GeForce RTX 4060 vs GTX 580

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 580 and GeForce RTX 4060, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 580
2010
1536 MB GDDR5, 244 Watt
10.35

RTX 4060 outperforms GTX 580 by a whopping 327% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking42263
Place by popularitynot in top-1002
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.81100.00
Power efficiency3.3730.56
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGF110AD107
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date9 November 2010 (14 years ago)18 May 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499 $299

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

RTX 4060 has 5425% better value for money than GTX 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 cores5123072
Core clock speed772 MHz1830 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2460 MHz
Number of transistors3,000 million18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)244 Watt115 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature97 °Cno data
Texture fill rate49.41236.2
Floating-point processing power1.581 TFLOPS15.11 TFLOPS
ROPs4848
TMUs6496
Tensor Coresno data96
Ray Tracing Coresno data24

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 supportPCI-E 2.0 x 16no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length267 mm240 mm
Height4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin1x 12-pin
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1536 MB8 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed2004 MHz (4008 data rate)2125 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.4 GB/s272.0 GB/s
Shared memory--
Resizable BAR-+

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 ConnectorsMini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI++
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.8
OpenGL4.24.6
OpenCL1.13.0
Vulkan+1.3
CUDA+8.9
DLSS-+

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.

GTX 580 10.35
RTX 4060 44.19
+327%

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.

GTX 580 4625
RTX 4060 19745
+327%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

GTX 580 6065
RTX 4060 38191
+530%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

GTX 580 21941
RTX 4060 107451
+390%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

GTX 580 4970
RTX 4060 28111
+466%

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p53
−315%
220−230
+315%
Full HD99
−35.4%
134
+35.4%
1200p78
−285%
300−350
+285%
1440p14−16
−364%
65
+364%
4K8−9
−375%
38
+375%

Cost per frame, $

1080p5.04
−126%
2.23
+126%
1440p35.64
−675%
4.60
+675%
4K62.38
−693%
7.87
+693%
  • RTX 4060 has 126% lower cost per frame in 1080p
  • RTX 4060 has 675% lower cost per frame in 1440p
  • RTX 4060 has 693% lower cost per frame in 4K

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 27−30
−661%
213
+661%
Counter-Strike 2 60−65
−325%
250−260
+325%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
−504%
139
+504%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 27−30
−468%
159
+468%
Battlefield 5 45−50
−202%
140−150
+202%
Counter-Strike 2 60−65
−325%
250−260
+325%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
−365%
107
+365%
Far Cry 5 35−40
−387%
185
+387%
Fortnite 65−70
−209%
200−210
+209%
Forza Horizon 4 45−50
−279%
180−190
+279%
Forza Horizon 5 35−40
−580%
238
+580%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 40−45
−330%
170−180
+330%
Valorant 100−110
−158%
260−270
+158%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 27−30
−236%
94
+236%
Battlefield 5 45−50
−202%
140−150
+202%
Counter-Strike 2 60−65
−325%
250−260
+325%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 160−170
−70.6%
270−280
+70.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
−291%
90
+291%
Dota 2 75−80
−290%
300−310
+290%
Far Cry 5 35−40
−345%
169
+345%
Fortnite 65−70
−209%
200−210
+209%
Forza Horizon 4 45−50
−279%
180−190
+279%
Forza Horizon 5 35−40
−531%
221
+531%
Grand Theft Auto V 40−45
−260%
155
+260%
Metro Exodus 21−24
−365%
107
+365%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 40−45
−330%
170−180
+330%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−33
−620%
216
+620%
Valorant 100−110
−158%
260−270
+158%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 45−50
−202%
140−150
+202%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
−248%
80
+248%
Dota 2 75−80
−290%
300−310
+290%
Far Cry 5 35−40
−318%
159
+318%
Forza Horizon 4 45−50
−279%
180−190
+279%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 40−45
−330%
170−180
+330%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−33
−270%
111
+270%
Valorant 100−110
−158%
260−270
+158%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 65−70
−209%
200−210
+209%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 21−24
−524%
130−140
+524%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 85−90
−291%
300−350
+291%
Grand Theft Auto V 16−18
−429%
90
+429%
Metro Exodus 12−14
−385%
63
+385%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 70−75
−136%
170−180
+136%
Valorant 120−130
−141%
290−300
+141%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 30−33
−290%
110−120
+290%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
−380%
48
+380%
Far Cry 5 24−27
−354%
109
+354%
Forza Horizon 4 27−30
−433%
140−150
+433%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
−344%
80
+344%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 24−27
−442%
130−140
+442%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 9−10
−344%
40−45
+344%
Counter-Strike 2 6−7
−883%
55−60
+883%
Grand Theft Auto V 21−24
−305%
89
+305%
Metro Exodus 7−8
−443%
38
+443%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
−371%
66
+371%
Valorant 60−65
−370%
280−290
+370%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 14−16
−420%
75−80
+420%
Counter-Strike 2 6−7
−883%
55−60
+883%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−400%
20
+400%
Dota 2 40−45
−315%
170−180
+315%
Far Cry 5 12−14
−350%
54
+350%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
−421%
95−100
+421%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−12
−582%
75−80
+582%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 10−12
−509%
65−70
+509%

This is how GTX 580 and RTX 4060 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 4060 is 315% faster in 900p
  • RTX 4060 is 35% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 4060 is 285% faster in 1200p
  • RTX 4060 is 364% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 4060 is 375% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Counter-Strike 2, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 4060 is 883% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RTX 4060 surpassed GTX 580 in all 60 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 10.35 44.19
Recency 9 November 2010 18 May 2023
Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 244 Watt 115 Watt

RTX 4060 has a 327% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, a 433.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 700% more advanced lithography process, and 112.2% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 4060 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 580 in performance tests.

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