NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480: specs and benchmarks

NVIDIA started GeForce GTX 480 sales 7 December 2010 at a recommended price of $499. This is Fermi architecture desktop card based on 40 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at gamers. 1536 MB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 1.85 GHz are supplied, and together with 384 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 177.4 GB / s.

Compatibility-wise, this is 2-slot card attached via PCIe 2.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm). 6-pin & 8-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 250 Watt.

It provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at 10.10 percent of a leader's which is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile.

Of GeForce GTX 480's architecture, market type and release date.

GeForce GTX 480's general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce GTX 480's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Information on GeForce GTX 480's 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).

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce GTX 480: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors don't have dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM.

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce GTX 480.

Technological solutions and APIs supported by GeForce GTX 480. You'll probably need this information if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

APIs supported by GeForce GTX 480, sometimes including their particular versions.

Non-gaming benchmarks performance of GeForce GTX 480. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.

Cryptocurrency mining performance of GeForce GTX 480. Usually measured in megahashes per second.

Let's see how good GeForce GTX 480 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS. Comparisons with system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect real performance inaccurately.