Radeon RX 7600 XT vs GeForce GTX 580M SLI

Place in the ranking	437	81
Place by popularity	not in top-100	94
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	77.87
Power efficiency	7.15	16.10
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code name	N12E-GTX2	Navi 33
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	6 January 2011 (13 years ago)	8 January 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$329

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 cores	768	2048
Core clock speed	620 MHz	1980 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2755 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	13,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	190 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	352.6
Floating-point processing power	no data	22.57 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	64
TMUs	no data	128
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	32

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	large	no data
Interface	no data	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	no data	204 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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	no data	16 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	288.0 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 HDMI 2.1a, 3x DisplayPort 2.1
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.7
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	2.2
Vulkan	-	1.3

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	76 −295%	300−350 +295%
Full HD	89 −293%	350−400 +293%
1200p	81 −270%	300−350 +270%

Cost per frame, $

1080p

no data

0.94

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

16−18

−306%

65−70
+306%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 −317%	100−105 +317%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14−16 −300%	60−65 +300%
Battlefield 5	30−35 −319%	130−140 +319%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	20−22 −325%	85−90 +325%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 −306%	65−70 +306%
Far Cry 5	21−24 −313%	95−100 +313%
Far Cry New Dawn	27−30 −293%	110−120 +293%
Forza Horizon 4	65−70 −318%	280−290 +318%
Hitman 3	18−20 −321%	80−85 +321%
Horizon Zero Dawn	55−60 −318%	230−240 +318%
Metro Exodus	30−35 −306%	130−140 +306%
Red Dead Redemption 2	27−30 −293%	110−120 +293%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−35 −324%	140−150 +324%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65 −313%	260−270 +313%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 −317%	100−105 +317%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14−16 −300%	60−65 +300%
Battlefield 5	30−35 −319%	130−140 +319%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	20−22 −325%	85−90 +325%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 −306%	65−70 +306%
Far Cry 5	21−24 −313%	95−100 +313%
Far Cry New Dawn	27−30 −293%	110−120 +293%
Forza Horizon 4	65−70 −318%	280−290 +318%
Hitman 3	18−20 −321%	80−85 +321%
Horizon Zero Dawn	55−60 −318%	230−240 +318%
Metro Exodus	30−35 −306%	130−140 +306%
Red Dead Redemption 2	27−30 −293%	110−120 +293%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−35 −324%	140−150 +324%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30 −307%	110−120 +307%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65 −313%	260−270 +313%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 −317%	100−105 +317%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14−16 −300%	60−65 +300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	20−22 −325%	85−90 +325%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 −306%	65−70 +306%
Far Cry 5	21−24 −313%	95−100 +313%
Forza Horizon 4	65−70 −318%	280−290 +318%
Hitman 3	18−20 −321%	80−85 +321%
Horizon Zero Dawn	55−60 −318%	230−240 +318%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−35 −324%	140−150 +324%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30 −307%	110−120 +307%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65 −313%	260−270 +313%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

27−30
−293%

110−120

+293%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	18−20 −321%	80−85 +321%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 −300%	60−65 +300%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −300%	40−45 +300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	6−7 −300%	24−27 +300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 −300%	40−45 +300%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −320%	21−24 +320%
Far Cry 5	12−14 −317%	50−55 +317%
Forza Horizon 4	45−50 −322%	190−200 +322%
Hitman 3	12−14 −323%	55−60 +323%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −305%	85−90 +305%
Metro Exodus	14−16 −300%	60−65 +300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −323%	55−60 +323%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −300%	40−45 +300%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65 −313%	260−270 +313%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

16−18

−312%

70−75
+312%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	9−10 −289%	35−40 +289%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 −286%	27−30 +286%
Hitman 3	6−7 −300%	24−27 +300%
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45 −319%	180−190 +319%
Metro Exodus	8−9 −275%	30−33 +275%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7−8 −286%	27−30 +286%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −300%	24−27 +300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 −300%	16−18 +300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −320%	21−24 +320%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −300%	4−5 +300%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −320%	21−24 +320%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 −317%	50−55 +317%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −286%	27−30 +286%
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5 −300%	16−18 +300%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

9−10
−289%

35−40

+289%

This is how GTX 580M SLI and RX 7600 XT compete in popular games:

RX 7600 XT is 295% faster in 900p
RX 7600 XT is 293% faster in 1080p
RX 7600 XT is 270% faster in 1200p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	10.44	44.63
Recency	6 January 2011	8 January 2024
Chip lithography	40 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	190 Watt

GTX 580M SLI has 90% lower power consumption.

RX 7600 XT, on the other hand, has a 327.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 13 years, and a 566.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 7600 XT 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 Radeon RX 7600 XT is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.