P106-100 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 rankingnot rated323
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data9.60
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameG96CGP106
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date9 April 2009 (15 years ago)19 June 2017 (7 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 cores321280
Core clock speed450 MHz1506 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1709 MHz
Number of transistors314 million4,400 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)40 Watt120 Watt
Texture fill rate7.200136.7
Floating-point processing power0.072 TFLOPS4.375 TFLOPS
ROPs848
TMUs1680

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 3.0 x16
Length198 mm250 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-pin

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 typeGDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount512 MB6 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz2002 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s192.2 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 DisplayPortNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model4.06.4
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA1.16.1

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
P106-100 6432
+3895%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 9 April 2009 19 June 2017
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 6 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 40 Watt 120 Watt

FX 580 has 200% lower power consumption.

P106-100, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 243.8% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 580 and P106-100. We've got no test results to judge.


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