Radeon HD 7770M vs GeForce GTX 480M

Place in performance ranking	644	678
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	1.47	0.50
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code name	N11E-GTX-A3	Chelsea XT
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	25 May 2010 (13 years old)	24 April 2012 (11 years old)
Current price	$163	$338

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 480M has 194% better value for money than HD 7770M.

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	352	512
Core clock speed	425 MHz	675 MHz
Number of transistors	3,100 million	1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	32 Watt
Texture fill rate	18.7 billion/sec	21.60
Floating-point performance	598.4 gflops	691.2 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 480M and Radeon HD 7770M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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	medium sized
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	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	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	64 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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	No outputs	No outputs
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data

API support

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

DirectX	12 API	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	+	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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 4.17
+17.1%

HD 7770M 3.56

GeForce GTX 480M outperforms Radeon HD 7770M by 17% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 480M 8872

HD 7770M 10468
+18%

Radeon HD 7770M outperforms GeForce GTX 480M by 18% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 480M 2185
+3.5%

HD 7770M 2110

GeForce GTX 480M outperforms Radeon HD 7770M by 4% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

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

900p	33 +22.2%	27−30 −22.2%
Full HD	40 +33.3%	30−35 −33.3%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

7−8

+0%

7−8

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Battlefield 5	12−14 +33.3%	9−10 −33.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 +15.4%	12−14 −15.4%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Far Cry 5	8−9 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 +30%	10−11 −30%
Hitman 3	9−10 +28.6%	7−8 −28.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12 +10%	10−11 −10%
Watch Dogs: Legion	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Battlefield 5	12−14 +33.3%	9−10 −33.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 +15.4%	12−14 −15.4%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Far Cry 5	8−9 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 +30%	10−11 −30%
Hitman 3	9−10 +28.6%	7−8 −28.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
Metro Exodus	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12 +10%	10−11 −10%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 +12.5%	8−9 −12.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Battlefield 5	12−14 +33.3%	9−10 −33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Far Cry 5	8−9 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 +30%	10−11 −30%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 +12.5%	8−9 −12.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
Hitman 3	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 +10%	10−11 −10%
Metro Exodus	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Far Cry 5	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Hitman 3	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	1−2	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3	0−1

This is how GTX 480M and HD 7770M compete in popular games:

900p resolution:

GTX 480M is 22.2% faster than HD 7770M

1080p resolution:

GTX 480M is 33.3% faster than HD 7770M

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Assassin's Creed Valhalla, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GTX 480M is 200% faster than the HD 7770M.

All in all, in popular games:

GTX 480M is ahead in 44 tests (76%)
there's a draw in 14 tests (24%)

Advantages and disadvantages

Performance score	4.17	3.56
Recency	25 May 2010	24 April 2012
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	32 Watt