Quadro4 580 XGL vs GeForce RTX 3060

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	117	not rated
Place by popularity	2	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	54.41	no data
Power efficiency	18.44	no data
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2025)	Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code name	GA106	NV18 A4
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	12 January 2021 (5 years ago)	12 November 2002 (23 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$329	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

Currently popular graphics cards are shown for comparison.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	3584	no data
Core clock speed	1320 MHz	300 MHz
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	12,000 million	29 million
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	170 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	199.0	1.200
Floating-point processing power	12.74 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	48	4
TMUs	112	4
Tensor Cores	112	no data
Ray Tracing Cores	28	no data
L1 Cache	3.5 MB	no data
L2 Cache	3 MB	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	242 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	None

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR6	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	64 MB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz	200 MHz
Memory bandwidth	360.0 GB/s	6.4 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data
Resizable BAR	+	-

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x DMS-59
HDMI	+	-

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	8.0
Shader Model	6.7	no data
OpenGL	4.6	1.3
OpenCL	3.0	N/A
Vulkan	1.3	N/A
CUDA	8.6	-
DLSS	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	12 January 2021	12 November 2002
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	64 MB
Chip lithography	8 nm	150 nm