Radeon RX 580 2048SP vs GeForce GT 650M SLI

Place in the ranking	623	274
Place by popularity	not in top-100	62
Power efficiency	no data	9.19
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code name	N13E-GE	Polaris 20
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	22 March 2012 (12 years ago)	15 October 2018 (6 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	768	2048
Core clock speed	790 MHz	1168 MHz
Boost clock speed	835 MHz	1284 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	150 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	164.4
Floating-point processing power	no data	5.259 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	32
TMUs	no data	128

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	medium sized	no data
Interface	no data	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	no data	241 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 8-pin

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	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2x2 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	2x 128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	224.0 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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI	-	+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	no data	6.4
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	2.0
Vulkan	-	1.2.131
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	79 −280%	300−350 +280%
Full HD	47 −283%	180−190 +283%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

9−10
−289%

35−40

+289%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16 −257%	50−55 +257%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 −260%	18−20 +260%
Battlefield 5	12−14 −285%	50−55 +285%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 −264%	40−45 +264%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 −289%	35−40 +289%
Far Cry 5	10−12 −264%	40−45 +264%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 −257%	50−55 +257%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 −275%	120−130 +275%
Hitman 3	10−12 −264%	40−45 +264%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 −264%	120−130 +264%
Metro Exodus	12−14 −275%	45−50 +275%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16 −257%	50−55 +257%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20 −289%	70−75 +289%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 −283%	180−190 +283%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16 −257%	50−55 +257%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 −260%	18−20 +260%
Battlefield 5	12−14 −285%	50−55 +285%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 −264%	40−45 +264%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 −289%	35−40 +289%
Far Cry 5	10−12 −264%	40−45 +264%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 −257%	50−55 +257%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 −275%	120−130 +275%
Hitman 3	10−12 −264%	40−45 +264%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 −264%	120−130 +264%
Metro Exodus	12−14 −275%	45−50 +275%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16 −257%	50−55 +257%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20 −289%	70−75 +289%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 −289%	70−75 +289%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 −283%	180−190 +283%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16 −257%	50−55 +257%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 −260%	18−20 +260%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 −264%	40−45 +264%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 −289%	35−40 +289%
Far Cry 5	10−12 −264%	40−45 +264%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 −275%	120−130 +275%
Hitman 3	10−12 −264%	40−45 +264%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 −264%	120−130 +264%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20 −289%	70−75 +289%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 −289%	70−75 +289%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 −283%	180−190 +283%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

14−16

−257%

50−55
+257%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	9−10 −289%	35−40 +289%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 −275%	30−33 +275%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −260%	18−20 +260%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −250%	14−16 +250%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −250%	7−8 +250%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −250%	21−24 +250%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 −275%	45−50 +275%
Hitman 3	9−10 −289%	35−40 +289%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −264%	40−45 +264%
Metro Exodus	3−4 −233%	10−11 +233%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 −250%	14−16 +250%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −275%	120−130 +275%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

9−10
−289%

35−40

+289%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5 −250%	14−16 +250%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −233%	10−11 +233%
Hitman 3	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −275%	30−33 +275%
Metro Exodus	2−3 −250%	7−8 +250%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −233%	10−11 +233%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −250%	7−8 +250%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −250%	7−8 +250%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	2−3 −250%	7−8 +250%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 −250%	14−16 +250%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%