Key Differences
In short — Radeon HD 7950 outperforms GeForce GTX 580M on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon HD 7950 is 217 days newer than GeForce GTX 580M.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M
- Consumes up to 50% less energy than AMD Radeon HD 7950 - 100 vs 200 Watts
Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7950
- Performs up to 16% better in Sea of Thieves than GeForce GTX 580M - 99 vs 85 FPS
- Up to 50% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M - 3 vs 2 GB
Sea of Thieves
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Mythical
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Mythical
GeForce GTX 580M
Mobile • Jun 28th, 2011
Radeon HD 7950
Desktop • Jan 31st, 2012
Theoretical Performance
GeForce GTX 580M
Mobile • Jun 28th, 2011
Pixel Fillrate
9.92 GPixel/s
38.74999999999999%
Texel Fillrate
39.68 GTexel/s
44.28571428571429%
Radeon HD 7950
Desktop • Jan 31st, 2012
Pixel Fillrate
25.6 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
89.6 GTexel/s
100%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M | vs | AMD Radeon HD 7950 |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 28th, 2011 | Release Date | Jan 31st, 2012 |
| GeForce 500M | Generation | Southern Islands |
| Not Available | MSRP | $449 |
| None | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
| None | Power Connectors | 2x 6-pin |
Mobile | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 GB | Memory | 3 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 256-bit | Bus | 384-bit |
| 96 GB/s | Bandwidth | 240 GB/s |
| 620 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 800 MHz |
| Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | Not Available |
| 750 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1250 MHz |
