NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480

GeForce GTX 480 videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 26 March 2010. At the time of release, the videocard cost $499. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Fermi microarchitecture codenamed GF100.

Core clock speed - 700 MHz. Texture fill rate - 42 billion / sec. Pipelines - 480. Floating-point performance - 1,345.0 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 40 nm. Transistors count - 3,100 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 250 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 1536 MB. Memory bus width - 384 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1848 MHz (3696 data rate). Memory bandwidth - 177.4 GB / s. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38534
4107
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1294
445
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345391
13135
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
34.483 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
706.104 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
93.230 Frames/s
4.245 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
30.405 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4413.025 mHash/s
106.875 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
5110 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
3658 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3320 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
5110.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
3658.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3320.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
36466
0
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 4107
PassMark - G2D Mark 445
Geekbench - OpenCL 13135
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 34.483 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 706.104 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 4.245 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 30.405 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 106.875 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 5110 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3658 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3320 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 5110.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3658.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3320.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Fermi
Code name GF100
Launch date 26 March 2010
Launch price (MSRP) $499
Place in performance rating 751
Price now $71.99
Type Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 61.35

Technical info

Core clock speed 700 MHz
CUDA cores 480
Floating-point performance 1,345.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C
Pipelines 480
Texture fill rate 42 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt
Transistor count 3,100 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI Internal
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support 16x PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options 2-way, 3-way
Supplementary power connectors 6-pin & 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.2

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB
Memory bandwidth 177.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 1848 MHz (3696 data rate)
Memory type GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
SLI