480M vs 580M

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Combined performance score

GTX 580M
5.35
+28.3%

580M outperforms 480M by 28% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking574643
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money2.371.45
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameN12E-GTX2N11E-GTX-A3
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date28 June 2011 (12 years old)25 May 2010 (13 years old)
Current price$170 $163
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 580M has 63% better value for money than GTX 480M.

Technical specs

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 cores384352
CUDA cores384no data
Core clock speed620 MHz425 MHz
Number of transistors1,950 million3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt100 Watt
Texture fill rate39.7 billion/sec18.7 billion/sec
Floating-point performance952.3 gflops598.4 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 580M and GeForce GTX 480M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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 sizelargelarge
Bus supportPCI-E 2.0PCI-E 2.0
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone
SLI options++

Memory

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 MB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1200 MHz
Memory bandwidth96.0 GB/s76.8 GB/s
Shared memory--

Video outputs and ports

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 outputsNo outputs
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536

Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Blu-Ray+no data
3D Gaming+no data
Optimus+no data

API support

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

DirectX12 API12 API
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.54.5
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA++

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 5.35
+28.3%
GTX 480M 4.17

580M outperforms 480M by 28% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GTX 580M 2074
+28.3%
GTX 480M 1617

580M outperforms 480M by 28% in Passmark.

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 14404
+62.3%
GTX 480M 8872

580M outperforms 480M by 62% 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 3117
+42.7%
GTX 480M 2185

580M outperforms 480M by 43% 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:

900p42
+27.3%
33
−27.3%
Full HD56
+40%
40
−40%
1200p42
+40%
30−35
−40%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
+28.6%
7−8
−28.6%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−11
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Battlefield 5 16−18
+33.3%
12−14
−33.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 16−18
+13.3%
14−16
−13.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
+28.6%
7−8
−28.6%
Far Cry 5 12−14
+50%
8−9
−50%
Far Cry New Dawn 12−14
+50%
8−9
−50%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
+30.8%
12−14
−30.8%
Hitman 3 12−14
+33.3%
9−10
−33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−11
+25%
8−9
−25%
Red Dead Redemption 2 10−11
+25%
8−9
−25%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
+18.2%
10−12
−18.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−11
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Battlefield 5 16−18
+33.3%
12−14
−33.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 16−18
+13.3%
14−16
−13.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
+28.6%
7−8
−28.6%
Far Cry 5 12−14
+50%
8−9
−50%
Far Cry New Dawn 12−14
+50%
8−9
−50%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
+30.8%
12−14
−30.8%
Hitman 3 12−14
+33.3%
9−10
−33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−11
+25%
8−9
−25%
Metro Exodus 8−9
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2 10−11
+25%
8−9
−25%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
+18.2%
10−12
−18.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12
+22.2%
9−10
−22.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−11
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Battlefield 5 16−18
+33.3%
12−14
−33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
+28.6%
7−8
−28.6%
Far Cry 5 12−14
+50%
8−9
−50%
Far Cry New Dawn 12−14
+50%
8−9
−50%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
+30.8%
12−14
−30.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12
+22.2%
9−10
−22.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%
Hitman 3 9−10
+28.6%
7−8
−28.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
+9.1%
10−12
−9.1%
Metro Exodus 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Battlefield 5 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Far Cry 5 8−9
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2 0−1

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Hitman 3 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Battlefield 5 0−1 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 0−1

This is how GTX 580M and GTX 480M compete in popular games:

900p resolution:

  • GTX 580M is 27.3% faster than GTX 480M

1080p resolution:

  • GTX 580M is 40% faster than GTX 480M

1200p resolution:

  • GTX 580M is 40% faster than GTX 480M

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

  • in Far Cry New Dawn, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 580M is 150% faster than the GTX 480M.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GTX 580M is ahead in 56 tests (93%)
  • there's a draw in 4 tests (7%)

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 5.35 4.17
Recency 28 June 2011 25 May 2010
Maximum RAM amount 2 MB 2 GB

The GeForce GTX 580M is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 480M in performance tests.


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