GPU comparison · measured results only

GTX 470M vs GTX 580M: measured FPS in 12 games

Median gap+42%GTX 580M faster

GTX 470M ahead0/12games, by more than 3%

GTX 580M ahead11/12games, by more than 3%

Within 3%1/12games

We have 12 published results where the GTX 470M and the GTX 580M were tested in the same game, at the same resolution and preset, by the same outlet: 12 games in all, from Notebookcheck. Across those games the GTX 580M is a median 42% faster than the GTX 470M. The GTX 580M is ahead by more than 3% in 11 of the 12 games and the GTX 470M in 0; 1 game is within 3%.

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

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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 470M	GTX 580M	Gap	Source
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2	1080p Ultra	58 FPS	77.8 FPS	GTX 580M +34%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470M · GTX 580M
Call of Duty: Black Ops	1080p Ultra	63 FPS	83 FPS	GTX 580M +32%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470M · GTX 580M
Mafia II	1080p Ultra	48 FPS	62 FPS	GTX 580M +29%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470M · GTX 580M
Metro 2033	1080p Ultra	12 FPS	17 FPS	GTX 580M +42%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470M · GTX 580M
Resident Evil 5	1080p Ultra	60.6 FPS	90 FPS	GTX 580M +49%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470M · GTX 580M
Crysis	1080p Ultra	16 FPS	24.3 FPS	GTX 580M +52%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470M · GTX 580M
Battlefield: Bad Company 2	1080p Ultra	37 FPS	54 FPS	GTX 580M +46%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470M · GTX 580M
Far Cry 2	1080p Ultra	51 FPS	72.8 FPS	GTX 580M +43%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470M · GTX 580M
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin	1080p Ultra	58 FPS	89 FPS	GTX 580M +53%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470M · GTX 580M
Need for Speed: Shift	1080p Ultra	56 FPS	81 FPS	GTX 580M +45%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470M · GTX 580M
Risen	1080p Ultra	38 FPS	52 FPS	GTX 580M +37%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470M · GTX 580M
Colin McRae: Dirt 2	1080p Ultra	54 FPS	53.3 FPS	GTX 470M +1%	Notebookcheck: GTX 470M · GTX 580M

12 results in 12 games; FPS as published (12 to 90 FPS). Each game counts once in the summary: its gap is the median over its rows.

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