NVIDIA GeForce 830A vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 830A and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 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), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce 830A

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 830A

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 55% higher core clock speed: 1082 MHz vs 700 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
7.6x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 250 Watt
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1536 MB
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 487 vs 447

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 July 2014 vs 26 March 2010
Core clock speed	1082 MHz vs 700 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 250 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1536 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	487 vs 447

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480

2.3x more texture fill rate: 42 billion / sec vs 18.4 GTexel / s
Around 88% higher pipelines: 480 vs 256
2.3x better floating-point performance: 1,345.0 gflops vs 588.8 gflops
Around 3% higher memory clock speed: 1848 MHz (3696 data rate) vs 1800 MHz
3.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4103 vs 1138
3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 13125 vs 4315
2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5110 vs 1767
2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5110 vs 1767
Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3658 vs 2889
Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3658 vs 2889
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3320 vs 3302
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3320 vs 3302

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	42 billion / sec vs 18.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	480 vs 256
Floating-point performance	1,345.0 gflops vs 588.8 gflops
Memory clock speed	1848 MHz (3696 data rate) vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4103 vs 1138
Geekbench - OpenCL	13125 vs 4315
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5110 vs 1767
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5110 vs 1767
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3658 vs 2889
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3658 vs 2889
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3320 vs 3302
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3320 vs 3302

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 830A
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1138

4103

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

487

447

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

4315

13125

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1767

5110

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1767

5110

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2889

3658

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2889

3658

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3302

3320

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3302

3320

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 830A	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480
PassMark - G3D Mark	1138	4103
PassMark - G2D Mark	487	447
Geekbench - OpenCL	4315	13125
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1767	5110
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1767	5110
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2889	3658
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2889	3658
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3302	3320
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3302	3320
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		34.483
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		706.104
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		4.245
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		30.405
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		106.875
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 830A	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Fermi
Code name	GM108	GF100
Launch date	22 July 2014	26 March 2010
Place in performance rating	733	736
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Price now		$71.99
Value for money (0-100)		61.35
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1150 MHz
Core clock speed	1082 MHz	700 MHz
Floating-point performance	588.8 gflops	1,345.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	256	480
Texture fill rate	18.4 GTexel / s	42 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt	250 Watt
CUDA cores		480
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Transistor count		3,100 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Bus support		16x PCI-E 2.0
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length		10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options		2-way, 3-way
Supplementary power connectors		6-pin & 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1536 MB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	177.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1848 MHz (3696 data rate)
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectX 11		DirectX 11
SLI