AMD Radeon HD 7480D vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS

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Combined performance score

8800 GS
0.85
+18.1%

GeForce 8800 GS outperforms Radeon HD 7480D by 18% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking10891123
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.01no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Terascale 3 (2010−2013)
GPU code nameG92Trinity
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date31 January 2008 (16 years old)26 September 2012 (11 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$53
Current price$145 $215 (4.1x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

8800 GS and HD 7480D have a nearly equal value for money.

Technical specs

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 cores96128
Core clock speed550 MHz614 MHz
Boost clock speedno data724 MHz
Number of transistors754 million1,303 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt65 Watt
Texture fill rate26.406.400
Floating-point performance264 gflopsno data

Size and compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16IGP
Length229 mmno data
Width1-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno data

Memory

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 typeGDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount384 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width192 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1600 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth38.4 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno data+

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API support

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model4.05.0
OpenGL3.34.4
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.1no data

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.

8800 GS 0.85
+18.1%
HD 7480D 0.72

GeForce 8800 GS outperforms Radeon HD 7480D by 18% in our combined 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%

8800 GS 330
+18.7%
HD 7480D 278

GeForce 8800 GS outperforms Radeon HD 7480D by 19% in Passmark.

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:

Full HD12−14
+9.1%
11
−9.1%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 0.85 0.72
Recency 31 January 2008 26 September 2012
Maximum RAM amount 384 MB System Shared
Chip lithography 65 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 65 Watt

The GeForce 8800 GS is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 7480D in performance tests.


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