GeForce GTX 580M vs Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7

Place in the ranking	450	609
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	3.72
Architecture	Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code name	Tiger Lake Xe	GF114
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	15 August 2020 (4 years ago)	28 June 2011 (13 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	96	384
Core clock speed	no data	620 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	1,950 million
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	100 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	39.68
Floating-point processing power	no data	0.9523 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	32
TMUs	no data	64

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	no data	large
Bus support	no data	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	no data	MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None
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	DDR4	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	no data	2 GB
Memory bus width	no data	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	96.0 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

No outputs

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	-	+
Quick Sync	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	DirectX 12_1	12 API
Shader Model	no data	5.1
OpenGL	no data	4.5
OpenCL	no data	1.1
Vulkan	-	N/A
CUDA	-	+

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	85−90 +84.8%	46 −84.8%
Full HD	100−110 +78.6%	56 −78.6%
1200p	75−80 +78.6%	42 −78.6%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 +71.4%	14−16 −71.4%
Battlefield 5	30−35 +121%	14−16 −121%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	20−22 +81.8%	10−12 −81.8%
Far Cry 5	21−24 +91.7%	12−14 −91.7%
Far Cry New Dawn	27−30 +86.7%	14−16 −86.7%
Forza Horizon 4	65−70 +94.1%	30−35 −94.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn	50−55 +58.8%	30−35 −58.8%
Red Dead Redemption 2	27−30 +92.9%	14−16 −92.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−35 +68.4%	18−20 −68.4%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 +71.4%	14−16 −71.4%
Battlefield 5	30−35 +121%	14−16 −121%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	20−22 +81.8%	10−12 −81.8%
Far Cry 5	21−24 +91.7%	12−14 −91.7%
Far Cry New Dawn	27−30 +86.7%	14−16 −86.7%
Forza Horizon 4	65−70 +94.1%	30−35 −94.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn	50−55 +58.8%	30−35 −58.8%
Metro Exodus	30−35 +138%	12−14 −138%
Red Dead Redemption 2	27−30 +92.9%	14−16 −92.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−35 +68.4%	18−20 −68.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 +44.4%	18−20 −44.4%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 +71.4%	14−16 −71.4%
Battlefield 5	30−35 +93.8%	16−18 −93.8%
Far Cry 5	21−24 +91.7%	12−14 −91.7%
Far Cry New Dawn	27−30 +100%	14−16 −100%
Forza Horizon 4	65−70 +94.1%	30−35 −94.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 +44.4%	18−20 −44.4%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 +100%	5−6 −100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	20−22 +100%	10−11 −100%
Metro Exodus	14−16 +100%	7−8 −100%
Red Dead Redemption 2	16−18 +100%	8−9 −100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 +117%	6−7 −117%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 +100%	5−6 −100%
Battlefield 5	18−20 +90%	10−11 −90%
Far Cry 5	10−12 +83.3%	6−7 −83.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 +87.5%	8−9 −87.5%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 +214%	14−16 −214%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45 +320%	10−11 −320%
Metro Exodus	8−9 +300%	2−3 −300%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 +125%	4−5 −125%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Battlefield 5	9−10 +125%	4−5 −125%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 +133%	3−4 −133%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 +140%	5−6 −140%

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

9−10

+0%

9−10

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Hitman 3	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Metro Exodus	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Hitman 3	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Hitman 3	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

14−16

+0%

14−16

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Hitman 3	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Metro Exodus	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

10−11

+0%

10−11

+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Hitman 3	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

6−7

+0%

6−7

+0%

This is how Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7 and GTX 580M compete in popular games:

Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7 is 85% faster in 900p
Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7 is 79% faster in 1080p
Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7 is 79% faster in 1200p

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

in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7 is 600% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7 is ahead in 33 tests (49%)
there's a draw in 35 tests (51%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	10.03	5.38
Recency	15 August 2020	28 June 2011
Chip lithography	10 nm	40 nm

Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7 has a 86.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.

The Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 580M in performance tests.

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