Intel Aubrey Isle vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M

Comparative analysis of Intel Aubrey Isle 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.

Intel Aubrey Isle

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Aubrey Isle

Around 41% higher core clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 850 MHz
4x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 1200 MHz

Core clock speed	1200 MHz vs 850 MHz
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz vs 1200 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M

15.6x more texture fill rate: 18.7 billion / sec vs 1.2 GTexel / s
11x more pipelines: 352 vs 32
7.8x better floating-point performance: 598.4 gflops vs 76.8 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 45 nm
3x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 300 Watt

Texture fill rate	18.7 billion / sec vs 1.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	352 vs 32
Floating-point performance	598.4 gflops vs 76.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 45 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 300 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Aubrey Isle
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M

Name	Intel Aubrey Isle	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M
PassMark - G3D Mark		1617
PassMark - G2D Mark		458

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Aubrey Isle	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M
Essentials
Architecture	Knights	Fermi
Code name	Knights Ferry	GF100
Launch date	31 May 2010	25 May 2010
Place in performance rating	not rated	296
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1200 MHz	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	76.8 gflops	598.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	32	352
Texture fill rate	1.2 GTexel / s	18.7 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	2,300 million	3,100 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Laptop size		large
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	11.1	12 API
OpenGL	4.3	4.5
OpenCL		1.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	307.2 GB / s	76.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI