GeForce 820M vs Quadro FX 580

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated1028
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data6.16
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code nameG96CGF117
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date9 April 2009 (15 years ago)27 November 2013 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 no data

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 cores3296
Core clock speed450 MHz625 MHz
Number of transistors314 million585 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)40 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate7.20010.00
Floating-point processing power0.072 TFLOPS0.24 TFLOPS
ROPs88
TMUs1616

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).

Bus supportno dataPCI Express 2.0
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length198 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeGDDR3DDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s14.4 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 Connectors1x DVI, 2x DisplayPortNo outputs

Supported technologies

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

GPU Boostno data2.0
Optimus-+
GameWorks-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model4.05.1
OpenGL3.34.5
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.1+

Synthetic benchmark performance

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



Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

FX 580 161
GeForce 820M 494
+207%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 9 April 2009 27 November 2013
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 1 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 40 Watt 15 Watt

GeForce 820M has an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 96.4% more advanced lithography process, and 166.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 580 and GeForce 820M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro FX 580 is a workstation card while GeForce 820M is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA Quadro FX 580
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