AMD Radeon R8 M535DX vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R8 M535DX and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

AMD Radeon R8 M535DX

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R8 M535DX

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 26% higher core clock speed: 780 MHz vs 620 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 3318
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 3318

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 28 June 2011
Core clock speed	780 MHz vs 620 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 3318
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 3318

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M

Around 38% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6389 vs 4620
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3626 vs 3405
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3626 vs 3405
Around 92% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 349 vs 182
3.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2074 vs 670

Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	6389 vs 4620
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3626 vs 3405
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3626 vs 3405
PassMark - G2D Mark	349 vs 182
PassMark - G3D Mark	2074 vs 670

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R8 M535DX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

4620

6389

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3405

3626

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3405

3626

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

3318

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

3318

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

182

349

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

670

2074

Name	AMD Radeon R8 M535DX	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M
Geekbench - OpenCL	4620	6389
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3405	3626
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3405	3626
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357	3318
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357	3318
PassMark - G2D Mark	182	349
PassMark - G3D Mark	670	2074
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		24.415
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		690.98
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.83
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		29.702
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		67.215
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		2664
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		2664

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R8 M535DX	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Meso	GF114
Launch date	18 April 2017	28 June 2011
Place in performance rating	903	906
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	891 MHz
Core clock speed	780 MHz	620 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Transistor count	3,100 million	1,950 million
CUDA cores		384
Floating-point performance		952.3 gflops
Pipelines		384
Texture fill rate		39.7 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		100 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	MXM-B (3.0)
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Laptop size		large
SLI options		2-way
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12 API
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
OpenCL		1.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		2 GB
Memory bandwidth		96.0 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		1500 MHz
Memory type		GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectX 11		DirectX 11
Optimus
SLI