NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 and NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX 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

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 59% higher core clock speed: 700 MHz vs 440 MHz
4x more texture fill rate: 42 billion / sec vs 10.56 GTexel / s
20x more pipelines: 480 vs 24
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 110 nm
3x more maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 512 MB
Around 68% higher memory clock speed: 1848 MHz (3696 data rate) vs 1100 MHz
19.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4121 vs 210
Around 80% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 430 vs 239
5.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3320 vs 575
5.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3320 vs 575

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 March 2010 vs 29 September 2005
Core clock speed	700 MHz vs 440 MHz
Texture fill rate	42 billion / sec vs 10.56 GTexel / s
Pipelines	480 vs 24
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	1536 MB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1848 MHz (3696 data rate) vs 1100 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4121 vs 210
PassMark - G2D Mark	430 vs 239
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3320 vs 575
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3320 vs 575

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX

3.8x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 250 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 250 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4121

210

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

430

239

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3320

575

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3320

575

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark	4121	210
PassMark - G2D Mark	430	239
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	575
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5110
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3658
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3320	575
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Curie
Code name	GF100	G70
Launch date	26 March 2010	29 September 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$499
Place in performance rating	742	1228
Price now	$71.99
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	61.35
Technical info
Core clock speed	700 MHz	440 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	24
Texture fill rate	42 billion / sec	10.56 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	3,100 million	302 million
Boost clock speed		440 MHz
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	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.2	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	177.4 GB / s	35.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	550 Bit
Memory clock speed	1848 MHz (3696 data rate)	1100 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	256
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectX 11	DirectX 11
SLI