Radeon RX 580X Mobile vs Quadro Plex 2100 D4
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) |
| GPU code name | G92 | Polaris 20 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 25 July 2008 (17 years ago) | 11 April 2018 (8 years ago) |
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 cores | 128 ×4 | 2304 |
| Core clock speed | 500 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1077 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 754 million | 5,700 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 640 Watt | 100 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 32.00 ×4 | 155.1 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.32 TFLOPS ×4 | 4.963 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 ×4 | 32 |
| TMUs | 64 ×4 | 144 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 576 KB |
| L2 Cache | 64 KB | 2 MB |
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 size | no data | large |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | MXM-B (3.0) |
| Length | 522 mm | no 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 type | GDDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB ×4 | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit ×4 | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 51.2 GB/s ×4 | 256.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
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 | No outputs | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | 1.1 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 25 July 2008 | 11 April 2018 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 8 GB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 640 Watt | 100 Watt |
RX 580X Mobile has an age advantage of 9 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 364% more advanced lithography process, and 540% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Quadro Plex 2100 D4 and Radeon RX 580X Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro Plex 2100 D4 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon RX 580X Mobile is a notebook one.
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