AMD Cayman
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M SLI
AMD Cayman
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M SLI

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 AMD Cayman  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M SLI.

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Place in performance rating
262
TeraScale 3
Architecture
Fermi
Cayman
Code name
N12E-GTX2
Desktop
Type
Laptop
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Release date
6 January 2011 (10 years ago)
$17.44
Price now
$249
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Value for money
7.53
Cayman
GPU code name
N12E-GTX2
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between AMD Cayman  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M SLI 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.

1536
Pipelines
768
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Core clock speed
620 MHz
2,640 million
Transistor count
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40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
100 Watt
1536
Pipelines / CUDA cores
768
2,640 million
Number of transistors
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Thermal design power (TDP)
100 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

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Laptop size
large

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 AMD Cayman vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M SLI.

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Memory type
GDDR5
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Memory bus width
256 Bit
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Memory clock speed
1500 MHz
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Shared memory
-

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders AMD Cayman and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M SLI 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. 

11.2 (11_0)
DirectX
DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
4.4
OpenGL
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Gaming performance

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


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Cayman
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M SLI
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Cayman
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M SLI
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Cayman
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M SLI
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Cayman
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M SLI
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Cayman
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M SLI
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 AMD Cayman

Cheaper ($17.44 vs $249)

More pipelines (1536 vs 768)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M SLI

19.75% faster in synthetic tests

So, AMD Cayman or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M SLI?

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

AMD Cayman versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M SLI performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

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3DMark Vantage Performance

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User rating

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