GPU comparison · measured results only

GTX 470 vs GTX 580: measured FPS in 23 games

Median gap+41%GTX 580 faster

GTX 470 ahead0/23games, by more than 3%

GTX 580 ahead22/23games, by more than 3%

Within 3%1/23games

We have 23 published results where the GTX 470 and the GTX 580 were tested in the same game, at the same resolution and preset, by the same outlet: 23 games in all, from Notebookcheck. Across those games the GTX 580 is a median 41% faster than the GTX 470. The GTX 580 is ahead by more than 3% in 22 of the 23 games and the GTX 470 in 0; 1 game is within 3%.

Card pages: GeForce GTX 470 (integrated / legacy) and GeForce GTX 580 (integrated / legacy), with every measured result and our estimates. How we pick sources.

Measured results side by side

Published · with sources

Both figures in a row come from the same outlet, game, resolution and preset. Results limited by a game's frame cap are left out. The last column is how much faster the quicker card is in that test.

Game	Setting	GTX 470	GTX 580	Gap	Source
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings	1080p Ultra	13 FPS	20 FPS	GTX 580 +54%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470 · GTX 580
Call of Duty: Black Ops	1080p Ultra	76 FPS	77 FPS	GTX 580 +1%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470 · GTX 580
Mafia II	1080p Ultra	87 FPS	102 FPS	GTX 580 +17%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470 · GTX 580
Sid Meier's Civilization V	1080p Ultra	48.9 FPS	69.5 FPS	GTX 580 +42%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470 · GTX 580
Battlefield 3	1080p Ultra	30 FPS	45 FPS	GTX 580 +50%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470 · GTX 580
Deus Ex: Human Revolution	1080p Ultra	62 FPS	92 FPS	GTX 580 +48%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470 · GTX 580
Metro 2033	1080p Ultra	23 FPS	34 FPS	GTX 580 +48%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470 · GTX 580
Resident Evil 5	1080p Ultra	103 FPS	140.2 FPS	GTX 580 +36%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470 · GTX 580
Crysis	1080p Ultra	33.8 FPS	54.1 FPS	GTX 580 +60%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470 · GTX 580
Battlefield: Bad Company 2	1080p Ultra	73 FPS	106 FPS	GTX 580 +45%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470 · GTX 580
Crysis 2	1080p Ultra	44 FPS	68 FPS	GTX 580 +55%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470 · GTX 580
Far Cry 2	1080p Ultra	98.7 FPS	124.5 FPS	GTX 580 +26%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470 · GTX 580
Just Cause 2	1080p Ultra	45 FPS	57.3 FPS	GTX 580 +27%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470 · GTX 580
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat	1080p Ultra	53 FPS	78 FPS	GTX 580 +47%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470 · GTX 580
Dirt 3	1080p Ultra	49.9 FPS	80.2 FPS	GTX 580 +61%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470 · GTX 580
Total War: Shogun 2	1080p Ultra	34 FPS	50.4 FPS	GTX 580 +48%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470 · GTX 580
Risen	1080p Ultra	59 FPS	83 FPS	GTX 580 +41%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470 · GTX 580
Colin McRae: Dirt 2	1080p Ultra	85 FPS	101.2 FPS	GTX 580 +19%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470 · GTX 580
Arma 2	1080p Ultra	39 FPS	43 FPS	GTX 580 +10%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470 · GTX 580
World in Conflict	1080p Ultra	68 FPS	93 FPS	GTX 580 +37%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470 · GTX 580
TrackMania Nations Forever	1080p Ultra	90.2 FPS	110 FPS	GTX 580 +22%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470 · GTX 580
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising	1080p Ultra	72.8 FPS	80 FPS	GTX 580 +10%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470 · GTX 580
F1 2011	1080p Ultra	60 FPS	84 FPS	GTX 580 +40%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470 · GTX 580

23 results in 23 games; FPS as published (13 to 140.2 FPS). Each game counts once in the summary: its gap is the median over its rows.

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