NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6970M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6970M

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M  vs  AMD Radeon HD 6970M.

431
Place in performance rating
442
10.47
Value for money (0-100)
12.02
Fermi
Architecture
Terascale 2
GF114
Code name
Blackcomb
Laptop
Type
Laptop
28 June 2011 (10 years ago)
Release date
6 January 2011 (10 years ago)
$170
Price now
$257
2.60
Value for money
1.57
N12E-GTX2
GPU code name
Blackcomb XT
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M  vs  AMD Radeon HD 6970M in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

384
Pipelines
960
620 MHz
Core clock speed
680 MHz
1,950 million
Transistor count
1,700 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
100 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
39.7 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
32.64
952.3 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,305.6 gflops
384
CUDA cores
no data
384
Pipelines / CUDA cores
960
1,950 million
Number of transistors
1,700 million
100 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
75 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M and AMD Radeon HD 6970M come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

MXM-B (3.0)
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
None
Supplementary power connectors
None
large
Laptop size
large
+
SLI options
no data
PCI-E 2.0
Bus support
no data

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M vs AMD Radeon HD 6970M.

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

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M vs AMD Radeon HD 6970M.

No outputs
Display Connectors
No outputs

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

+
3D Vision
no data
+
CUDA
no data
+
Optimus
no data
+
3D Gaming
no data
+
3D Blu-Ray
no data
DirectX 11
DirectX 11
no data

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M and AMD Radeon HD 6970M is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

12 API
DirectX
11.2 (11_0)
4.5
OpenGL
4.4
N/A
Vulkan
no data
5.1
Shader Model
no data
1.1
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M and AMD Radeon HD 6970M 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M or AMD Radeon HD 6970M good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M
AMD Radeon HD 6970M
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M
AMD Radeon HD 6970M
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M
AMD Radeon HD 6970M
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M
AMD Radeon HD 6970M
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M
AMD Radeon HD 6970M
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M

0.040000000000001% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($170 vs $257)

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 6970M

More pipelines (960 vs 384)

Less power consumption (75 Watt vs 100 Watt)

More memory bandwidth (115.2 GB/s vs 96.0 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M or AMD Radeon HD 6970M?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M versus AMD Radeon HD 6970M performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

1.0 Out of 1 Hitesti Score
4.3 Out of 8 Hitesti Score