NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480: specs and benchmarks

Summary

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 dual-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 295 Watt.

General info

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

Place in performance rating	315
Value for money	1.68
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	GF100
Market segment	Desktop
Release date	7 December 2010 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$499
Price now	$12.99 (0x MSRP)	of 49999 (A100 SXM4)

Technical specs

GeForce GTX 480's general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU base 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.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	480	of 18432 (AD102)
CUDA cores	480
Core clock speed	700 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)
Thermal design power (TDP)	295 Watt	of 900 (Tesla S2050)
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Texture fill rate	42 billion/sec	of 939.8 (H100 SXM5)
Floating-point performance	1,345.0 gflops	of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo)

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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).

Bus support	16x PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Width	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin & 8-pin
SLI options	+

Memory

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.

Memory type	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	of 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory bus width	384 Bit	of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	1848 MHz (3696 data rate)	of 19500 (GeForce RTX 3090)
Memory bandwidth	177.4 GB/s	of 14400 (Radeon R7 M260)
Shared memory	-

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce GTX 480. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference video cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model.

Display Connectors	Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI
Multi monitor support	+
HDMI	+
HDCP	+
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI	Internal

API support

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1
OpenGL	4.2	of 4.6 (GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile)
OpenCL	1.1
Vulkan	N/A
CUDA	+

Benchmark performance

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

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Overall score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. 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.

Mining hashrates

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

Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256)

117 Mh/s

Game benchmarks

Let's see how good GeForce GTX 480 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.

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14−16
Battlefield 5	14−16
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16
Far Cry 5	14−16
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16
Forza Horizon 4	14−16
Hitman 3	14−16
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16
Watch Dogs: Legion	14−16

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14−16
Battlefield 5	14−16
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16
Far Cry 5	14−16
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16
Forza Horizon 4	14−16
Hitman 3	14−16
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16
Metro Exodus	14−16
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16
Watch Dogs: Legion	14−16

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14−16
Battlefield 5	14−16
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16
Far Cry 5	14−16
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16
Forza Horizon 4	14−16
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16
Watch Dogs: Legion	14−16

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16
Hitman 3	14−16
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16
Metro Exodus	14−16
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14−16
Battlefield 5	14−16
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16
Far Cry 5	14−16
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16
Forza Horizon 4	14−16
Watch Dogs: Legion	14−16

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16
Hitman 3	14−16
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16
Metro Exodus	14−16
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14−16
Battlefield 5	14−16
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16
Far Cry 5	14−16
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16
Forza Horizon 4	14−16
Watch Dogs: Legion	14−16

Relative perfomance

Overall GeForce GTX 480 performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop video cards.

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