NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 vs ATI Radeon E4690

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 and ATI Radeon E4690 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480

ATI Radeon E4690

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
Around 17% higher core clock speed: 700 MHz vs 600 MHz
2.2x more texture fill rate: 42 billion / sec vs 19.2 GTexel / s
Around 50% higher pipelines: 480 vs 320
3.5x better floating-point performance: 1,345.0 gflops vs 384.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
3x more maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 512 MB
Around 32% higher memory clock speed: 1848 MHz (3696 data rate) vs 1400 MHz
10.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4121 vs 405
Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 430 vs 347
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)
Launch date	26 March 2010 vs 1 June 2009
Core clock speed	700 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	42 billion / sec vs 19.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	480 vs 320
Floating-point performance	1,345.0 gflops vs 384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	1536 MB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1848 MHz (3696 data rate) vs 1400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4121 vs 405
PassMark - G2D Mark	430 vs 347
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3320 vs 3302
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3320 vs 3302

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon E4690

8.3x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 250 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 250 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480
GPU 2: ATI Radeon E4690

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4121

405

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

430

347

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3320

3302

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3320

3302

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480	ATI Radeon E4690
PassMark - G3D Mark	4121	405
PassMark - G2D Mark	430	347
Geekbench - OpenCL	13143
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5110
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3658
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3320	3302
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5110
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3658
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3320	3302
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480	ATI Radeon E4690
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	TeraScale
Code name	GF100	RV730
Launch date	26 March 2010	1 June 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$499
Place in performance rating	742	743
Price now	$71.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	61.35
Technical info
Core clock speed	700 MHz	600 MHz
CUDA cores	480
Floating-point performance	1,345.0 gflops	384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	480	320
Texture fill rate	42 billion / sec	19.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	30 Watt
Transistor count	3,100 million	514 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	16x PCI-E 2.0
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-II
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)	10.1
OpenGL	4.2	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	177.4 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1848 MHz (3696 data rate)	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectX 11	DirectX 11
SLI