NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 vs ATI Radeon X1050

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 and ATI Radeon X1050 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 X1050

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 75% higher core clock speed: 700 MHz vs 400 MHz
26.3x more texture fill rate: 42 billion / sec vs 1.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 110 nm
12x more maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 128 MB
2.8x more memory clock speed: 1848 MHz (3696 data rate) vs 666 MHz
84.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4121 vs 49
Around 76% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 430 vs 245

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 March 2010 vs 7 December 2006
Core clock speed	700 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	42 billion / sec vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	1536 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1848 MHz (3696 data rate) vs 666 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4121 vs 49
PassMark - G2D Mark	430 vs 245

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1050

10.4x lower typical power consumption: 24 Watt vs 250 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	24 Watt vs 250 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1050

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4121

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

430

245

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480	ATI Radeon X1050
PassMark - G3D Mark	4121	49
PassMark - G2D Mark	430	245
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5110
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3658
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3320
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480	ATI Radeon X1050
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Rage 9
Code name	GF100	RV370
Launch date	26 March 2010	7 December 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$499
Place in performance rating	742	745
Price now	$71.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	61.35
Technical info
Core clock speed	700 MHz	400 MHz
CUDA cores	480
Floating-point performance	1,345.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	110 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	480
Texture fill rate	42 billion / sec	1.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	24 Watt
Transistor count	3,100 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
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	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0
OpenGL	4.2	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	177.4 GB / s	5.33 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1848 MHz (3696 data rate)	666 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectX 11	DirectX 11
SLI