NVIDIA started GeForce GTX 580M sales 28 June 2011. This is a laptop graphics card based on a Fermi architecture and made with 40 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamers. 2 MB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 1.5 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 96.0 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is card attached via MXM-B (3.0) interface. Power consumption is at 100 Watt.

Primary details

Some basic facts about GeForce GTX 580M: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in performance ranking	576
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.44
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	N12E-GTX2
Market segment	Laptop
Release date	28 June 2011 (12 years ago)
Current price	$170	of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

GeForce GTX 580M's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce GTX 580M's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	384	of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
CUDA cores	384
Core clock speed	620 MHz	of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Number of transistors	1,950 million	of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	of 4 (Radeon 780M)
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate	39.7 billion/sec	of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB)
Floating-point performance	952.3 gflops	of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo)

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 580M's compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	None
SLI options	+

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce GTX 580M: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory type	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 MB	of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Memory bus width	256 Bit	of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER)
Memory bandwidth	96.0 GB/s	of 3276 (Aldebaran)
Shared memory	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce GTX 580M. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors

No outputs

Supported technologies

Technological solutions and APIs supported by GeForce GTX 580M. You'll probably need this information if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Blu-Ray	+
3D Gaming	+
Optimus	+

API compatibility

APIs supported by GeForce GTX 580M, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	12 API
Shader Model	5.1
OpenGL	4.5	of 4.6 (GeForce RTX 4090)
OpenCL	1.1
Vulkan	N/A
CUDA	+

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce GTX 580M. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 580M 5.36

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GTX 580M 2074

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 580M 14404

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 580M 3117

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

GTX 580M 6389

Gaming performance

Let's see how good GeForce GTX 580M is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular modern games across different resolutions:

900p	42
Full HD	56
1200p	42

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

9−10

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6
Battlefield 5	16−18
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10
Far Cry 5	12−14
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14
Forza Horizon 4	16−18
Hitman 3	12−14
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−11
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14
Watch Dogs: Legion	7−8

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6
Battlefield 5	16−18
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10
Far Cry 5	12−14
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14
Forza Horizon 4	16−18
Hitman 3	12−14
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−11
Metro Exodus	8−9
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12
Watch Dogs: Legion	7−8

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6
Battlefield 5	16−18
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10
Far Cry 5	12−14
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14
Forza Horizon 4	16−18
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12
Watch Dogs: Legion	7−8

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9
Hitman 3	9−10
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12
Metro Exodus	3−4
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4
Battlefield 5	2−3
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3
Far Cry 5	8−9
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6
Forza Horizon 4	7−8
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5
Hitman 3	5−6
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	2−3
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3
Battlefield 5	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1
Far Cry 5	5−6
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8
Forza Horizon 4	4−5
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1

Closest competitors

GeForce GTX 580M's performance relative to its closest rivals among notebook graphics cards.

Radeon RX Vega 9 104.85

Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU) 103.36

GeForce 945M 101.68

GeForce GTX 580M 100

Radeon R9 M385 99.25

Radeon HD 6990M 97.57

Iris Pro Graphics P580 97.39

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce GTX 580M is Radeon R9 M385, which is slower by 1% and lower by 1 position in our ranking.