Iris Xe Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake) vs GeForce GTX 480

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking427not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.59no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)
GPU code nameGF100Alder Lake Xe
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date7 December 2010 (13 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 years 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 cores48064
CUDA cores480no data
Core clock speed700 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1400 MHz
Number of transistors3,100 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)295 Wattno data
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate42.06no data
Floating-point processing power1.345 gflopsno 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

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Quick Syncno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)DirectX 12_1
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.2no data
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/A-
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 December 2010 4 January 2022
Chip lithography 40 nm 10 nm

Iris Xe Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake) has an age advantage of 11 years, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 480 and Iris Xe Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake). We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 480 is a desktop card while Iris Xe Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake) is a notebook one.


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