Radeon R3 Graphics vs GeForce GTX 580M

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking606not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.72no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code nameGF114Beema
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date28 June 2011 (13 years ago)28 January 2015 (9 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 cores384128
Core clock speed620 MHz267 MHz
Boost clock speedno data600 MHz
Number of transistors1,950 million930 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate39.684.800
Floating-point processing power0.9523 TFLOPS0.1536 TFLOPS
ROPs324
TMUs648

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
Bus supportPCI-E 2.0no data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)IGP
Widthno dataIGP
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount2 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1500 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth96.0 GB/sno data
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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

Supported technologies

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

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

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 API12 (12_0)
Shader Model5.16.3
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 28 June 2011 28 January 2015
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 15 Watt

R3 Graphics has an age advantage of 3 years, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 566.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 580M and Radeon R3 Graphics. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 580M is a notebook card while Radeon R3 Graphics is a desktop one.


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