GeForce RTX 4060 vs GTX 580M SLI

Aggregated performance score

GTX 580M SLI
2011
9.96

RTX 4060 outperforms GTX 580M SLI by a whopping 408% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking41651
Place by popularitynot in top-1004
Cost-effectiveness evaluation6.0346.99
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Ada Lovelace
GPU code nameN12E-GTX2AD107
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date6 January 2011 (13 years ago)18 May 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$299
Current price$249 $340 (1.1x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 4060 has 679% better value for money than GTX 580M SLI.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores7683072
Core clock speed620 MHz1830 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2460 MHz
Number of transistorsno data35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt115 Watt
Texture fill rateno data236.2

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 580M SLI and GeForce RTX 4060 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizelargeno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x8
Lengthno data240 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 12-pin

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 amountno data8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz17000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data272.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 Connectorsno data1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMIno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX1112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkanno data1.3
CUDAno data8.9

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 580M SLI 9.96
RTX 4060 50.59
+408%

RTX 4060 outperforms GTX 580M SLI by 408% based on our aggregated benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 580M SLI 25022
RTX 4060 107451
+329%

RTX 4060 outperforms GTX 580M SLI by 329% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 580M SLI 6106
RTX 4060 38191
+525%

RTX 4060 outperforms GTX 580M SLI by 525% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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:

900p68
−341%
300−350
+341%
Full HD89
−62.9%
145
+62.9%
1200p81
−394%
400−450
+394%
1440p14−16
−421%
73
+421%
4K8−9
−450%
44
+450%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
−827%
139
+827%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
−295%
80−85
+295%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
−480%
85−90
+480%
Battlefield 5 30−35
−291%
130−140
+291%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
−411%
130−140
+411%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
−613%
107
+613%
Far Cry 5 24−27
−640%
185
+640%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
−535%
165
+535%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
−317%
140−150
+317%
Hitman 3 24−27
−548%
160−170
+548%
Horizon Zero Dawn 20−22
−450%
110−120
+450%
Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
−382%
80−85
+382%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21−24
−771%
183
+771%
Watch Dogs: Legion 18−20
−400%
90−95
+400%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
−295%
80−85
+295%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
−480%
85−90
+480%
Battlefield 5 30−35
−291%
130−140
+291%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
−411%
130−140
+411%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
−500%
90
+500%
Far Cry 5 24−27
−588%
172
+588%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
−500%
156
+500%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
−317%
140−150
+317%
Hitman 3 24−27
−548%
160−170
+548%
Horizon Zero Dawn 20−22
−450%
110−120
+450%
Metro Exodus 14−16
−613%
107
+613%
Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
−382%
80−85
+382%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21−24
−643%
156
+643%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 20−22
−975%
215
+975%
Watch Dogs: Legion 18−20
−400%
90−95
+400%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
−295%
80−85
+295%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
−480%
85−90
+480%
Battlefield 5 30−35
−291%
130−140
+291%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
−433%
80
+433%
Far Cry 5 24−27
−548%
162
+548%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
−435%
139
+435%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
−317%
140−150
+317%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 20−22
−460%
112
+460%
Watch Dogs: Legion 18−20
−400%
90−95
+400%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
−529%
85−90
+529%
Hitman 3 14−16
−580%
100−110
+580%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−407%
75−80
+407%
Metro Exodus 8−9
−688%
63
+688%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
−514%
40−45
+514%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−638%
96
+638%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−511%
55−60
+511%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6−7
−883%
55−60
+883%
Battlefield 5 16−18
−488%
100−105
+488%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−860%
48
+860%
Far Cry 5 16−18
−588%
110
+588%
Far Cry New Dawn 16−18
−594%
111
+594%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
−511%
110−120
+511%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
−800%
80−85
+800%
Watch Dogs: Legion 5−6
−880%
45−50
+880%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−614%
50−55
+614%
Hitman 3 9−10
−511%
55−60
+511%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−463%
45−50
+463%
Metro Exodus 3−4
−1167%
38
+1167%
Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
−460%
27−30
+460%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 5−6
−820%
46
+820%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
−750%
68
+750%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−500%
35−40
+500%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
−775%
35−40
+775%
Battlefield 5 8−9
−675%
60−65
+675%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−1900%
20
+1900%
Far Cry 5 8−9
−588%
55
+588%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−12
−427%
58
+427%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
−508%
70−75
+508%
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4
−833%
27−30
+833%

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

  • RTX 4060 is 341% faster in 900p
  • RTX 4060 is 63% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 4060 is 394% faster in 1200p
  • RTX 4060 is 421% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 4060 is 450% faster in 4K

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

  • in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 4060 is 1900% faster than the GTX 580M SLI.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RTX 4060 surpassed GTX 580M SLI in all 68 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.96 50.59
Recency 6 January 2011 18 May 2023
Chip lithography 40 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 115 Watt

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

Be aware that GeForce GTX 580M SLI is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 4060 is a desktop one.


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