Quadro 5000 SDI vs GeForce GTX 580M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking613not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.69no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameGF114GF100
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date28 June 2011 (13 years ago)23 February 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$7,899

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 cores384352
Core clock speed620 MHz513 MHz
Number of transistors1,950 million3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt172 Watt
Texture fill rate39.6822.57
Floating-point processing power0.9523 TFLOPS0.7223 TFLOPS
ROPs3240
TMUs6444

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 sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCI-E 2.0no data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data248 mm
Widthno dataQuad-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB2.5 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit320 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz750 MHz
Memory bandwidth96.0 GB/s120.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video, 2x SDI

Supported technologies

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

3D Blu-Ray+-
3D Gaming+-
Optimus+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 API12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+2.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 28 June 2011 23 February 2011
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2.5 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 172 Watt

GTX 580M has an age advantage of 4 months, and 72% lower power consumption.

5000 SDI, on the other hand, has a 25% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 580M and Quadro 5000 SDI. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 580M is a notebook card while Quadro 5000 SDI is a workstation one.


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