Radeon Pro Vega 48 vs GeForce GTX 580M

Place in performance ranking	578	178
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.52	26.51
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code name	N12E-GTX2	Vega 10
Market segment	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Release date	28 June 2011 (13 years ago)	19 March 2019 (5 years ago)
Current price	$170	$671

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Pro Vega 48 has 952% better value for money than GTX 580M.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	384	3072
CUDA cores	384	no data
Core clock speed	620 MHz	1200 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1300 MHz
Number of transistors	1,950 million	12,500 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	39.7 billion/sec	249.6
Floating-point performance	952.3 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 580M and Radeon Pro Vega 48 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	no data
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
SLI options	+	no 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 type	GDDR5	HBM2
Maximum RAM amount	2 MB	8 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2048 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	1572 MHz
Memory bandwidth	96.0 GB/s	402.4 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

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 outputs

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Blu-Ray	+	no data
3D Gaming	+	no data
Optimus	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 API	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.4
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.1.125
CUDA	+	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. 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 5.37

Pro Vega 48 29.26
+445%

Radeon Pro Vega 48 outperforms GeForce GTX 580M by 445% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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

Pro Vega 48 11299
+445%

Radeon Pro Vega 48 outperforms GeForce GTX 580M by 445% in Passmark.

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

Pro Vega 48 53518
+738%

Radeon Pro Vega 48 outperforms GeForce GTX 580M by 738% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

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	42 −424%	220−230 +424%
Full HD	55 −427%	290−300 +427%
1200p	42 −424%	220−230 +424%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

9−10
−400%

45−50

+400%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12 −400%	55−60 +400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 −440%	27−30 +440%
Battlefield 5	14−16 −436%	75−80 +436%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 −400%	55−60 +400%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 −400%	45−50 +400%
Far Cry 5	12−14 −442%	65−70 +442%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 −433%	80−85 +433%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 −420%	130−140 +420%
Hitman 3	10−11 −400%	50−55 +400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30 −419%	140−150 +419%
Metro Exodus	10−12 −400%	55−60 +400%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16 −436%	75−80 +436%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20 −428%	95−100 +428%
Watch Dogs: Legion	21−24 −422%	120−130 +422%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12 −400%	55−60 +400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 −440%	27−30 +440%
Battlefield 5	14−16 −436%	75−80 +436%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 −400%	55−60 +400%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 −400%	45−50 +400%
Far Cry 5	12−14 −442%	65−70 +442%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 −433%	80−85 +433%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 −420%	130−140 +420%
Hitman 3	10−11 −400%	50−55 +400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30 −419%	140−150 +419%
Metro Exodus	10−12 −400%	55−60 +400%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16 −436%	75−80 +436%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20 −428%	95−100 +428%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −442%	65−70 +442%
Watch Dogs: Legion	21−24 −422%	120−130 +422%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12 −400%	55−60 +400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 −440%	27−30 +440%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 −400%	55−60 +400%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 −400%	45−50 +400%
Far Cry 5	12−14 −442%	65−70 +442%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 −420%	130−140 +420%
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30 −419%	140−150 +419%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20 −428%	95−100 +428%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −442%	65−70 +442%
Watch Dogs: Legion	21−24 −422%	120−130 +422%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

14−16

−436%

75−80
+436%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	10−11 −400%	50−55 +400%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 −400%	40−45 +400%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −440%	27−30 +440%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −400%	35−40 +400%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −400%	10−11 +400%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −400%	40−45 +400%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 −400%	45−50 +400%
Hitman 3	9−10 −400%	45−50 +400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −442%	65−70 +442%
Metro Exodus	3−4 −433%	16−18 +433%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 −425%	21−24 +425%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3 −400%	10−11 +400%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

10−11

−400%

50−55
+400%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5 −425%	21−24 +425%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 −425%	21−24 +425%
Hitman 3	2−3 −400%	10−11 +400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 −440%	27−30 +440%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	2−3 −400%	10−11 +400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −433%	16−18 +433%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −400%	10−11 +400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −400%	10−11 +400%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	3−4 −433%	16−18 +433%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 −440%	27−30 +440%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 −440%	27−30 +440%
Metro Exodus	7−8 −400%	35−40 +400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%