NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB 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, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 77% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 850 MHz
7.3x more texture fill rate: 136.7 GTexel / s vs 18.7 billion / sec
3.6x more pipelines: 1280 vs 352
7.3x better floating-point performance: 4,375 gflops vs 598.4 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 40 nm
2.5x more maximum memory size: 5 GB vs 2 GB
6.7x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 1200 MHz
5.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9092 vs 1617
Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 619 vs 458

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 December 2017 vs 25 May 2010
Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 850 MHz
Texture fill rate	136.7 GTexel / s vs 18.7 billion / sec
Pipelines	1280 vs 352
Floating-point performance	4,375 gflops vs 598.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	5 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9092 vs 1617
PassMark - G2D Mark	619 vs 458

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M

Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 120 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 120 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9092

1617

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

619

458

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M
PassMark - G3D Mark	9092	1617
PassMark - G2D Mark	619	458
Geekbench - OpenCL	35054
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	10818
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3417
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	10818
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3417
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3917

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Fermi
Code name	GP106	GF100
Launch date	26 December 2017	25 May 2010
Place in performance rating	303	299
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1709 MHz
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,375 gflops	598.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1280	352
Texture fill rate	136.7 GTexel / s	18.7 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	4,400 million	3,100 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Length	250 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Laptop size		large
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12 API
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
OpenCL		1.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	5 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	160.2 GB / s	76.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	160 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI