GeForce GTX 580M vs Radeon HD 5830

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 580M and Radeon HD 5830, 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 Radeon HD 5830, check out specs charts below.

GeForce GTX 580M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: GeForce GTX 580M is only used in laptop graphics. It has 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 here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 580M Radeon HD 5830
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 175 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 MB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 5830 has 75% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 580M.
  • GeForce GTX 580M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon HD 5830 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce GTX 580M has 1 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 5830.
  • GeForce GTX 580M is used in Laptops, and Radeon HD 5830 - in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 580M is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon HD 5830 - with TeraScale 2.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 5830 is 180 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 580M.
  • GeForce GTX 580M and Radeon HD 5830 are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 5830 is 2500 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 18−20
medium / 1080p 14−16 10−11
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 580M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 40% more, than Radeon HD 5830.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 580M Radeon HD 5830
Architecture Fermi TeraScale 2
Code name N12E-GTX2 Cypress
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 28 June 2011 25 February 2010
Pipelines 384 1120
Core clock speed 620 MHz 800 MHz
Transistor count 1,950 million 2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 39.7 billion/sec 44.80
Floating-point performance 952.3 gflops 1,792.0 gflops
Length 282 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 96.0 GB/s 128.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 API 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.4
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A 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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