Radeon RX 6800S vs GeForce GTX 580M SLI

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 580M SLI and Radeon RX 6800S, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 580M SLI
2011
100 Watt
10.48

RX 6800S outperforms GTX 580M SLI by a whopping 281% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking431101
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency7.5628.81
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameN12E-GTX2Navi 23
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date6 January 2011 (13 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 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 cores7682048
Core clock speed620 MHz1800 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2100 MHz
Number of transistorsno data11,060 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt100 Watt
Texture fill rateno data268.8
Floating-point processing powerno data8.602 TFLOPS
ROPsno data64
TMUsno data128
Ray Tracing Coresno data32

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 sizelargemedium sized
Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 amountno data8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data256.0 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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs

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 data2.1
Vulkan-1.3

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 10.48
RX 6800S 39.93
+281%

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
RX 6800S 82247
+229%

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
RX 6800S 36101
+491%

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
−268%
280−290
+268%
Full HD89
−32.6%
118
+32.6%
1200p81
−270%
300−350
+270%
1440p18−21
−339%
79
+339%
4K10−12
−300%
40
+300%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
−781%
141
+781%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
−254%
85−90
+254%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
−753%
128
+753%
Battlefield 5 30−35
−313%
120−130
+313%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20−22
−305%
80−85
+305%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
−594%
111
+594%
Far Cry 5 21−24
−274%
85−90
+274%
Far Cry New Dawn 27−30
−254%
95−100
+254%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
−188%
190−200
+188%
Hitman 3 18−20
−484%
111
+484%
Horizon Zero Dawn 55−60
−202%
160−170
+202%
Metro Exodus 30−35
−297%
120−130
+297%
Red Dead Redemption 2 27−30
−232%
90−95
+232%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−35
−345%
140−150
+345%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
−106%
130−140
+106%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
−254%
85−90
+254%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
−613%
107
+613%
Battlefield 5 30−35
−313%
120−130
+313%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20−22
−305%
80−85
+305%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
−413%
82
+413%
Far Cry 5 21−24
−274%
85−90
+274%
Far Cry New Dawn 27−30
−254%
95−100
+254%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
−188%
190−200
+188%
Hitman 3 18−20
−474%
109
+474%
Horizon Zero Dawn 55−60
−202%
160−170
+202%
Metro Exodus 30−35
−297%
120−130
+297%
Red Dead Redemption 2 27−30
−232%
90−95
+232%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−35
−503%
199
+503%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
−207%
80−85
+207%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
−106%
130−140
+106%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
−254%
85−90
+254%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
−500%
90
+500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20−22
−305%
80−85
+305%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
−363%
74
+363%
Far Cry 5 21−24
−274%
85−90
+274%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
−188%
190−200
+188%
Hitman 3 18−20
−411%
97
+411%
Horizon Zero Dawn 55−60
−202%
160−170
+202%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−35
−427%
174
+427%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
−241%
92
+241%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
−4.8%
66
+4.8%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 27−30
−232%
90−95
+232%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
−305%
75−80
+305%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
−307%
60−65
+307%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−11
−330%
40−45
+330%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6−7
−933%
62
+933%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11
−370%
45−50
+370%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−680%
39
+680%
Far Cry 5 12−14
−283%
45−50
+283%
Forza Horizon 4 45−50
−396%
220−230
+396%
Hitman 3 12−14
−385%
63
+385%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−314%
85−90
+314%
Metro Exodus 14−16
−400%
75−80
+400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−754%
111
+754%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−480%
55−60
+480%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
−208%
190−200
+208%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
−306%
65−70
+306%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 9−10
−344%
40−45
+344%
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8
−386%
30−35
+386%
Hitman 3 6−7
−450%
30−35
+450%
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45
−328%
180−190
+328%
Metro Exodus 8−9
−538%
50−55
+538%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
−586%
45−50
+586%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−350%
27−30
+350%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
−700%
32
+700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−420%
24−27
+420%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−1500%
16
+1500%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−360%
21−24
+360%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
−367%
55−60
+367%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
−686%
55−60
+686%
Watch Dogs: Legion 4−5
−525%
25
+525%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
−300%
35−40
+300%

This is how GTX 580M SLI and RX 6800S compete in popular games:

  • RX 6800S is 268% faster in 900p
  • RX 6800S is 33% faster in 1080p
  • RX 6800S is 270% faster in 1200p
  • RX 6800S is 339% faster in 1440p
  • RX 6800S is 300% 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 RX 6800S is 1500% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RX 6800S surpassed GTX 580M SLI in all 72 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 10.48 39.93
Recency 6 January 2011 4 January 2022
Chip lithography 40 nm 7 nm

RX 6800S has a 281% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, and a 471.4% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 6800S is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 580M SLI in performance tests.


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