AMD Radeon Pro 580 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 580 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon Pro 580

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 580

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 29% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 850 MHz
10.3x more texture fill rate: 193.0 GTexel / s vs 18.7 billion / sec
6.5x more pipelines: 2304 vs 352
10.3x better floating-point performance: 6,175 gflops vs 598.4 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
5.7x more memory clock speed: 6780 MHz vs 1200 MHz
4.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7753 vs 1617
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 943 vs 458

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 June 2017 vs 25 May 2010
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 850 MHz
Texture fill rate	193.0 GTexel / s vs 18.7 billion / sec
Pipelines	2304 vs 352
Floating-point performance	6,175 gflops vs 598.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	6780 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	7753 vs 1617
PassMark - G2D Mark	943 vs 458

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M

Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 150 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 580
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

7753

1617

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

943

458

Name	AMD Radeon Pro 580	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M
PassMark - G3D Mark	7753	1617
PassMark - G2D Mark	943	458
Geekbench - OpenCL	40265
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	109.521
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1206.829
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	9.88
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	117.944
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	511.984
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	10113
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2900
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	10113
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2900
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro 580	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Fermi
Code name	Polaris 20	GF100
Launch date	5 June 2017	25 May 2010
Place in performance rating	319	317
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	6,175 gflops	598.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	2304	352
Texture fill rate	193.0 GTexel / s	18.7 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	3,100 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Length	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Laptop size		large
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12 API
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
OpenCL		1.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	256.0 GB / s	76.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6780 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI