NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 vs ATI Radeon HD 4770
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 and ATI Radeon HD 4770 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480
- Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
- Around 75% higher texture fill rate: 42 billion / sec vs 24 GTexel / s
- Around 40% better floating-point performance: 1,345.0 gflops vs 960.0 gflops
- 3x more maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 512 MB
- 4.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4107 vs 910
- 3.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 445 vs 114
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 26 March 2010 vs 28 April 2009 |
| Texture fill rate | 42 billion / sec vs 24 GTexel / s |
| Floating-point performance | 1,345.0 gflops vs 960.0 gflops |
| Maximum memory size | 1536 MB vs 512 MB |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 4107 vs 910 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 445 vs 114 |
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4770
- Around 7% higher core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 700 MHz
- Around 33% higher pipelines: 640 vs 480
- 3.1x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 250 Watt
- Around 73% higher memory clock speed: 3200 MHz vs 1848 MHz (3696 data rate)
- 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8618 vs 3320
- 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 8618 vs 3320
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Core clock speed | 750 MHz vs 700 MHz |
| Pipelines | 640 vs 480 |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 80 Watt vs 250 Watt |
| Memory clock speed | 3200 MHz vs 1848 MHz (3696 data rate) |
| Benchmarks | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 8618 vs 3320 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 8618 vs 3320 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4770
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 | ATI Radeon HD 4770 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 4107 | 910 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 445 | 114 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 13123 | |
| 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 | 8618 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 5110 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3658 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3320 | 8618 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 0 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 | ATI Radeon HD 4770 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Fermi | TeraScale |
| Code name | GF100 | RV740 |
| Launch date | 26 March 2010 | 28 April 2009 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $499 | $109 |
| Place in performance rating | 751 | 753 |
| Price now | $71.99 | |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 61.35 | |
Technical info |
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| Core clock speed | 700 MHz | 750 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 480 | |
| Floating-point performance | 1,345.0 gflops | 960.0 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 105 °C | |
| Pipelines | 480 | 640 |
| Texture fill rate | 42 billion / sec | 24 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 250 Watt | 80 Watt |
| Transistor count | 3,100 million | 826 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Audio input for HDMI | Internal | |
| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
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| HDMI | ||
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bus support | 16x PCI-E 2.0 | |
| Height | 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm) | |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm) | 203 mm |
| SLI options | 2-way, 3-way | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 6-pin & 8-pin | 1x 6-pin |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 10.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.2 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 1536 MB | 512 MB |
| Memory bandwidth | 177.4 GB / s | 51.2 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1848 MHz (3696 data rate) | 3200 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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| DirectX 11 | DirectX 11 | |
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