NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 vs ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 and ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP 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 HD 4290 IGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480

Around 41% higher core clock speed: 700 MHz vs 498 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
29.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4107 vs 141
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 445 vs 442
5.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3320 vs 568
5.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3320 vs 568

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	700 MHz vs 498 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4107 vs 141
PassMark - G2D Mark	445 vs 442
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3320 vs 568
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3320 vs 568

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4107

141

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

445

442

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3320

568

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3320

568

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480	ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP
PassMark - G3D Mark	4107	141
PassMark - G2D Mark	445	442
Geekbench - OpenCL	13113
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	568
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5110
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3658
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3320	568
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480	ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	TeraScale
Code name	GF100	RS880
Launch date	26 March 2010	1 March 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$499
Place in performance rating	752	753
Price now	$71.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	61.35
Technical info
Core clock speed	700 MHz	498 MHz
CUDA cores	480
Floating-point performance	1,345.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	480
Texture fill rate	42 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt
Transistor count	3,100 million	181 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI	No outputs
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	PCIe 1.0 x16
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
Memory bandwidth	177.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1848 MHz (3696 data rate)
Memory type	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectX 11	DirectX 11
SLI