NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 210S

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 210S 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 NVS 210S

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 10 month(s) later
3.6x more core clock speed: 1544 MHz vs 425 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
192.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4625 vs 24
Around 85% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 489 vs 265

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 November 2010 vs 22 December 2003
Core clock speed	1544 MHz vs 425 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4625 vs 24
PassMark - G2D Mark	489 vs 265

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 210S

22.2x lower typical power consumption: 11 Watt vs 244 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	11 Watt vs 244 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 210S

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4625

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

489

265

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 210S
PassMark - G3D Mark	4625	24
PassMark - G2D Mark	489	265
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 NVS 210S
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Curie
Code name	GF110	MCP51
Launch date	9 November 2010	22 December 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$499
Place in performance rating	643	644
Price now	$289.88
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	19.21
Technical info
Core clock speed	1544 MHz	425 MHz
CUDA cores	512
Floating-point performance	1,581.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	97 °C
Pipelines	512
Texture fill rate	49.4 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	244 Watt	11 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	75 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI, 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	No outputs
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	PCI
Length	10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options	3-way
Supplementary power connectors	One 6-pin and One 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.2	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB
Memory bandwidth	192.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	2004 MHz (4008 data rate)
Memory type	GDDR5
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI
Surround