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NVIDIA Quadro FX 580

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 is a workstation graphics card released on April 9, 2009, built on the Tesla architecture. It has 32 shading units, 512 MB of GDDR3 memory, a boost clock of 450 MHz and a 40 W board power rating. It scores 202 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 10, OpenGL 3.3, OpenCL 1.1 and CUDA compute capability 1.1.

TeslaG96-875-C1Workstation

7/10 key specs recorded · 28 facts

Depth: 34 recorded fields, 1 feature, 2 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 7 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark PassMark Videocard Benchmark Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)

Shading units

32cores

Memory

512 MB

GDDR3

Boost clock

n/a

450 MHz base

Board power

40 W

Performance

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 scores 202 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 24.8% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #2,192), measured across 923 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 37.

PassMark G3D Mark

202

Rank #2,192
Faster than 24.8% of 2,658 GPUs
923 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 10 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 19.5% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 1 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 0% of 1,602 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 averages DirectX 9 10 fps and DirectX 10 1 fps, across 923 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Workstation

Bus interface PCIe 2.0 x16

Max memory 512 MB

Core clock 450 MHz

Memory clock 1600 MHz

DirectX 10

OpenGL 3.3

Max TDP 40 W

First benchmarked 2009-04-20

Samples 923

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 states the PCIe 2.0 x16 interface, up to 512 MB of memory, a core clock of 450 MHz, DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3, first benchmarked on 2009-04-20. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Not to be confused with

This page covers the NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 specifically. It is a different product from NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800, which have their own specifications. Check the exact model name before comparing figures.

Graphics processor

Architecture Tesla

Codename G96-875-C1

Chip Not recorded

Process node Not recorded

Transistors Not recorded

Die size Not recorded

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 is based on the Tesla architecture and uses the G96-875-C1 graphics processor.

Shader configuration

Shading units 32

Compute units Not recorded

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) 16

Render output units (ROPs) 8

Ray tracing cores Not recorded

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 has 32 shading units, 16 texture mapping units and 8 render output units.

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Infinity Cache is an AMD architectural feature and does not apply to the NVIDIA Quadro FX 580. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the NVIDIA Quadro FX 580.

Clock speeds

Base clock 450 MHz

Boost clock Not recorded

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 runs at a base clock of 450 MHz.

Memory

Size 512 MB

Type GDDR3

Bus width Not recorded

Bandwidth Not recorded

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 is equipped with 512 MB of GDDR3 memory.

Board and power

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 has a board power rating of 40 W and it connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 40 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 2.0 x16

Market

Launched April 9, 2009

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Workstation

Series Quadro

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 was released on April 9, 2009.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 202

PassMark G2D 37

Rank #2,192

Samples 923

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 supports DirectX 10, OpenGL 3.3, OpenCL 1.1 and CUDA compute capability 1.1.

DirectX 10

OpenGL 3.3

OpenCL 1.1

CUDA compute capability 1.1

Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA Quadro FX 580.

Features

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 has 1 supported feature recorded outside the media engine. A feature that no source mentions is shown as not listed, never as unsupported.

Compute and AI

Supported: CUDA Compute capability 1.1

Support for NVIDIA's CUDA computing platform, used by many creative, scientific and AI applications.

Not listed (2)

No source Feex holds states whether the NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 supports Tensor cores and NVLink / SLI. That is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 supports CUDA (Compute capability 1.1) under Compute and AI.

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 have?

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 has 512 MB of GDDR3 memory.

How much power does the NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 use and what power supply does it need?

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 has a board power rating of 40 W.

How fast is the NVIDIA Quadro FX 580?

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 scores 202 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 24.8% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #2,192.

What is the CUDA compute capability of the NVIDIA Quadro FX 580?

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 has CUDA compute capability 1.1.

What bus interface does the NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 use?

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.

When was the NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 released?

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 was released on April 9, 2009.

Corrections to this record

After an audit, 1 empty field was filled from sources. Each change is listed with its old value, new value, rule and sources.

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Architecture: Tesla (was Not recorded). Rule: Architecture from chip codename. chip G96 -> Tesla. Sources: Wikipedia: List of Nvidia graphics processing units (revision 1377107724).

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