Quadro FX 580 and GeForce GT 240 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score Quadro FX 580 vs GeForce GT 240
Quadro FX 580
166
GeForce GT 240
525
Quadro FX 580
GeForce GT 240
Architecture
Tesla (2006−2010)
GT2xx (2009−2012)
GPU code name
G96C
GT215
Market segment
Workstation
Desktop
Release date
April 2009
November 2009
Bus support
-
PCI-E 2.0
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Core clock speed
450 MHz
550 MHz
CUDA cores
-
96
Floating-point performance
72 gflops
257.28 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
314 million
727 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
32
96
Power consumption (TDP)
40 Watt
69 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
-
105C C
Texture fill rate
7.200
17.60
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
512 MB or 1 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
1600 MHz
1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz
Memory bandwidth
25.6 GB/s
54.4 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
DVIVGAHDMI
Multi monitor support
-
+
HDMI
-
+
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
-
Internal
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
11.1 (10_1)
CUDA
1.1
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
3.3
3.2
Shader Model
4.0
4.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A