Tesla C1080 vs GeForce GTX 480

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	487	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.35	no data
Power efficiency	2.98	no data
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code name	GF100	GT200B
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	26 March 2010 (15 years ago)	9 April 2009 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$499	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores	480	240
Core clock speed	700 MHz	610 MHz
Number of transistors	3,100 million	1,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	188 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	42.06	48.80
Floating-point processing power	1.345 TFLOPS	0.6221 TFLOPS
ROPs	48	32
TMUs	60	80
L1 Cache	960 KB	no data
L2 Cache	768 KB	256 KB

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 support	16x PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm	267 mm
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
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 type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	4 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	1848 MHz (3696 data rate)	800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	177.4 GB/s	102.4 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI	No outputs
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
HDCP	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	5.1	4.0
OpenGL	4.2	3.3
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	1.3

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	26 March 2010	9 April 2009
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	4 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	188 Watt

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