Quadro FX 580 vs Radeon Pro Duo

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon Pro Duo and Quadro FX 580, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Pro Duo
2016
8 GB High Bandwidth Memory (HBM), 350 Watt
21.21
+4950%

Pro Duo outperforms FX 580 by a whopping 4950% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking2561248
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.440.01
Power efficiency4.230.73
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameCapsaicinG96C
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Designreferenceno data
Release date26 April 2016 (8 years ago)9 April 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,499 $199

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Pro Duo has 44300% better value for money than FX 580.

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 cores409632
Compute units128no data
Core clock speedno data450 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHzno data
Number of transistors8,900 million314 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)350 Watt40 Watt
Texture fill rate256.07.200
Floating-point processing power8.192 TFLOPS0.072 TFLOPS
ROPs648
TMUs25616

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 supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length277 mm198 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors3x 8-pinNone

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 typeHigh Bandwidth Memory (HBM)GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount8 GB512 MB
Memory bus width4096 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed500 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth512 GB/s25.6 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 HDMI, 3x DisplayPort1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
Eyefinity+-
Number of Eyefinity displays6no data
HDMI+-
DisplayPort support+-

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration+-
CrossFire+-
Enduro+-
FRTC+-
FreeSync+-
HD3D+-
LiquidVR+-
PowerTune+-
TressFX+-
TrueAudio+-
ZeroCore+-
UVD+-
VCE+-

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1211.1 (10_0)
Shader Model6.04.0
OpenGL4.53.3
OpenCL2.01.1
Vulkan+N/A
Mantle+-
CUDA-1.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Pro Duo 21.21
+4950%
FX 580 0.42

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.

Pro Duo 8183
+4983%
FX 580 161

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 21.21 0.42
Recency 26 April 2016 9 April 2009
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt 40 Watt

Pro Duo has a 4950% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 96.4% more advanced lithography process.

FX 580, on the other hand, has 775% lower power consumption.

The Radeon Pro Duo is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro FX 580 in performance tests.


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