GeForce GT 330 OEM vs Quadro FX 580

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1249not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.01no data
Power efficiency0.72no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameG96CGT215
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date9 April 2009 (15 years ago)2 February 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 MHz540 MHz
Number of transistors314 million727 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)40 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate7.20017.28
Floating-point processing power0.072 TFLOPS0.2504 TFLOPS
ROPs88
TMUs1632

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 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length198 mm175 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz790 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s25.28 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 Connectors1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model4.04.1
OpenGL3.33.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.11.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 9 April 2009 2 February 2010
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 1 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 40 Watt 75 Watt

FX 580 has 87.5% lower power consumption.

GT 330 OEM, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 months, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 37.5% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 580 and GeForce GT 330 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro FX 580 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce GT 330 OEM is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA Quadro FX 580
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