GeForce GTX 480M: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
GeForce GTX 480M provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at 4.18% of a leader's which is GeForce RTX 4090.
Summary
NVIDIA started GeForce GTX 480M sales 25 May 2010. This is a Fermi architecture notebook card based on 40 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at office use. 2 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 1.2 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 76.8 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is card attached via MXM-B (3.0) interface. Power consumption is at 100 Watt.
Primary details
Some basic facts about GeForce GTX 480M: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
Place in performance ranking | 648 | |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 1.53 | |
Architecture | Fermi (2010−2014) | |
GPU code name | N11E-GTX-A3 | |
Market segment | Laptop | |
Release date | 25 May 2010 (14 years ago) | |
Current price | $163 | of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB) |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
Detailed specifications
GeForce GTX 480M's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce GTX 480M's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
Pipelines / CUDA cores | 352 | of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
Core clock speed | 425 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
Number of transistors | 3,100 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile) |
Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | of 4 (H100 PCIe) |
Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
Texture fill rate | 18.7 billion/sec | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
Floating-point performance | 598.4 gflops | of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo) |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on GeForce GTX 480M's compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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 | |
Bus support | PCI-E 2.0 | |
Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | |
Supplementary power connectors | None | |
SLI options | + |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of memory installed on GeForce GTX 480M: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
Memory type | GDDR5 | |
Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
Memory bus width | 256 Bit | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
Memory clock speed | 1200 MHz | of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER) |
Memory bandwidth | 76.8 GB/s | of 3276 (Aldebaran) |
Shared memory | - |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce GTX 480M. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
Display Connectors | No outputs | |
Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 |
API compatibility
APIs supported by GeForce GTX 480M, sometimes including their particular versions.
DirectX | 12 API | |
Shader Model | 5.1 | |
OpenGL | 4.5 | of 4.6 (GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile) |
OpenCL | 1.1 | |
Vulkan | N/A | |
CUDA | + |
Benchmark performance
Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce GTX 480M. 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.
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%
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%
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%
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Gaming performance
Let's see how good GeForce GTX 480M is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.
Average FPS across all PC games
Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular modern games across different resolutions:
900p | 33 | |
Full HD | 36 |
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
Cyberpunk 2077 | 7−8 |
Full HD
Medium Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 7−8 | |
Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 2−3 | |
Battlefield 5 | 10−11 | |
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 9−10 | |
Cyberpunk 2077 | 7−8 | |
Far Cry 5 | 14−16 | |
Far Cry New Dawn | 9−10 | |
Forza Horizon 4 | 14−16 | |
Hitman 3 | 10−11 | |
Horizon Zero Dawn | 18−20 | |
Metro Exodus | 8−9 | |
Red Dead Redemption 2 | 10−12 | |
Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 14−16 | |
Watch Dogs: Legion | 5−6 |
Full HD
High Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 7−8 | |
Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 2−3 | |
Battlefield 5 | 10−11 | |
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 9−10 | |
Cyberpunk 2077 | 7−8 | |
Far Cry 5 | 14−16 | |
Far Cry New Dawn | 9−10 | |
Forza Horizon 4 | 14−16 | |
Hitman 3 | 10−11 | |
Horizon Zero Dawn | 18−20 | |
Metro Exodus | 8−9 | |
Red Dead Redemption 2 | 10−12 | |
Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 14−16 | |
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 9−10 | |
Watch Dogs: Legion | 5−6 |
Full HD
Ultra Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 7−8 | |
Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 2−3 | |
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 9−10 | |
Cyberpunk 2077 | 7−8 | |
Far Cry 5 | 14−16 | |
Forza Horizon 4 | 14−16 | |
Horizon Zero Dawn | 18−20 | |
Metro Exodus | 8−9 | |
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 9−10 | |
Watch Dogs: Legion | 5−6 |
Full HD
Epic Preset
Red Dead Redemption 2 | 10−12 |
1440p
High Preset
Battlefield 5 | 8−9 | |
Far Cry New Dawn | 5−6 | |
Hitman 3 | 2−3 | |
Red Dead Redemption 2 | 2−3 |
1440p
Ultra Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 2−3 | |
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 6−7 | |
Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3 | |
Far Cry 5 | 6−7 | |
Forza Horizon 4 | 7−8 | |
Horizon Zero Dawn | 10−11 | |
Metro Exodus | 0−1 | |
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 4−5 | |
Watch Dogs: Legion | 1−2 |
4K
High Preset
Far Cry 5 | 12−14 | |
Far Cry New Dawn | 1−2 | |
Hitman 3 | 0−1 | |
Horizon Zero Dawn | 4−5 | |
Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 1−2 |
4K
Ultra Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 2−3 | |
Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 1−2 | |
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 2−3 | |
Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | |
Forza Horizon 4 | 3−4 | |
Horizon Zero Dawn | 4−5 | |
Metro Exodus | 6−7 | |
Watch Dogs: Legion | 1−2 |
4K
Epic Preset
Red Dead Redemption 2 | 5−6 |
AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce GTX 480M is Radeon HD 8870M, which is faster by 1% and higher by 4 positions in our ranking.
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Similar GPUs
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Recommended processors
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