ATI Wii GPU 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 efficiency0.73no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)R500 (2005−2007)
GPU code nameG96CHollywood
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date9 April 2009 (15 years ago)19 November 2006 (18 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 cores32no data
Core clock speed450 MHz243 MHz
Number of transistors314 million107 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)40 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rate7.2000.97
Floating-point processing power0.072 TFLOPSno data
ROPs84
TMUs164

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 x16IGP
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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MB64 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz243 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s3.888 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)N/A
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL3.3N/A
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 9 April 2009 19 November 2006
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 64 MB
Chip lithography 55 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 40 Watt 45 Watt

FX 580 has an age advantage of 2 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 63.6% more advanced lithography process, and 12.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 580 and Wii GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro FX 580 is a workstation card while Wii GPU is a notebook one.


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