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

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 Radeon RX 480  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M.

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

Which GPU is better between AMD Radeon RX 480  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M 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.

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

Let’s discuss how graphics cards AMD Radeon RX 480 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

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 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 Radeon RX 480 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M.

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

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between AMD Radeon RX 480 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M.

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

Technologies

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

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 confrontation between the two contenders AMD Radeon RX 480 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M 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. 

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 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 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

Overall benchmark performance

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383333 (100 %)

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3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

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3DMark 11 Performance GPU

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User rating

4.3 Out of 200 Hitesti Score
1.0 Out of 1 Hitesti Score