500M vs FX 580

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General info

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

Place in performance rankingnot rated936
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for moneyno data0.06
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameG96CGF108
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date9 April 2009 (14 years old)22 February 2011 (13 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 no data
Current price$84 (0.4x MSRP)$58
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores3296
Core clock speed450 MHz700 MHz
Number of transistors314 million585 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)40 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate7.20011.20
Floating-point performance72 gflops268.8 gflops

Size and 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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16MXM-A (3.0)
Length198 mmno data
Width1-slotMXM Module
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

Memory

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 typeGDDR3DDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1600 MHz1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s28.8 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectors1x DVI, 2x DisplayPortNo outputs

API support

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model4.05.1
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.12.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

FX 580 156
Quadro 500M 570
+265%

500M outperforms FX 580 by 265% in Passmark.

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 9 April 2009 22 February 2011
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 1 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 40 Watt 35 Watt

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 580 and Quadro 500M. We've got no test results to judge.


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