GeForce GTX 580M vs GTX 680M SLI

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 680M SLI and GeForce GTX 580M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 680M SLI
2012
2x 4 GB GDDR5
16.50
+207%

GTX 680M SLI outperforms GTX 580M by a whopping 207% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking329613
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data3.69
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code nameN13E-GTXGF114
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date4 June 2012 (12 years ago)28 June 2011 (13 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 cores2688384
Core clock speed720 MHz620 MHz
Number of transistorsno data1,950 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data100 Watt
Texture fill rateno data39.68
Floating-point processing powerno data0.9523 TFLOPS
ROPsno data32
TMUsno data64

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 sizelargelarge
Bus supportno dataPCI-E 2.0
Interfaceno dataMXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone
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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2x 4 GB2 GB
Memory bus width2x 256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed3600 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data96.0 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

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.

DirectX1112 API
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGLno data4.5
OpenCLno data1.1
Vulkan-N/A
CUDA++

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 680M SLI 16.50
+207%
GTX 580M 5.38

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 680M SLI 10952
+251%
GTX 580M 3117

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 680M SLI 32635
+127%
GTX 580M 14404

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:

900p133
+189%
46
−189%
Full HD95
+72.7%
55
−72.7%
1200p120−130
+186%
42
−186%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
+189%
9−10
−189%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
+164%
14−16
−164%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 27−30
+350%
6−7
−350%
Battlefield 5 50−55
+286%
14−16
−286%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 30−35
+200%
10−12
−200%
Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
+189%
9−10
−189%
Far Cry 5 35−40
+225%
12−14
−225%
Far Cry New Dawn 45−50
+200%
14−16
−200%
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
+209%
30−35
−209%
Hitman 3 30−35
+191%
10−12
−191%
Horizon Zero Dawn 80−85
+141%
30−35
−141%
Metro Exodus 55−60
+331%
12−14
−331%
Red Dead Redemption 2 45−50
+221%
14−16
−221%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 50−55
+184%
18−20
−184%
Watch Dogs: Legion 80−85
+70.8%
45−50
−70.8%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
+164%
14−16
−164%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 27−30
+350%
6−7
−350%
Battlefield 5 50−55
+286%
14−16
−286%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 30−35
+200%
10−12
−200%
Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
+189%
9−10
−189%
Far Cry 5 35−40
+225%
12−14
−225%
Far Cry New Dawn 45−50
+200%
14−16
−200%
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
+209%
30−35
−209%
Hitman 3 30−35
+191%
10−12
−191%
Horizon Zero Dawn 80−85
+141%
30−35
−141%
Metro Exodus 55−60
+331%
12−14
−331%
Red Dead Redemption 2 45−50
+221%
14−16
−221%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 50−55
+184%
18−20
−184%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 35−40
+111%
18−20
−111%
Watch Dogs: Legion 80−85
+70.8%
45−50
−70.8%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
+164%
14−16
−164%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 27−30
+350%
6−7
−350%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 30−35
+200%
10−12
−200%
Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
+189%
9−10
−189%
Far Cry 5 35−40
+225%
12−14
−225%
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
+209%
30−35
−209%
Hitman 3 30−35
+191%
10−12
−191%
Horizon Zero Dawn 80−85
+141%
30−35
−141%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 50−55
+184%
18−20
−184%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 35−40
+111%
18−20
−111%
Watch Dogs: Legion 80−85
+70.8%
45−50
−70.8%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 45−50
+221%
14−16
−221%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 30−35
+220%
10−11
−220%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
+213%
8−9
−213%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16−18
+240%
5−6
−240%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
+260%
5−6
−260%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
+350%
2−3
−350%
Far Cry 5 18−20
+217%
6−7
−217%
Forza Horizon 4 85−90
+529%
14−16
−529%
Hitman 3 20−22
+122%
9−10
−122%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−35
+175%
12−14
−175%
Metro Exodus 30−33
+900%
3−4
−900%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−35
+210%
10−11
−210%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
+350%
4−5
−350%
Watch Dogs: Legion 100−105
+194%
30−35
−194%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 27−30
+170%
10−11
−170%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 16−18
+300%
4−5
−300%
Far Cry New Dawn 12−14
+200%
4−5
−200%
Hitman 3 12−14
+500%
2−3
−500%
Horizon Zero Dawn 80−85
+740%
10−11
−740%
Metro Exodus 16−18
+750%
2−3
−750%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18
+1500%
1−2
−1500%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−11
+233%
3−4
−233%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4 0−1
Far Cry 5 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
+340%
5−6
−340%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 16−18
+240%
5−6
−240%
Watch Dogs: Legion 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
+150%
6−7
−150%

This is how GTX 680M SLI and GTX 580M compete in popular games:

  • GTX 680M SLI is 189% faster in 900p
  • GTX 680M SLI is 73% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 680M SLI is 186% faster in 1200p

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

  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the GTX 680M SLI is 1500% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, GTX 680M SLI surpassed GTX 580M in all 68 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 16.50 5.38
Recency 4 June 2012 28 June 2011
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm

GTX 680M SLI has a 206.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 months, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GTX 680M SLI is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 580M in performance tests.


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