GeForce 8700M GT SLI vs Radeon HD 6480G

Place in performance ranking	1146	1113
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	0.01
Architecture	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)	G8x (2007−2008)
GPU code name	Llano	NB8E-SE
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	15 June 2011 (13 years ago)	18 September 2007 (16 years ago)
Current price	$362	$545

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

HD 6480G and 8700M GT SLI have a nearly equal value for money.

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	240	64
Core clock speed	444 MHz	625 MHz
Number of transistors	1000 Million	578 Million
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	58 Watt
Texture fill rate	4.744	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 6480G and GeForce 8700M GT SLI 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	no data	large
Interface	IGP	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	System Shared	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	1 GB
Memory bus width	System Shared	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	800 MHz
Shared memory	+	-

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

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10
Shader Model	5.0	no data
OpenGL	4.4	no data
OpenCL	1.2	no data
Vulkan	N/A	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.

HD 6480G 0.66

8700M GT SLI 0.78
+18.2%

GeForce 8700M GT SLI outperforms Radeon HD 6480G by 18% based on our aggregate 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%

HD 6480G 1578

8700M GT SLI 2196
+39.2%

GeForce 8700M GT SLI outperforms Radeon HD 6480G by 39% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

Gaming performance

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

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

2−3

−50%

3−4
+50%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	1−2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Far Cry New Dawn	0−1	1−2
Hitman 3	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−11 −20%	12−14 +20%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5−6 −40%	7−8 +40%
Watch Dogs: Legion	8−9 −25%	10−11 +25%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	1−2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Far Cry New Dawn	0−1	1−2
Hitman 3	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−11 −20%	12−14 +20%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5−6 −40%	7−8 +40%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Watch Dogs: Legion	8−9 −25%	10−11 +25%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	1−2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−11 −20%	12−14 +20%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5−6 −40%	7−8 +40%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Watch Dogs: Legion	8−9 −25%	10−11 +25%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	1−2
Far Cry 5	0−1	1−2
Hitman 3	5−6 −40%	7−8 +40%
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%