Arc 7-Cores iGPU vs GeForce GTX 480

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 480 with Arc 7-Cores iGPU, including specs and performance data.

GTX 480
2010
1536 MB GDDR5, 250 Watt
10.67

Arc 7-Cores iGPU outperforms GTX 480 by an impressive 61% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking428318
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.65no data
Power efficiency2.93no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Xe LPG (2023)
GPU code nameGF100Meteor Lake iGPU
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date26 March 2010 (14 years ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores4807
Core clock speed700 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data2200 MHz
Number of transistors3,100 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Wattno data
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate42.06no data
Floating-point processing power1.345 TFLOPSno data
ROPs48no data
TMUs60no data

Form factor & 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).

Bus support16x PCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no data
Length267 mmno data
Height4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinno data
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR5no data
Maximum RAM amount1536 MBno data
Memory bus width384 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1848 MHz (3696 data rate)no data
Memory bandwidth177.4 GB/sno data
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 ConnectorsTwo Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMIno data
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)12_2
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.2no data
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/A-
CUDA+-

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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 480 10.67
Arc 7-Cores iGPU 17.20
+61.2%

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.

GTX 480 5014
Arc 7-Cores iGPU 11795
+135%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

GTX 480 3650
Arc 7-Cores iGPU 8449
+131%

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 HD21−24
−61.9%
34
+61.9%

Cost per frame, $

1080p23.76no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
−50%
24−27
+50%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
−56%
35−40
+56%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 16−18
−81.3%
27−30
+81.3%
Battlefield 5 30−35
−72.7%
55−60
+72.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 21−24
−66.7%
35−40
+66.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
−50%
24−27
+50%
Far Cry 5 24−27
−52%
38
+52%
Far Cry New Dawn 30−33
−56.7%
45−50
+56.7%
Forza Horizon 4 70−75
−54.9%
110−120
+54.9%
Hitman 3 20−22
−65%
30−35
+65%
Horizon Zero Dawn 55−60
−48.3%
85−90
+48.3%
Metro Exodus 30−35
−47.1%
50−55
+47.1%
Red Dead Redemption 2 30−33
−56.7%
45−50
+56.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 35−40
−62.9%
55−60
+62.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion 65−70
−30.8%
85−90
+30.8%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
−56%
35−40
+56%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 16−18
−81.3%
27−30
+81.3%
Battlefield 5 30−35
−72.7%
55−60
+72.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 21−24
−66.7%
35−40
+66.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
−50%
24−27
+50%
Far Cry 5 24−27
−36%
34
+36%
Far Cry New Dawn 30−33
−56.7%
45−50
+56.7%
Forza Horizon 4 70−75
−54.9%
110−120
+54.9%
Hitman 3 20−22
−65%
30−35
+65%
Horizon Zero Dawn 55−60
−48.3%
85−90
+48.3%
Metro Exodus 30−35
−76.5%
60−65
+76.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2 30−33
−56.7%
45−50
+56.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 35−40
−62.9%
55−60
+62.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
−85.7%
52
+85.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 65−70
−30.8%
85−90
+30.8%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
−56%
35−40
+56%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 16−18
−81.3%
27−30
+81.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 21−24
−42.9%
30−33
+42.9%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
−50%
24−27
+50%
Far Cry 5 24−27
−40%
35
+40%
Forza Horizon 4 70−75
−54.9%
110−120
+54.9%
Hitman 3 20−22
−50%
30−33
+50%
Horizon Zero Dawn 55−60
−55.2%
90−95
+55.2%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 35−40
−57.1%
55−60
+57.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
+27.3%
22
−27.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 65−70
−30.8%
85−90
+30.8%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 30−33
−50%
45−50
+50%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 21−24
−42.9%
30−33
+42.9%
Far Cry New Dawn 16−18
−50%
24−27
+50%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−11
−80%
18−20
+80%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 7−8
−114%
14−16
+114%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
−45.5%
16−18
+45.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−60%
8−9
+60%
Far Cry 5 12−14
−66.7%
20−22
+66.7%
Forza Horizon 4 45−50
−91.8%
90−95
+91.8%
Hitman 3 14−16
−50%
21−24
+50%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−59.1%
35−40
+59.1%
Metro Exodus 16−18
−50%
24−27
+50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
−60%
24−27
+60%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−90%
18−20
+90%
Watch Dogs: Legion 65−70
−56.7%
100−110
+56.7%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 18−20
−50%
27−30
+50%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 10−11
−60%
16−18
+60%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
−50%
12−14
+50%
Hitman 3 7−8
−85.7%
12−14
+85.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 45−50
−89.4%
85−90
+89.4%
Metro Exodus 9−10
−100%
18−20
+100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
−113%
16−18
+113%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−66.7%
10−11
+66.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 5−6
−80%
9−10
+80%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−60%
8−9
+60%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−50%
9−10
+50%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
−84.6%
24−27
+84.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
−50%
12−14
+50%
Watch Dogs: Legion 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 10−11
−60%
16−18
+60%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Hitman 3 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Metro Exodus 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%

This is how GTX 480 and Arc 7-Cores iGPU compete in popular games:

  • Arc 7-Cores iGPU is 62% faster in 1080p

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

  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 480 is 27% faster.
  • in Assassin's Creed Valhalla, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Arc 7-Cores iGPU is 114% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GTX 480 is ahead in 1 test (2%)
  • Arc 7-Cores iGPU is ahead in 46 tests (74%)
  • there's a draw in 15 tests (24%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 10.67 17.20
Recency 26 March 2010 14 December 2023
Chip lithography 40 nm 5 nm

Arc 7-Cores iGPU has a 61.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 13 years, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.

The Arc 7-Cores iGPU is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 480 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 480 is a desktop card while Arc 7-Cores iGPU is a notebook one.


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