Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile vs GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated206
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data22.69
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGF110TU106
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date6 June 2011 (13 years ago)27 May 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499 no data

Detailed specifications

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

Pipelines / CUDA cores5122304
Core clock speed772 MHz945 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1380 MHz
Number of transistors3,000 million10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)244 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rate49.41198.7
Floating-point processing power1.581 TFLOPS6.359 TFLOPS
ROPs4864
TMUs64144
Tensor Coresno data288
Ray Tracing Coresno data36

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).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinno data

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1536 MB6 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1002 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.4 GB/s448.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMINo outputs
HDMI+-
G-SYNC support-+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Readyno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA2.07.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 June 2011 27 May 2019
Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 6 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 244 Watt 80 Watt

RTX 3000 Mobile has an age advantage of 7 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 233.3% more advanced lithography process, and 205% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2 and Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2 is a desktop card while Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2
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