Radeon RX 7900M vs GeForce GTX 580M SLI

Place in the ranking	435	38
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	7.28	22.54
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code name	N12E-GTX2	Navi 31
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	6 January 2011 (13 years ago)	19 October 2023 (1 year ago)

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 cores	768	4608
Core clock speed	620 MHz	1825 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2090 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	57,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	180 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	601.9
Floating-point processing power	no data	38.52 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	192
TMUs	no data	288
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	72

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 size	large	large
Interface	no data	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	no data	16 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	576.0 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 Connectors

no data

Portable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.7
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	2.2
Vulkan	-	1.3

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. 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 10.48

RX 7900M 58.37
+457%

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 7900M 59943
+882%

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:

900p	76 −426%	400−450 +426%
Full HD	91 −79.1%	163 +79.1%
1200p	81 −456%	450−500 +456%
1440p	21−24 −490%	124 +490%
4K	16−18 −469%	91 +469%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

16−18

−431%

85−90
+431%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 −396%	110−120 +396%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14−16 −567%	100−105 +567%
Battlefield 5	30−35 −487%	180−190 +487%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	20−22 −440%	100−110 +440%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 −431%	85−90 +431%
Far Cry 5	21−24 −374%	100−110 +374%
Far Cry New Dawn	27−30 −393%	130−140 +393%
Forza Horizon 4	65−70 −234%	220−230 +234%
Hitman 3	18−20 −521%	110−120 +521%
Horizon Zero Dawn	55−60 −296%	210−220 +296%
Metro Exodus	30−35 −378%	150−160 +378%
Red Dead Redemption 2	27−30 −307%	110−120 +307%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−35 −594%	220−230 +594%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65 −133%	140−150 +133%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 −396%	110−120 +396%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14−16 −567%	100−105 +567%
Battlefield 5	30−35 −487%	180−190 +487%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	20−22 −440%	100−110 +440%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 −431%	85−90 +431%
Far Cry 5	21−24 −374%	100−110 +374%
Far Cry New Dawn	27−30 −393%	130−140 +393%
Forza Horizon 4	65−70 −234%	220−230 +234%
Hitman 3	18−20 −521%	110−120 +521%
Horizon Zero Dawn	55−60 −296%	210−220 +296%
Metro Exodus	30−35 −378%	150−160 +378%
Red Dead Redemption 2	27−30 −307%	110−120 +307%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−35 −594%	220−230 +594%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30 −341%	110−120 +341%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65 −133%	140−150 +133%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 −396%	110−120 +396%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14−16 −567%	100−105 +567%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	20−22 −440%	100−110 +440%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 −431%	85−90 +431%
Far Cry 5	21−24 −374%	100−110 +374%
Forza Horizon 4	65−70 −234%	220−230 +234%
Hitman 3	18−20 −521%	110−120 +521%
Horizon Zero Dawn	55−60 −296%	210−220 +296%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−35 −942%	344 +942%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30 −522%	168 +522%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65 −133%	140−150 +133%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

27−30

−307%

110−120
+307%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	18−20 −547%	120−130 +547%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 −493%	85−90 +493%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −550%	65−70 +550%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	6−7 −1050%	65−70 +1050%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 −580%	65−70 +580%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −440%	27−30 +440%
Far Cry 5	12−14 −458%	65−70 +458%
Forza Horizon 4	45−50 −500%	270−280 +500%
Hitman 3	12−14 −523%	80−85 +523%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −548%	130−140 +548%
Metro Exodus	14−16 −567%	100−105 +567%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −1815%	249 +1815%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −860%	95−100 +860%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65 −263%	220−230 +263%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

16−18

−476%

95−100
+476%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	9−10 −611%	60−65 +611%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 −671%	50−55 +671%
Hitman 3	6−7 −700%	45−50 +700%
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45 −407%	210−220 +407%
Metro Exodus	8−9 −938%	80−85 +938%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7−8 −1557%	116 +1557%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −633%	40−45 +633%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 −950%	40−45 +950%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −720%	40−45 +720%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −660%	35−40 +660%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 −633%	85−90 +633%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −1771%	131 +1771%
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5 −725%	30−35 +725%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

9−10

−522%

55−60
+522%

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

RX 7900M is 426% faster in 900p
RX 7900M is 79% faster in 1080p
RX 7900M is 456% faster in 1200p
RX 7900M is 490% faster in 1440p
RX 7900M is 469% faster in 4K

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

in Shadow of the Tomb Raider, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX 7900M is 1815% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

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

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	10.48	58.37
Recency	6 January 2011	19 October 2023
Chip lithography	40 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	180 Watt

GTX 580M SLI has 80% lower power consumption.

RX 7900M, on the other hand, has a 457% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 7900M is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 580M SLI in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.