Radeon RX 580 XTR vs Quadro FX 5800

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking746not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.04no data
Power efficiency1.17no data
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameGT200BPolaris 20
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date11 November 2008 (16 years ago)18 April 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$3,499 $229

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 cores2402304
Core clock speed610 MHz1257 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1340 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 million5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)189 Watt185 Watt
Texture fill rate48.80193.0
Floating-point processing power0.6221 TFLOPSno data
ROPs3232
TMUs80144

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
Length267 mm241 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin1x 8-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 amount4 GB8 GB
Memory bus width512 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth102.4 GB/s256.0 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12.0 (12_0)
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL3.34.5
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/A-
CUDA1.3-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 November 2008 18 April 2017
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 189 Watt 185 Watt

RX 580 XTR has an age advantage of 8 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 292.9% more advanced lithography process, and 2.2% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 5800 and Radeon RX 580 XTR. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro FX 5800 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon RX 580 XTR is a desktop one.


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