NVIDIA Quadro K5000 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 580

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K5000 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA Quadro K5000

NVIDIA Quadro FX 580

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K5000

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 57% higher core clock speed: 706 MHz vs 450 MHz
12.6x more texture fill rate: 90.37 GTexel / s vs 7.2 GTexel / s
48x more pipelines: 1536 vs 32
30.1x better floating-point performance: 2,169 gflops vs 72 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
3.4x more memory clock speed: 5400 MHz vs 1600 MHz
22.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3987 vs 174
10.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 440 vs 41
Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3352 vs 1687
Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3352 vs 1687

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 August 2012 vs 9 April 2009
Core clock speed	706 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	90.37 GTexel / s vs 7.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1536 vs 32
Floating-point performance	2,169 gflops vs 72 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3987 vs 174
PassMark - G2D Mark	440 vs 41
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3352 vs 1687
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3352 vs 1687

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 580

3.1x lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 122 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 122 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K5000
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 580

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3987

174

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

440

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3352

1687

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3352

1687

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K5000	NVIDIA Quadro FX 580
PassMark - G3D Mark	3987	174
PassMark - G2D Mark	440	41
Geekbench - OpenCL	11444
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	31.318
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	681.141
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.062
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	32.922
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	67.311
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6288
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3680
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3352	1687
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6288
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3680
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3352	1687
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1351

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro K5000	NVIDIA Quadro FX 580
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Tesla
Code name	GK104	G96C
Launch date	17 August 2012	9 April 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,499	$199
Place in performance rating	669	1585
Price now	$1,950	$59.46
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	2.47	5.88
Technical info
Core clock speed	706 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,169 gflops	72 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	1536	32
Texture fill rate	90.37 GTexel / s	7.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	122 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	314 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 2x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	172.8 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3