GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile vs GTX 580 Rev. 2

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated232
Place by popularitynot in top-10040
Power efficiencyno data22.74
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGF110GA107
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date6 June 2011 (13 years ago)11 May 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499 no data

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 cores5122048
Core clock speed772 MHz712 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1057 MHz
Number of transistors3,000 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)244 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate49.4167.65
Floating-point processing power1.581 TFLOPS4.329 TFLOPS
ROPs4840
TMUs6464
Tensor Coresno data64
Ray Tracing Coresno data16

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 sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinno data

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1536 MB4 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1002 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.4 GB/s192.0 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMINo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA2.08.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 June 2011 11 May 2021
Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 244 Watt 75 Watt

RTX 3050 Mobile has an age advantage of 9 years, a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 400% more advanced lithography process, and 225.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2 and GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2 is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2
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