Radeon Graphics vs GeForce GTX 480

General info

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

Place in performance ranking	395	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	10
Value for money	1.27	no data
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	GCN 5.1 (2018−2021)
GPU code name	GF100	Renoir
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	7 December 2010 (13 years ago)	no data
Launch price (MSRP)	$499	no data
Current price	$15.99 (0x MSRP)	$174

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores	480	448
CUDA cores	480	no data
Core clock speed	700 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	1500 MHz
Number of transistors	3,100 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	295 Watt	15 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	42 billion/sec	42.00
Floating-point performance	1,345.0 gflops	no 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).

Bus support	16x PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	IGP
Length	10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)	no data
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin & 8-pin	no data
SLI options	+	no 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 type	GDDR5	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	System Shared
Memory bus width	384 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	1848 MHz (3696 data rate)	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	177.4 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	no 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 Connectors	Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI	No outputs
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	no data
HDCP	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

API support

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.2	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	no data
Vulkan	N/A	no data
CUDA	+	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	System Shared
Chip lithography	40 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	295 Watt	15 Watt

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