NVS 5200M vs Radeon RX 580 Mobile

Place in the ranking	278	1020
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	24.31	no data
Power efficiency	13.61	3.68
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code name	Polaris 20	GF117
Market segment	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Release date	18 April 2017 (7 years ago)	1 June 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$301.69	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	2304	96
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	625 MHz
Boost clock speed	1077 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	5,700 million	585 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	25 Watt
Texture fill rate	155.1	10.00
Floating-point processing power	4.963 TFLOPS	0.24 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	4
TMUs	144	16

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	medium sized
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	MXM

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	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	900 MHz
Memory bandwidth	256.0 GB/s	14.4 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 outputs

Supported technologies

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

Optimus

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	6.4	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	1.1
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A
CUDA	-	+

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.

RX 580 Mobile 19.65
+1377%

NVS 5200M 1.33

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.

RX 580 Mobile 15223
+1410%

NVS 5200M 1008

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

RX 580 Mobile 11261
+1500%

NVS 5200M 704

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

RX 580 Mobile 69325
+1301%

NVS 5200M 4949

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:

Full HD	77 +670%	10 −670%
4K	31 +1450%	2−3 −1450%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	3.92	no data
4K	9.73	no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

30−35
+725%

4−5

−725%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45−50 +667%	6−7 −667%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40 +1650%	2−3 −1650%
Battlefield 5	65−70 +1600%	4−5 −1600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	40−45 +950%	4−5 −950%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35 +725%	4−5 −725%
Far Cry 5	45−50 +4700%	1−2 −4700%
Far Cry New Dawn	55−60 +1733%	3−4 −1733%
Forza Horizon 4	120−130 +4100%	3−4 −4100%
Hitman 3	40−45 +567%	6−7 −567%
Horizon Zero Dawn	95−100 +607%	14−16 −607%
Metro Exodus	70−75 +1675%	4−5 −1675%
Red Dead Redemption 2	55−60 +2650%	2−3 −2650%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	65−70 +750%	8−9 −750%
Watch Dogs: Legion	90−95 +182%	30−35 −182%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45−50 +667%	6−7 −667%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40 +1650%	2−3 −1650%
Battlefield 5	65−70 +1600%	4−5 −1600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	40−45 +950%	4−5 −950%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35 +725%	4−5 −725%
Far Cry 5	45−50 +4700%	1−2 −4700%
Far Cry New Dawn	55−60 +1733%	3−4 −1733%
Forza Horizon 4	120−130 +4100%	3−4 −4100%
Hitman 3	40−45 +567%	6−7 −567%
Horizon Zero Dawn	95−100 +607%	14−16 −607%
Metro Exodus	70−75 +1675%	4−5 −1675%
Red Dead Redemption 2	55−60 +2650%	2−3 −2650%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	65−70 +750%	8−9 −750%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	45−50 +318%	10−12 −318%
Watch Dogs: Legion	90−95 +182%	30−35 −182%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45−50 +667%	6−7 −667%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40 +1650%	2−3 −1650%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	40−45 +950%	4−5 −950%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35 +725%	4−5 −725%
Far Cry 5	45−50 +4700%	1−2 −4700%
Forza Horizon 4	120−130 +4100%	3−4 −4100%
Hitman 3	40−45 +567%	6−7 −567%
Horizon Zero Dawn	95−100 +607%	14−16 −607%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	65−70 +750%	8−9 −750%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	37 +236%	10−12 −236%
Watch Dogs: Legion	90−95 +182%	30−35 −182%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

55−60
+2650%

2−3

−2650%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40 +3800%	1−2 −3800%
Far Cry New Dawn	30−35 +1450%	2−3 −1450%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 +2000%	1−2 −2000%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	18−20 +1800%	1−2 −1800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 +1100%	1−2 −1100%
Far Cry 5	24−27 +2300%	1−2 −2300%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 +1543%	7−8 −1543%
Hitman 3	24−27 +243%	7−8 −243%
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45 +740%	5−6 −740%
Metro Exodus	35−40 +1800%	2−3 −1800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	40−45 +2000%	2−3 −2000%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 +2300%	1−2 −2300%
Watch Dogs: Legion	120−130 +1917%	6−7 −1917%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

30−35
+750%

4−5

−750%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	20−22 +1900%	1−2 −1900%
Far Cry New Dawn	16−18	0−1
Hitman 3	16−18 +1500%	1−2 −1500%
Horizon Zero Dawn	100−110 +1429%	7−8 −1429%
Metro Exodus	21−24 +2100%	1−2 −2100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24 +2300%	1−2 −2300%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 +1100%	1−2 −1100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−12 +1000%	1−2 −1000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5	0−1
Far Cry 5	10−12	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 +2700%	1−2 −2700%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	24−27 +2300%	1−2 −2300%
Watch Dogs: Legion	9−10	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

18−20
+500%

3−4

−500%

This is how RX 580 Mobile and NVS 5200M compete in popular games:

RX 580 Mobile is 670% faster in 1080p
RX 580 Mobile is 1450% faster in 4K

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

in Far Cry 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RX 580 Mobile is 4700% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, RX 580 Mobile surpassed NVS 5200M in all 48 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	19.65	1.33
Recency	18 April 2017	1 June 2012
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	1 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	25 Watt

RX 580 Mobile has a 1377.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

NVS 5200M, on the other hand, has 300% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX 580 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the NVS 5200M in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX 580 Mobile is a notebook graphics card while NVS 5200M is a mobile workstation one.

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