NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M vs AMD FireStream 9270

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M and AMD FireStream 9270 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 9270

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 13% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 750 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
Around 60% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 160 Watt
Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1617 vs 1341

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 May 2010 vs 13 November 2008
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 750 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 160 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1617 vs 1341

Reasons to consider the AMD FireStream 9270

Around 60% higher texture fill rate: 30 GTexel / s vs 18.7 billion / sec
2.3x more pipelines: 800 vs 352
2x better floating-point performance: 1,200.0 gflops vs 598.4 gflops
3x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 473 vs 458

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	30 GTexel / s vs 18.7 billion / sec
Pipelines	800 vs 352
Floating-point performance	1,200.0 gflops vs 598.4 gflops
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	473 vs 458

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M
GPU 2: AMD FireStream 9270

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1617

1341

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

458

473

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M	AMD FireStream 9270
PassMark - G3D Mark	1617	1341
PassMark - G2D Mark	458	473

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M	AMD FireStream 9270
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	TeraScale
Code name	GF100	RV770
Launch date	25 May 2010	13 November 2008
Place in performance rating	296	294
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	750 MHz
Floating-point performance	598.4 gflops	1,200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	352	800
Texture fill rate	18.7 billion / sec	30 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	160 Watt
Transistor count	3,100 million	956 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI
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	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12 API	10.1
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	76.8 GB / s	115.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	3600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI