GeForce GTX 480 512 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 852 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 4.22 | no data |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | Fermi (2010−2014) |
| GPU code name | Broadway | GF100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 7 January 2010 (16 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 | 800 | 512 |
| Core clock speed | 700 MHz | 527 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,040 million | 3,100 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 375 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 28.00 | 33.73 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.12 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 16 | 48 |
| TMUs | 40 | 64 |
| L1 Cache | 80 KB | no data |
| 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 | MXM-B (3.0) | 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 | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 1536 MB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz | 2.8 GB/s |
| Memory bandwidth | 64 GB/s | 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 | 11.2 (11_0) | 12 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | - | 2.0 |
Pros & cons summary
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 1536 MB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 375 Watt |
ATI Mobility HD 5870 has 650% lower power consumption.
GTX 480 512, on the other hand, has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.
We couldn't decide between Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and GeForce GTX 480 Core 512. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is a notebook graphics card while GeForce GTX 480 Core 512 is a desktop one.
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