AMD Radeon RX 480
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M
AMD Radeon RX 480
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon RX 480 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

153
Place in performance rating
431
49.01
Value for money (0-100)
10.47
Polaris
Architecture
Fermi
Ellesmere
Code name
GF114
Desktop
Type
Laptop
29 June 2016 (5 years ago)
Release date
28 June 2011 (10 years ago)
$229
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$480 (2.1x MSRP)
Price now
$170
reference
Design
no data
4th Gen
GCN generation
no data
23.23
Value for money
2.60
Polaris 10 Ellesmere
GPU code name
N12E-GTX2
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon RX 480 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

2304
Pipelines
384
1120 MHz
Core clock speed
620 MHz
1266 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
5,700 million
Transistor count
1,950 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
150 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
100 Watt
182.3
Texture fill rate
39.7 billion/sec
5,834 gflops
Floating-point performance
952.3 gflops
no data
CUDA cores
384
36
Compute units
no data
2304
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
1266 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
5,700 million
Number of transistors
1,950 million
150 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
100 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon RX 480 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
241 mm
Length
no data
1x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
None
no data
Laptop size
large
no data
SLI options
+
n/a
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0
1
Bridgeless CrossFire
no data

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Radeon RX 480 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 MB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
2000 MHz
Memory clock speed
1500 MHz
224 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
96.0 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon RX 480 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M, the size and number of monitors.

1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
No outputs
1
Eyefinity
no data
2.0
HDMI
no data
1.4HDR
DisplayPort support
no data

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon RX 480 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M is the additional functionality.

no data
3D Vision
+
no data
CUDA
+
no data
Optimus
+
n/a
AppAcceleration
no data
1
CrossFire
no data
1
FRTC
no data
+
FreeSync
no data
n/a
HD3D
no data
1
LiquidVR
no data
+
PowerTune
no data
1
TressFX
no data
n/a
TrueAudio
no data
+
ZeroCore
no data
+
VCE
no data
n/a
Enduro
no data
+
UVD
no data
+
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
no data
no data
3D Gaming
+
no data
3D Blu-Ray
+
no data
DirectX 11
DirectX 11

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon RX 480 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX® 12
DirectX
12 API
4.5
OpenGL
4.5
+
Vulkan
N/A
6.4
Shader Model
5.1
2.0
OpenCL
1.1
n/a
Mantle
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon RX 480 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon RX 480 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon RX 480
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon RX 480
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon RX 480
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon RX 480 104 65.8 51.6 32.3 17.2
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon RX 480
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 480

28.76% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (2304 vs 384)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 40 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 2 MB)

More memory bandwidth (224 GB/s vs 96.0 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M

Cheaper ($170 vs $480 (2.1x MSRP))

Less power consumption (100 Watt vs 150 Watt)

So, AMD Radeon RX 480 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon RX 480 .

AMD Radeon RX 480 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Radeon RX 480
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M