GeForce RTX 4090 vs GTX 480M

Place in performance ranking	648	1
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.52	15.20
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Ada Lovelace
GPU code name	N11E-GTX-A3	AD102-300-A1
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	25 May 2010 (14 years ago)	20 September 2022 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$1,599
Current price	$163	$1756 (1.1x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 4090 has 900% better value for money than GTX 480M.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	352	16384
Core clock speed	425 MHz	2235 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2520 MHz
Number of transistors	3,100 million	76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	450 Watt
Texture fill rate	18.7 billion/sec	1,290
Floating-point performance	598.4 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 480M and GeForce RTX 4090 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large	no data
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	304 mm
Width	no data	3-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 16-pin
SLI options	+	no data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	24 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	21000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	1,008 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	no data	+
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 API	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.6
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	+	8.9

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 480M 4.18

RTX 4090 100.00
+2292%

RTX 4090 outperforms GTX 480M by 2292% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GTX 480M 1617

RTX 4090 38663
+2291%

RTX 4090 outperforms GTX 480M by 2291% in Passmark.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 480M 2185

RTX 4090 104937
+4704%

RTX 4090 outperforms GTX 480M by 4704% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 480M 8872

RTX 4090 137170
+1446%

RTX 4090 outperforms GTX 480M by 1446% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p	33 −2173%	750−800 +2173%
Full HD	36 −644%	268 +644%
1440p	8−9 −2500%	208 +2500%
4K	6−7 −2433%	152 +2433%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

7−8

−3114%

225
+3114%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −3257%	235 +3257%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −14250%	287 +14250%
Battlefield 5	10−11 −2340%	240−250 +2340%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 −1756%	160−170 +1756%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −3071%	222 +3071%
Far Cry 5	14−16 −893%	130−140 +893%
Far Cry New Dawn	9−10 −1700%	160−170 +1700%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 −2053%	300−350 +2053%
Hitman 3	10−11 −1400%	150−160 +1400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 −2184%	434 +2184%
Metro Exodus	8−9 −1788%	150−160 +1788%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−12 −1027%	120−130 +1027%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 −3520%	543 +3520%
Watch Dogs: Legion	5−6 −3660%	188 +3660%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −3057%	221 +3057%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −12300%	248 +12300%
Battlefield 5	10−11 −2340%	240−250 +2340%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 −1756%	160−170 +1756%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −2957%	214 +2957%
Far Cry 5	14−16 −957%	148 +957%
Far Cry New Dawn	9−10 −844%	85 +844%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 −2053%	300−350 +2053%
Hitman 3	10−11 −1400%	150−160 +1400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 −2200%	437 +2200%
Metro Exodus	8−9 −2038%	171 +2038%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−12 −1027%	120−130 +1027%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 −2687%	418 +2687%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −6267%	573 +6267%
Watch Dogs: Legion	5−6 −3360%	173 +3360%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −2457%	179 +2457%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −10900%	220 +10900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 −1756%	160−170 +1756%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −2900%	210 +2900%
Far Cry 5	14−16 −893%	130−140 +893%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 −2053%	300−350 +2053%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 −1974%	394 +1974%
Metro Exodus	8−9 −1825%	154 +1825%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −3289%	305 +3289%
Watch Dogs: Legion	5−6 −2960%	153 +2960%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

10−12

−1027%

120−130
+1027%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	8−9 −1975%	160−170 +1975%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 −2300%	140−150 +2300%
Hitman 3	2−3 −5950%	120−130 +5950%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −4550%	90−95 +4550%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −7650%	155 +7650%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 −1767%	110−120 +1767%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −7600%	154 +7600%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −3000%	186 +3000%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 −4014%	280−290 +4014%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−11 −3780%	388 +3780%
Metro Exodus	0−1	152
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 −6600%	268 +6600%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −15100%	152 +15100%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry 5	12−14 −950%	126 +950%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −14100%	140−150 +14100%
Hitman 3	0−1	80−85
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 −5150%	210 +5150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	1−2 −18500%	186 +18500%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −5900%	120 +5900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −11900%	120 +11900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −4450%	90−95 +4450%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	80
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −8467%	250−260 +8467%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 −7025%	285 +7025%
Metro Exodus	6−7 −2317%	145 +2317%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −11600%	117 +11600%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6

−2120%

110−120
+2120%

This is how GTX 480M and RTX 4090 compete in popular games:

RTX 4090 is 2173% faster in 900p
RTX 4090 is 644% faster in 1080p
RTX 4090 is 2500% faster in 1440p
RTX 4090 is 2433% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Shadow of the Tomb Raider, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 4090 is 18500% faster than the GTX 480M.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, RTX 4090 surpassed GTX 480M in all 65 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	4.18	100.00
Recency	25 May 2010	20 September 2022
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	24 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	450 Watt