GeForce RTX 3090 vs GTX 580M SLI

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 580M SLI with GeForce RTX 3090, including specs and performance data.

GTX 580M SLI
2011
100 Watt
10.44

RTX 3090 outperforms GTX 580M SLI by a whopping 564% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking43724
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data14.92
Power efficiency7.1513.58
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameN12E-GTX2GA102
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date6 January 2011 (13 years ago)1 September 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$1,499

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores76810496
Core clock speed620 MHz1395 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1695 MHz
Number of transistorsno data28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt350 Watt
Texture fill rateno data556.0
Floating-point processing powerno data35.58 TFLOPS
ROPsno data112
TMUsno data328
Tensor Coresno data328
Ray Tracing Coresno data82

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 sizelargeno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data336 mm
Widthno data3-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 12-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 typeGDDR5GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amountno data24 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1219 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data936.2 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 Connectorsno data1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX1112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.0
Vulkan-1.2
CUDA-8.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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 SLI 10.44
RTX 3090 69.35
+564%

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.

GTX 580M SLI 6106
RTX 3090 61518
+908%

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.

GTX 580M SLI 25022
RTX 3090 124350
+397%

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:

900p76
−558%
500−550
+558%
Full HD89
−122%
198
+122%
1200p81
−517%
500−550
+517%
1440p18−20
−617%
129
+617%
4K12−14
−617%
86
+617%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data7.57
1440pno data11.62
4Kno data17.43

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
−1194%
207
+1194%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
−563%
159
+563%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
−660%
114
+660%
Battlefield 5 30−35
−616%
220−230
+616%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20−22
−495%
110−120
+495%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
−1000%
176
+1000%
Far Cry 5 21−24
−409%
110−120
+409%
Far Cry New Dawn 27−30
−504%
160−170
+504%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
−255%
230−240
+255%
Hitman 3 18−20
−516%
117
+516%
Horizon Zero Dawn 55−60
−360%
250−260
+360%
Metro Exodus 30−35
−350%
144
+350%
Red Dead Redemption 2 27−30
−364%
130
+364%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−35
−785%
290−300
+785%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
−217%
200
+217%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
−929%
247
+929%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
−600%
105
+600%
Battlefield 5 30−35
−616%
220−230
+616%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20−22
−495%
110−120
+495%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
−844%
151
+844%
Far Cry 5 21−24
−409%
110−120
+409%
Far Cry New Dawn 27−30
−504%
160−170
+504%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
−255%
230−240
+255%
Hitman 3 18−20
−516%
117
+516%
Horizon Zero Dawn 55−60
−360%
250−260
+360%
Metro Exodus 30−35
−350%
144
+350%
Red Dead Redemption 2 27−30
−336%
120−130
+336%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−35
−1118%
402
+1118%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
−452%
140−150
+452%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
−216%
199
+216%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
−350%
108
+350%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
−507%
91
+507%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20−22
−495%
110−120
+495%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
−738%
134
+738%
Far Cry 5 21−24
−409%
110−120
+409%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
−224%
217
+224%
Hitman 3 18−20
−511%
116
+511%
Horizon Zero Dawn 55−60
−436%
295
+436%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−35
−964%
351
+964%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
−570%
181
+570%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
−69.8%
107
+69.8%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 27−30
−361%
129
+361%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
−768%
160−170
+768%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
−633%
110−120
+633%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−11
−830%
93
+830%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6−7
−1217%
79
+1217%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11
−710%
80−85
+710%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−1760%
93
+1760%
Far Cry 5 12−14
−575%
80−85
+575%
Forza Horizon 4 45−50
−502%
270−280
+502%
Hitman 3 12−14
−785%
115
+785%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−1010%
233
+1010%
Metro Exodus 14−16
−827%
139
+827%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−1946%
266
+1946%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−1420%
152
+1420%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
−222%
203
+222%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
−647%
127
+647%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 9−10
−867%
85−90
+867%
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8
−886%
65−70
+886%
Hitman 3 6−7
−1283%
83
+1283%
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45
−426%
220−230
+426%
Metro Exodus 8−9
−1663%
141
+1663%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
−2086%
153
+2086%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−1067%
70
+1067%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
−1325%
57
+1325%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−920%
50−55
+920%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−4500%
46
+4500%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−900%
50−55
+900%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
−1175%
153
+1175%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
−2171%
159
+2171%
Watch Dogs: Legion 4−5
−1400%
60
+1400%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
−1133%
111
+1133%

This is how GTX 580M SLI and RTX 3090 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 3090 is 558% faster in 900p
  • RTX 3090 is 122% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 3090 is 517% faster in 1200p
  • RTX 3090 is 617% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 3090 is 617% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 3090 is 4500% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RTX 3090 surpassed GTX 580M SLI in all 72 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 10.44 69.35
Recency 6 January 2011 1 September 2020
Chip lithography 40 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 350 Watt

GTX 580M SLI has 250% lower power consumption.

RTX 3090, on the other hand, has a 564.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, and a 400% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3090 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 580M SLI in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 580M SLI is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 3090 is a desktop one.


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