Quadro FX 5800 vs Radeon Pro 580X

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro FX 5800 and Radeon Pro 580X. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between Quadro FX 5800 and Radeon Pro 580X. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Main Specs

  Quadro FX 5800 Radeon Pro 580X
Power consumption (TDP) 189 Watt 150 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin None
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video No outputs
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  • Quadro FX 5800 has 26% more power consumption, than Radeon Pro 580X.
  • Quadro FX 5800 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon Pro 580X uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon Pro 580X has 4 GB more memory, than Quadro FX 5800.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro FX 5800 is build with Tesla 2.0 architecture, and Radeon Pro 580X - with GCN 4.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon Pro 580X is 490 MHz higher, than Quadro FX 5800.
  • Quadro FX 5800 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon Pro 580X - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon Pro 580X is 5180 MHz higher, than Quadro FX 5800.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 3−4 35−40
ultra / 1080p 1−2 24−27
QHD / 1440p 0−1 18−20
4K / 2160p 10−12
low / 720p 14−16 60−65
medium / 1080p 5−6 45−50
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro 580X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 616% more, than Quadro FX 5800.

Full Specs

  Quadro FX 5800 Radeon Pro 580X
Architecture Tesla 2.0 GCN 4.0
Code name GT200B Polaris 20
Type Workstation Workstation
Release date 11 November 2008 18 March 2019
Pipelines 240 2304
Core clock speed 610 MHz 1100 MHz
Boost Clock 1200 MHz
Transistor count 1,400 million 5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 48.80 172.8
Floating-point performance 622.1 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 512 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 6780 MHz
Memory bandwidth 102.4 GB/s 217.0 GB/s
DirectX 11.1 (10_0) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 4.0 6.4
OpenGL 3.3 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 2.0
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
CUDA 1.3
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