GeForce GTX 480M SLI vs Radeon RX 580 Mobile
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon RX 580 Mobile and GeForce GTX 480M SLI, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
RX 580 Mobile outperforms GTX 480M SLI by a whopping 200% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 299 | 585 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 22.77 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 13.35 | 4.45 |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) | Fermi (2010−2014) |
| GPU code name | Polaris 20 | N11E-GTX-A3 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 18 April 2017 (7 years ago) | 25 May 2010 (14 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $301.69 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
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 | 2304 | 704 |
| Core clock speed | 1000 MHz | 425 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1077 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 5,700 million | 6000 Million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | 100 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 155.1 | no data |
| Floating-point processing power | 4.963 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 32 | no data |
| TMUs | 144 | no data |
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 | large |
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | 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 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2000 MHz | 1200 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 256.0 GB/s | no data |
| 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 outputs | no data |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 11 |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | no data |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | no data |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | - |
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.
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.
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 | 180−190
+195%
| 61
−195%
|
| Full HD | 77
+11.6%
| 69
−11.6%
|
| 4K | 30
+233%
| 9−10
−233%
|
Cost per frame, $
| 1080p | 3.92 | no data |
| 4K | 10.06 | no data |
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Atomic Heart | 45−50
+220%
|
14−16
−220%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 30−35
+162%
|
12−14
−162%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 35−40
+225%
|
12−14
−225%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Atomic Heart | 45−50
+220%
|
14−16
−220%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 75−80
+192%
|
24−27
−192%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 30−35
+162%
|
12−14
−162%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 35−40
+225%
|
12−14
−225%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 60−65
+244%
|
18−20
−244%
|
| Fortnite | 183
+395%
|
35−40
−395%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 75−80
+178%
|
27−30
−178%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 50−55
+264%
|
14−16
−264%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 69
+214%
|
21−24
−214%
|
| Valorant | 130−140
+101%
|
65−70
−101%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Atomic Heart | 45−50
+220%
|
14−16
−220%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 75−80
+192%
|
24−27
−192%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 30−35
+162%
|
12−14
−162%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 220−230
+123%
|
100−110
−123%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 35−40
+225%
|
12−14
−225%
|
| Dota 2 | 76
+55.1%
|
45−50
−55.1%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 60−65
+244%
|
18−20
−244%
|
| Fortnite | 81
+119%
|
35−40
−119%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 75−80
+178%
|
27−30
−178%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 50−55
+264%
|
14−16
−264%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 62
+182%
|
21−24
−182%
|
| Metro Exodus | 35−40
+225%
|
12−14
−225%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 57
+159%
|
21−24
−159%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 68
+325%
|
16−18
−325%
|
| Valorant | 130−140
+101%
|
65−70
−101%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 75−80
+192%
|
24−27
−192%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 30−35
+162%
|
12−14
−162%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 35−40
+225%
|
12−14
−225%
|
| Dota 2 | 69
+40.8%
|
45−50
−40.8%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 60−65
+244%
|
18−20
−244%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 75−80
+178%
|
27−30
−178%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 50−55
+264%
|
14−16
−264%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 41
+86.4%
|
21−24
−86.4%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 37
+131%
|
16−18
−131%
|
| Valorant | 130−140
+101%
|
65−70
−101%
|
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 60
+62.2%
|
35−40
−62.2%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 130−140
+183%
|
45−50
−183%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 30−35
+343%
|
7−8
−343%
|
| Metro Exodus | 21−24
+360%
|
5−6
−360%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 160−170
+357%
|
35−40
−357%
|
| Valorant | 170−180
+154%
|
65−70
−154%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 50−55
+420%
|
10−11
−420%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 18−20
+217%
|
6−7
−217%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 16−18
+240%
|
5−6
−240%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 40−45
+242%
|
12−14
−242%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 45−50
+229%
|
14−16
−229%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 30−35
+230%
|
10−11
−230%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 27−30
+222%
|
9−10
−222%
|
1440p
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 40−45
+250%
|
12−14
−250%
|
4K
High Preset
| Atomic Heart | 14−16
+180%
|
5−6
−180%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 8−9
+700%
|
1−2
−700%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 30−35
+94.1%
|
16−18
−94.1%
|
| Metro Exodus | 14−16
+1400%
|
1−2
−1400%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 24
+700%
|
3−4
−700%
|
| Valorant | 100−110
+232%
|
30−35
−232%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 27−30
+575%
|
4−5
−575%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 8−9
+700%
|
1−2
−700%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 7−8
+250%
|
2−3
−250%
|
| Dota 2 | 60−65
+186%
|
21−24
−186%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 20−22
+233%
|
6−7
−233%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 30−35
+256%
|
9−10
−256%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 16−18
+300%
|
4−5
−300%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 14
+133%
|
6−7
−133%
|
4K
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 18−20
+200%
|
6−7
−200%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 8−9
+0%
|
8−9
+0%
|
This is how RX 580 Mobile and GTX 480M SLI compete in popular games:
- RX 580 Mobile is 195% faster in 900p
- RX 580 Mobile is 12% faster in 1080p
- RX 580 Mobile is 233% faster in 4K
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Metro Exodus, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RX 580 Mobile is 1400% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- RX 580 Mobile is ahead in 66 tests (99%)
- there's a draw in 1 test (1%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 19.48 | 6.49 |
| Recency | 18 April 2017 | 25 May 2010 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 40 nm |
RX 580 Mobile has a 200.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 185.7% more advanced lithography process.
The Radeon RX 580 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 480M SLI in performance tests.
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