NVIDIA started GeForce GTX 480M sales 25 May 2010. This is a Fermi architecture notebook card based on 40 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at office use. 2 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 1.2 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 76.8 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is a graphics card attached via MXM-B (3.0) interface. Power consumption is at 100 Watt.

Primary details

Some basic facts about GeForce GTX 480M: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in the ranking	685
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Power efficiency	2.88	of 100.00 (Radeon 890M)
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	GF100
Market segment	Laptop
Release date	25 May 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

GeForce GTX 480M's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce GTX 480M's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	352	of 21760 (GeForce RTX 5090)
Core clock speed	425 MHz	of 2670 MHz (Arc B580)
Number of transistors	3,100 million	of 208,000 million (B200 SXM 192 GB)
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	of 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V)
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	of 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate	18.70	of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Floating-point processing power	0.5984 TFLOPS	of 109.7 (GeForce RTX 5090)
ROPs	32	of 192 (Radeon RX 7900 XTX)
TMUs	44	of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce GTX 480M and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	large
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	None
SLI options	+

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce GTX 480M: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory type	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	of 294912 (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width	256 Bit	of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	of 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile)
Memory bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	of 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Shared memory	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce GTX 480M. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors	No outputs
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 API
Shader Model	5.1
OpenGL	4.5	of 4.6 (GeForce RTX 4090)
OpenCL	1.1
Vulkan	N/A
CUDA	+

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce GTX 480M. 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 480M 4.20

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTX 480M 1617

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 480M 2185

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

GTX 480M 8872

Gaming performance

Let's see how good GeForce GTX 480M 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.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular modern games across different resolutions:

900p	33
Full HD	40

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

7−8

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4
Battlefield 5	10−11
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8
Far Cry 5	9−10
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14
Forza Horizon 4	24−27
Hitman 3	10−11
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30
Metro Exodus	8−9
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−12
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4
Battlefield 5	10−11
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8
Far Cry 5	9−10
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14
Forza Horizon 4	24−27
Hitman 3	10−11
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30
Metro Exodus	8−9
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−12
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8
Far Cry 5	9−10
Forza Horizon 4	24−27
Hitman 3	10−11
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

10−12

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	8−9
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3
Far Cry 5	5−6
Forza Horizon 4	6−7
Hitman 3	9−10
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−11
Metro Exodus	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4
Watch Dogs: Legion	24−27

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

8−9

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4
Hitman 3	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	1−2
Metro Exodus	1−2

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1
Far Cry 5	2−3
Forza Horizon 4	3−4
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6

Closest competitors

GeForce GTX 480M's performance relative to its closest rivals among notebook graphics cards.

UHD Graphics Xe 750 32EUs 102.62

Radeon HD 8870M 101.19

Radeon RX Vega 10 100.71

GeForce GTX 480M 100

Radeon R9 M275X 99.76

GeForce GTX 285M SLI 98.57

Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) 96.67

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce GTX 480M is Radeon R9 M275X, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 1 position in our ranking.