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    GeForce GTX 580M vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 580M and Maxwell GPU Surface Book, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce GTX 580M stacks up against Maxwell GPU Surface Book, check out specs charts below.
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    GeForce GTX 580M and Maxwell GPU Surface Book are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce GTX 580M and Maxwell GPU Surface Book are only used in laptop graphics. They have lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with GeForce GTX 580M or Maxwell GPU Surface Book here:

    GeForce GTX 580M Laptops
    Maxwell GPU Surface Book Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 580M Maxwell GPU Surface Book
    Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt
    Interface MXM-B (3.0)
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 2 MB 1 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs
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    • GeForce GTX 580M has 1 GB more memory, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTX 580M is build with Fermi architecture, and Maxwell GPU Surface Book - with Maxwell.
    • Core clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book is 334 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 580M.
    • GeForce GTX 580M is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Maxwell GPU Surface Book - by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book is 3512 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 580M.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 10−12 8−9
    ultra / 1080p 6−7 5−6
    QHD / 1440p 1−2 0−1
    low / 720p 24−27 20−22
    medium / 1080p 14−16 10−12
    The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 580M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 27% more, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 580M Maxwell GPU Surface Book
    Architecture Fermi Maxwell
    Code name N12E-GTX2 Surface Book
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 28 June 2011 1 October 2015
    Pipelines 384 384
    Core clock speed 620 MHz 954 MHz
    Boost Clock 993 MHz
    Transistor count 1,950 million
    Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 39.7 billion/sec
    Floating-point performance 952.3 gflops
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 64 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1500 MHz 5012 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 96.0 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 API DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0
    Shader Model 5.1
    OpenGL 4.5
    OpenCL 1.1
    Vulkan N/A
    CUDA + +
    CUDA cores 384
    Bus support PCI-E 2.0
    SLI options +
    3D Blu-Ray +
    3D Gaming +
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 40 Mh/s
    Laptop size large
    Optimus + +
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