NVIDIA Quadro P400 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 580

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro P400 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 P400

NVIDIA Quadro FX 580

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro P400

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 9 month(s) later
2.7x more core clock speed: 1228 MHz vs 450 MHz
3x more texture fill rate: 21.25 GTexel / s vs 7.2 GTexel / s
8x more pipelines: 256 vs 32
9.4x better floating-point performance: 679.9 gflops vs 72 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 55 nm
Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 40 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
2.5x more memory clock speed: 4012 MHz vs 1600 MHz
9.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1651 vs 174
10.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 435 vs 41
Around 97% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3328 vs 1687
Around 97% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3328 vs 1687

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 February 2017 vs 9 April 2009
Core clock speed	1228 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	21.25 GTexel / s vs 7.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	256 vs 32
Floating-point performance	679.9 gflops vs 72 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 40 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	4012 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1651 vs 174
PassMark - G2D Mark	435 vs 41
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3328 vs 1687
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3328 vs 1687

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro P400
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 580

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1651

174

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

435

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3328

1687

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3328

1687

Name	NVIDIA Quadro P400	NVIDIA Quadro FX 580
PassMark - G3D Mark	1651	174
PassMark - G2D Mark	435	41
Geekbench - OpenCL	3053
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	19.856
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	309.824
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.38
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	25.011
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	84.489
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2709
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2875
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3328	1687
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2709
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2875
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3328	1687
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	617

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro P400	NVIDIA Quadro FX 580
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Tesla
Code name	GP107	G96C
Launch date	7 February 2017	9 April 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$119.99	$199
Place in performance rating	983	1585
Price now	$119.99	$59.46
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	18.70	5.88
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1252 MHz
Core clock speed	1228 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	679.9 gflops	72 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	256	32
Texture fill rate	21.25 GTexel / s	7.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	3,300 million	314 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	3x mini-DisplayPort	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	145 mm	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	32.1 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4012 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3