GPU comparison · measured results only

GTX 470 vs GTX 580M: measured FPS in 27 games

Median gap+28%GTX 470 faster

GTX 470 ahead25/27games, by more than 3%

GTX 580M ahead2/27games, by more than 3%

Within 3%0/27games

We have 27 published results where the GTX 470 and the GTX 580M were tested in the same game, at the same resolution and preset, by the same outlet: 27 games in all, from Notebookcheck. Across those games the GTX 470 is a median 28% faster than the GTX 580M. The GTX 470 is ahead by more than 3% in 25 of the 27 games and the GTX 580M in 2.

Card pages: GeForce GTX 470 (integrated / legacy) and GeForce GTX 580M (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 580M	Gap	Source
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim	1080p Ultra	44 FPS	32.9 FPS	GTX 470 +34%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470 · GTX 580M
Batman: Arkham City	1080p Ultra	51 FPS	34 FPS	GTX 470 +50%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470 · GTX 580M
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings	1080p Ultra	13 FPS	9 FPS	GTX 470 +44%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470 · GTX 580M
Call of Duty: Black Ops	1080p Ultra	76 FPS	83 FPS	GTX 580M +9%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470 · GTX 580M
Mafia II	1080p Ultra	87 FPS	62 FPS	GTX 470 +40%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470 · GTX 580M
Sid Meier's Civilization V	1080p Ultra	48.9 FPS	20.9 FPS	GTX 470 +134%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470 · GTX 580M
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3	1080p Ultra	80 FPS	64.7 FPS	GTX 470 +24%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470 · GTX 580M
Battlefield 3	1080p Ultra	30 FPS	24 FPS	GTX 470 +25%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470 · GTX 580M
Deus Ex: Human Revolution	1080p Ultra	62 FPS	46 FPS	GTX 470 +35%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470 · GTX 580M
Metro 2033	1080p Ultra	23 FPS	17 FPS	GTX 470 +35%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470 · GTX 580M
Resident Evil 5	1080p Ultra	103 FPS	90 FPS	GTX 470 +14%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470 · GTX 580M
Crysis	1080p Ultra	33.8 FPS	24.3 FPS	GTX 470 +39%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470 · GTX 580M
Battlefield: Bad Company 2	1080p Ultra	73 FPS	54 FPS	GTX 470 +35%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470 · GTX 580M
Crysis 2	1080p Ultra	44 FPS	35 FPS	GTX 470 +26%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470 · GTX 580M
Far Cry 2	1080p Ultra	98.7 FPS	72.8 FPS	GTX 470 +36%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470 · GTX 580M
Just Cause 2	1080p Ultra	45 FPS	37.5 FPS	GTX 470 +20%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470 · GTX 580M
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat	1080p Ultra	53 FPS	42 FPS	GTX 470 +26%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470 · GTX 580M
Dirt 3	1080p Ultra	49.9 FPS	44 FPS	GTX 470 +13%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470 · GTX 580M
Total War: Shogun 2	1080p Ultra	34 FPS	25.9 FPS	GTX 470 +31%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470 · GTX 580M
Risen	1080p Ultra	59 FPS	52 FPS	GTX 470 +13%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470 · GTX 580M
Colin McRae: Dirt 2	1080p Ultra	85 FPS	53.3 FPS	GTX 470 +59%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470 · GTX 580M
Anno 2070	1080p Ultra	42 FPS	31.6 FPS	GTX 470 +33%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470 · GTX 580M
Arma 2	1080p Ultra	39 FPS	43 FPS	GTX 580M +10%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470 · GTX 580M
World in Conflict	1080p Ultra	68 FPS	53 FPS	GTX 470 +28%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470 · GTX 580M
TrackMania Nations Forever	1080p Ultra	90.2 FPS	79.3 FPS	GTX 470 +14%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470 · GTX 580M
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising	1080p Ultra	72.8 FPS	60 FPS	GTX 470 +21%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470 · GTX 580M
F1 2011	1080p Ultra	60 FPS	47 FPS	GTX 470 +28%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470 · GTX 580M

27 results in 27 games; FPS as published (9 to 103 FPS). Each game counts once in the summary: its gap is the median over its rows.

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