Radeon RX 7900 XT vs GeForce GTX 580M SLI

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 580M SLI with Radeon RX 7900 XT, including specs and performance data.

GTX 580M SLI
2011
100 Watt
8.58

7900 XT outperforms 580M SLI by a whopping 665% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking50824
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data44.47
Power efficiency6.9217.63
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)RDNA 3.0 (2022−2025)
GPU code nameN12E-GTX2Navi 31
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date6 January 2011 (14 years ago)3 November 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$899

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

no data

Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores7685376
Core clock speed620 MHz1387 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2394 MHz
Number of transistorsno data57,700 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt300 Watt
Texture fill rateno data804.4
Floating-point processing powerno data51.48 TFLOPS
ROPsno data192
TMUsno data336
Ray Tracing Coresno data84
L0 Cacheno data2.6 MB
L1 Cacheno data3 MB
L2 Cacheno data6 MB
L3 Cacheno data80 MB

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data276 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 8-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 data20 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit320 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz2500 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data800.0 GB/s
Shared memory--
Resizable BAR-+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectorsno data1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI-+

API and SDK support

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

DirectX1112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.8
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.2
Vulkan-1.3

Synthetic benchmarks

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 580M SLI 8.58
RX 7900 XT 65.61
+665%

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 580M SLI 6106
RX 7900 XT 75896
+1143%

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 580M SLI 25022
RX 7900 XT 142489
+469%

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
−635%
500−550
+635%
Full HD93
−114%
199
+114%
1200p81
−641%
600−650
+641%
1440p16−18
−744%
135
+744%
4K10−12
−750%
85
+750%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data4.52
1440pno data6.66
4Kno data10.58

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 45−50
−551%
300−350
+551%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
−1147%
237
+1147%
Hogwarts Legacy 16−18
−865%
160−170
+865%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 40−45
−344%
180−190
+344%
Counter-Strike 2 45−50
−488%
288
+488%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
−1016%
212
+1016%
Far Cry 5 30−33
−553%
196
+553%
Fortnite 55−60
−449%
300−350
+449%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
−603%
280−290
+603%
Forza Horizon 5 27−30
−771%
244
+771%
Hogwarts Legacy 16−18
−906%
171
+906%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 30−35
−430%
170−180
+430%
Valorant 90−95
−353%
400−450
+353%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 40−45
−344%
180−190
+344%
Counter-Strike 2 45−50
−447%
268
+447%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 140−150
−98.6%
270−280
+98.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
−900%
190
+900%
Dota 2 65−70
−197%
199
+197%
Far Cry 5 30−33
−523%
187
+523%
Fortnite 55−60
−449%
300−350
+449%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
−603%
280−290
+603%
Forza Horizon 5 27−30
−696%
223
+696%
Grand Theft Auto V 30−35
−409%
173
+409%
Hogwarts Legacy 16−18
−782%
150
+782%
Metro Exodus 18−20
−711%
146
+711%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 30−35
−430%
170−180
+430%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
−1913%
483
+1913%
Valorant 90−95
−353%
400−450
+353%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 40−45
−344%
180−190
+344%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
−842%
179
+842%
Dota 2 65−70
−175%
184
+175%
Far Cry 5 30−33
−477%
173
+477%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
−603%
280−290
+603%
Hogwarts Legacy 16−18
−682%
133
+682%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 30−35
−430%
170−180
+430%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
−963%
255
+963%
Valorant 90−95
−353%
400−450
+353%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 55−60
−449%
300−350
+449%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 16−18
−1112%
206
+1112%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 70−75
−637%
500−550
+637%
Grand Theft Auto V 12−14
−1123%
159
+1123%
Metro Exodus 10−11
−1250%
135
+1250%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 45−50
−280%
170−180
+280%
Valorant 100−110
−375%
450−500
+375%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 21−24
−727%
180−190
+727%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−1643%
122
+1643%
Far Cry 5 18−20
−811%
173
+811%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
−1018%
240−250
+1018%
Hogwarts Legacy 10−11
−950%
105
+950%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−1277%
179
+1277%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 18−20
−695%
150−160
+695%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2 4−5
−1150%
50
+1150%
Grand Theft Auto V 20−22
−775%
175
+775%
Hogwarts Legacy 4−5
−1275%
55−60
+1275%
Metro Exodus 5−6
−1640%
87
+1640%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−1460%
156
+1460%
Valorant 45−50
−588%
300−350
+588%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 10−12
−1127%
130−140
+1127%
Counter-Strike 2 4−5
−2350%
95−100
+2350%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−1900%
60
+1900%
Dota 2 30−35
−350%
153
+350%
Far Cry 5 9−10
−1367%
132
+1367%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
−1247%
200−210
+1247%
Hogwarts Legacy 4−5
−1350%
58
+1350%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
−967%
95−100
+967%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 9−10
−778%
75−80
+778%

This is how GTX 580M SLI and RX 7900 XT compete in popular games:

  • RX 7900 XT is 635% faster in 900p
  • RX 7900 XT is 114% faster in 1080p
  • RX 7900 XT is 641% faster in 1200p
  • RX 7900 XT is 744% faster in 1440p
  • RX 7900 XT is 750% faster in 4K

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

  • in Counter-Strike 2, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX 7900 XT is 2350% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RX 7900 XT surpassed GTX 580M SLI in all 66 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 8.58 65.61
Recency 6 January 2011 3 November 2022
Chip lithography 40 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 300 Watt

GTX 580M SLI has 200% lower power consumption.

RX 7900 XT, on the other hand, has a 664.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 7900 XT 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 graphics card while Radeon RX 7900 XT is a desktop one.

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