AMD Radeon HD 7480D vs NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7480D and NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon HD 7480D

NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7480D

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 36% higher core clock speed: 614 MHz vs 450 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 90 nm
Around 75% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 119 vs 68
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 279 vs 254

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 September 2012 vs 1 May 2006
Core clock speed	614 MHz vs 450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	119 vs 68
PassMark - G3D Mark	279 vs 254

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7480D
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

119

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

279

254

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7480D	NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS
Geekbench - OpenCL	683
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	348
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	348
PassMark - G2D Mark	119	68
PassMark - G3D Mark	279	254
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1235
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1235
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1704

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7480D	NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS
Essentials
Architecture	Terascale 3	Curie
Code name	Trinity	G71
Launch date	26 September 2012	1 May 2006
Place in performance rating	1497	1495
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$259
Technical info
Boost clock speed	724 MHz
Core clock speed	614 MHz	450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	128
Texture fill rate		9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		49 Watt
Transistor count		278 million
API support
DirectX	11	9.0c
OpenGL		2.1
Memory
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		256 MB
Memory bandwidth		42.2 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		1320 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		198 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin