Quadro4 580 XGL vs Tesla C1060

Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code nameGT200BNV18 A4
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date9 April 2009 (15 years ago)12 November 2002 (21 year ago)
Current price$165 $182

Detailed specifications

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 cores240no data
Core clock speed610 MHz300 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 million29 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)188 Wattno data
Texture fill rate48.801.200
Floating-point performance622.1 gflopsno 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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16AGP 8x
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinNone

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 typeGDDR3DDR
Maximum RAM amount4 GB64 MB
Memory bus width512 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1600 MHz400 MHz
Memory bandwidth102.4 GB/s6.4 GB/s

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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DMS-59

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)8.0
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL3.31.3
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.3no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 9 April 2009 12 November 2002
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 64 MB
Chip lithography 55 nm 150 nm

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