AMD Radeon HD 7480D vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7480D and NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Technologies. 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s).

AMD Radeon HD 7480D

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7480D

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 7 month(s) later
2x more pipelines: 128 vs 64
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 65 nm
2.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 119 vs 44
9.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1235 vs 127
9.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1235 vs 127

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 September 2012 vs 21 February 2008
Pipelines	128 vs 64
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	119 vs 44
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1235 vs 127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1235 vs 127

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

2.6x more core clock speed: 1625 MHz vs 614 MHz
Around 70% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 477 vs 281
Around 86% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3161 vs 1704
Around 86% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3161 vs 1704

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1625 MHz vs 614 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	477 vs 281
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3161 vs 1704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3161 vs 1704

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7480D
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

119

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

281

477

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1235

127

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1235

127

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1704

3161

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1704

3161

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7480D	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
Geekbench - OpenCL	694
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	348
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	348
PassMark - G2D Mark	119	44
PassMark - G3D Mark	281	477
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1235	127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1235	127
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1704	3161
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1704	3161
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		0.465

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7480D	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Terascale 3	Tesla
Code name	Trinity	G94
Launch date	26 September 2012	21 February 2008
Place in performance rating	1499	1587
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$179
Price now		$39.99
Value for money (0-100)		23.72
Technical info
Boost clock speed	724 MHz
Core clock speed	614 MHz	1625 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	128	64
CUDA cores		64
Floating-point performance		208 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Texture fill rate		20.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		96 Watt
Transistor count		505 million
API support
DirectX	11	10.0
OpenGL		2.1
Memory
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		900 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
Display Connectors		2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support		16x PCI-E 2.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface		PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		9" (22.9 cm)
SLI options		2-way
Supplementary power connectors		6-pin
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI