NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M vs AMD FireStream 9170

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M and AMD FireStream 9170 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M

AMD FireStream 9170

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 6% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 46% higher texture fill rate: 18.7 billion / sec vs 12.8 GTexel / s
Around 10% higher pipelines: 352 vs 320
Around 17% better floating-point performance: 598.4 gflops vs 512.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
Around 5% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 105 Watt
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1617 vs 647

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 May 2010 vs 8 November 2007
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 800 MHz
Texture fill rate	18.7 billion / sec vs 12.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	352 vs 320
Floating-point performance	598.4 gflops vs 512.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 105 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1617 vs 647

Reasons to consider the AMD FireStream 9170

Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 493 vs 458

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	493 vs 458

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M
GPU 2: AMD FireStream 9170

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1617

647

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

458

493

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M	AMD FireStream 9170
PassMark - G3D Mark	1617	647
PassMark - G2D Mark	458	493

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M	AMD FireStream 9170
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	TeraScale
Code name	GF100	RV670
Launch date	25 May 2010	8 November 2007
Place in performance rating	296	294
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	800 MHz
Floating-point performance	598.4 gflops	512.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	352	320
Texture fill rate	18.7 billion / sec	12.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	105 Watt
Transistor count	3,100 million	666 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
SLI options	2-way
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12 API	10.0
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	76.8 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI