NVIDIA Quadro 600 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 580

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro 600 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: 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).

NVIDIA Quadro 600

NVIDIA Quadro FX 580

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 600

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 42% higher core clock speed: 640 MHz vs 450 MHz
Around 42% higher texture fill rate: 10.24 GTexel / s vs 7.2 GTexel / s
3x more pipelines: 96 vs 32
3.4x better floating-point performance: 245.76 gflops vs 72 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 526 vs 174
5.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 232 vs 41
Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2037 vs 1687
Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2037 vs 1687

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 December 2010 vs 9 April 2009
Core clock speed	640 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	10.24 GTexel / s vs 7.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	96 vs 32
Floating-point performance	245.76 gflops vs 72 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	526 vs 174
PassMark - G2D Mark	232 vs 41
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2037 vs 1687
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2037 vs 1687

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro 600
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 580

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

526

174

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

232

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2037

1687

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2037

1687

Name	NVIDIA Quadro 600	NVIDIA Quadro FX 580
PassMark - G3D Mark	526	174
PassMark - G2D Mark	232	41
Geekbench - OpenCL	2100
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	5.617
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	185.752
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.526
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	9.023
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	16.137
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	899
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1255
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2037	1687
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	899
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1255
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2037	1687

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro 600	NVIDIA Quadro FX 580
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Tesla
Code name	GF108	G96C
Launch date	13 December 2010	9 April 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$179	$199
Place in performance rating	1471	1585
Price now	$299	$59.46
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	2.80	5.88
Technical info
Core clock speed	640 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	245.76 gflops	72 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	96	32
Texture fill rate	10.24 GTexel / s	7.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	585 million	314 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	168 mm	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3