003
Core clock speed	1544 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	49.4 billion / sec vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	1536 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	2004 MHz (4008 data rate) vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4625 vs 34
PassMark - G2D Mark	489 vs 266

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4625

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

489

266

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000
PassMark - G3D Mark	4625	34
PassMark - G2D Mark	489	266
Geekbench - OpenCL	15148
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	40.048
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	872.651
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	32.378
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	132.363
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5953
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5953
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	809

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Rankine
Code name	GF110	NV30
Launch date	9 November 2010	21 January 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$499
Place in performance rating	643	645
Price now	$289.88
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	19.21
Technical info
Core clock speed	1544 MHz	300 MHz
CUDA cores	512
Floating-point performance	1,581.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	130 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	97 °C
Pipelines	512
Texture fill rate	49.4 billion / sec	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	244 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	125 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI, 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options	3-way
Supplementary power connectors	One 6-pin and One 8-pin	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0a
OpenGL	4.2	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	192.4 GB / s	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2004 MHz (4008 data rate)	600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI
Surround