AMD Radeon Pro W6600X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W6600X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon Pro W6600X

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W6600X

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 2 month(s) later
2.4x more core clock speed: 2068 MHz vs 850 MHz
16967.9x more texture fill rate: 317.3 GTexel/s vs 18.7 billion / sec
5.8x more pipelines: 2048 vs 352
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 40 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
Around 67% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1200 MHz

Launch date	3 Aug 2021 vs 25 May 2010
Core clock speed	2068 MHz vs 850 MHz
Texture fill rate	317.3 GTexel/s vs 18.7 billion / sec
Pipelines	2048 vs 352
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1200 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M

Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 120 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 120 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W6600X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M

Name	AMD Radeon Pro W6600X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M
Geekbench - OpenCL	67420
PassMark - G3D Mark		1617
PassMark - G2D Mark		458

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro W6600X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Fermi
Code name	Navi 23	GF100
Launch date	3 Aug 2021	25 May 2010
Place in performance rating	301	299
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2479 MHz
Compute units	32
Core clock speed	2068 MHz	850 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	2048	352
Pixel fill rate	158.7 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	317.3 GTexel/s	18.7 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	11060 million	3,100 million
Floating-point performance		598.4 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	Apple MPX	MXM-B (3.0)
Recommended system power (PSU)	300 Watt
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Laptop size		large
SLI options		2-way
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 API
OpenCL	2.1	1.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	256.0 GB/s	76.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI