FX 580 vs 600

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General info

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

Place in performance ranking959not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.11no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameGF108G96C
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date13 December 2010 (13 years old)9 April 2009 (14 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$179 $199
Current price$118 (0.7x MSRP)$84 (0.4x MSRP)
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 cores9632
Core clock speed640 MHz450 MHz
Number of transistors585 million314 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)40 Watt40 Watt
Texture fill rate10.247.200
Floating-point performance245.76 gflops72 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 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length168 mm198 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB512 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1600 MHz1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s25.6 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, 1x DisplayPort1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort

API support

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

DirectX12 (11_0)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model5.14.0
OpenGL4.63.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA2.11.1

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%

Quadro 600 535
+243%
FX 580 156

600 outperforms FX 580 by 243% in Passmark.

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 13 December 2010 9 April 2009
Cost $179 $199
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 55 nm

We couldn't decide between Quadro 600 and Quadro FX 580. We've got no test results to judge.


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