NVIDIA Quadro FX 580
VS
NVIDIA GRID K520
NVIDIA Quadro FX 580
VS
NVIDIA GRID K520

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 and NVIDIA GRID K520. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

1073
Place in performance rating
358
2.58
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Tesla
Architecture
Kepler
G96C
Code name
GK104
Workstation
Type
Workstation
9 April 2009 (12 years ago)
Release date
23 July 2013 (8 years ago)
$199
Launch price (MSRP)
$3,599
$68 (0.3x MSRP)
Price now
$750 (0.2x MSRP)
0.05
Value for money
1.54
G96C
GPU code name
GK104
Workstation
Market segment
Workstation

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 and NVIDIA GRID K520 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

32
Pipelines
1536
450 MHz
Core clock speed
745 MHz
314 million
Transistor count
3,540 million
55 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
40 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
225 Watt
7.200
Texture fill rate
95.36
72 gflops
Floating-point performance
2x 2,448 gflops
32
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1536
314 million
Number of transistors
3,540 million
40 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
225 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 and NVIDIA GRID K520.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
198 mm
Length
267 mm
None
Supplementary power connectors
1x 8-pin

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 and NVIDIA GRID K520 can be seen in this section.

GDDR3
Memory type
GDDR5
512 MB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
1600 MHz
Memory clock speed
5000 MHz
25.6 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
160.0 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 and NVIDIA GRID K520, the size and number of monitors.

1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
No outputs

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 and NVIDIA GRID K520. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.1 (10_0)
DirectX
12 (11_0)
3.3
OpenGL
4.6

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 and NVIDIA GRID K520 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 or NVIDIA GRID K520 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA Quadro FX 580
NVIDIA GRID K520
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA Quadro FX 580
NVIDIA GRID K520
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA Quadro FX 580
NVIDIA GRID K520
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA Quadro FX 580
NVIDIA GRID K520
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA Quadro FX 580
NVIDIA GRID K520
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA Quadro FX 580

Cheaper ($68 (0.3x MSRP) vs $750 (0.2x MSRP))

Less power consumption (40 Watt vs 225 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (512 MB vs 4 GB)

Advantages of NVIDIA GRID K520

13.99% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1536 vs 32)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 55 nm)

More memory bandwidth (160.0 GB/s vs 25.6 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 or NVIDIA GRID K520?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GRID K520 .

NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 versus NVIDIA GRID K520 performance benchmarks comparison

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