Quadro2 Pro vs GeForce GTX 480M

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	648	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.55	no data
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code name	N11E-GTX-A3	NV15 A4
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	25 May 2010 (14 years ago)	22 March 2001 (23 years ago)
Current price	$163	$100

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

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	352	no data
Core clock speed	425 MHz	200 MHz
Number of transistors	3,100 million	25 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	18.7 billion/sec	0.8
Floating-point performance	598.4 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 480M and Quadro2 Pro compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large	no data
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	AGP 4x
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
SLI options	+	no data

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	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	64 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	8 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

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 Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 API	7.0
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.5	1.2
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
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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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	25 May 2010	22 March 2001
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	64 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	180 nm

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