Radeon RX 5300 XT vs GeForce GTX 580M
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 671 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 3.80 | no data |
| Architecture | Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014) | RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020) |
| GPU code name | GF114 | Navi 14 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 28 June 2011 (14 years ago) | 7 October 2019 (6 years 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 | 384 | 1024 |
| Core clock speed | 620 MHz | 1670 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1845 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,950 million | 6,400 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | 150 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 39.68 | 118.1 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.9523 TFLOPS | 3.779 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| TMUs | 64 | 64 |
| L1 Cache | 512 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 512 KB | 2 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 size | large | no data |
| Bus support | PCI-E 2.0 | no data |
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x 6-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 type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1500 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 96.0 GB/s | 112.0 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 Connectors | No outputs | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| HDMI | - | + |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| 3D Blu-Ray | + | - |
| 3D Gaming | + | - |
| Optimus | + | - |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 API | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 28 June 2011 | 7 October 2019 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 4 GB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | 150 Watt |
GTX 580M has 50% lower power consumption.
RX 5300 XT, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 471.4% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 580M and Radeon RX 5300 XT. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce GTX 580M is a notebook graphics card while Radeon RX 5300 XT is a desktop one.
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