GeForce GTX 480 512 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850 X2
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | TeraScale (2005−2013) | Fermi (2010−2014) |
| GPU code name | M88 | GF100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 4 June 2008 (17 years ago) | no data |
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 | 320 ×2 | 512 |
| Core clock speed | 580 MHz | 527 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 666 million | 3,100 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 70 Watt | 375 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 9.280 ×2 | 33.73 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.3712 TFLOPS ×2 | no data |
| ROPs | 16 ×2 | 48 |
| TMUs | 16 ×2 | 64 |
| L2 Cache | 256 KB | no data |
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).
| Laptop size | large | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 292 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 2x 8-pin |
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 | GDDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB ×2 | 1536 MB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit ×2 | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 750 MHz | 2.8 GB/s |
| Memory bandwidth | 48 GB/s ×2 | 134.4 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 | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI 1.3a |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 10.1 (10_1) | 12 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | - | 2.0 |
Pros & cons summary
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 1536 MB |
| Chip lithography | 55 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 70 Watt | 375 Watt |
ATI Mobility HD 3850 X2 has 435.7% lower power consumption.
GTX 480 512, on the other hand, has a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 37.5% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Mobility Radeon HD 3850 X2 and GeForce GTX 480 Core 512. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Mobility Radeon HD 3850 X2 is a notebook graphics card while GeForce GTX 480 Core 512 is a desktop one.
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