NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 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 690
- Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
- Around 31% higher core clock speed: 915 MHz vs 700 MHz
- 5.6x more texture fill rate: 234 billion / sec vs 42 billion / sec
- 6.4x more pipelines: 2x 1536 vs 480
- 4.7x better floating-point performance: 2x 3,130 gflops vs 1,345.0 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
- 2.7x more maximum memory size: 4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5 vs 1536 MB
- 3.3x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 1848 MHz (3696 data rate)
- Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5518 vs 4107
- Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 462 vs 445
- Around 27% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 16675 vs 13123
- Around 34% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 46.352 vs 34.483
- Around 32% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 930.114 vs 706.104
- Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6875 vs 5110
- Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6875 vs 5110
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 3 May 2012 vs 26 March 2010 |
| Core clock speed | 915 MHz vs 700 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 234 billion / sec vs 42 billion / sec |
| Pipelines | 2x 1536 vs 480 |
| Floating-point performance | 2x 3,130 gflops vs 1,345.0 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 40 nm |
| Maximum memory size | 4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5 vs 1536 MB |
| Memory clock speed | 6008 MHz vs 1848 MHz (3696 data rate) |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 5518 vs 4107 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 462 vs 445 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 16675 vs 13123 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 46.352 vs 34.483 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 930.114 vs 706.104 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 6875 vs 5110 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 6875 vs 5110 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480
- Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 300 Watt
- Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.245 vs 3.656
- Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 30.405 vs 29.836
- Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 106.875 vs 97.861
- Around 98% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3658 vs 1849
- Around 98% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3320 vs 1673
- Around 98% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3658 vs 1849
- Around 98% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3320 vs 1673
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 250 Watt vs 300 Watt |
| Benchmarks | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 4.245 vs 3.656 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 30.405 vs 29.836 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 106.875 vs 97.861 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3658 vs 1849 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3320 vs 1673 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3658 vs 1849 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3320 vs 1673 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 5518 | 4107 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 462 | 445 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 16675 | 13123 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 46.352 | 34.483 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 930.114 | 706.104 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 3.656 | 4.245 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 29.836 | 30.405 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 97.861 | 106.875 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 6875 | 5110 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 1849 | 3658 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 1673 | 3320 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 6875 | 5110 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 1849 | 3658 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 1673 | 3320 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 0 | 0 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 | |
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| Architecture | Kepler | Fermi |
| Code name | GK104 | GF100 |
| Launch date | 3 May 2012 | 26 March 2010 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $999 | $499 |
| Place in performance rating | 750 | 751 |
| Price now | $999 | $71.99 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 7.01 | 61.35 |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1019 MHz | |
| Core clock speed | 915 MHz | 700 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 3072 | 480 |
| Floating-point performance | 2x 3,130 gflops | 1,345.0 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Pipelines | 2x 1536 | 480 |
| Texture fill rate | 234 billion / sec | 42 billion / sec |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 300 Watt | 250 Watt |
| Transistor count | 3,540 million | 3,100 million |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 105 °C | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Audio input for HDMI | Internal | Internal |
| Display Connectors | 3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort, Two Dual Link DVI-I. One Dual link DVI-D. One Mini... | 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI |
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| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | 2048x1536 |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | 16x PCI-E 2.0 |
| Height | 4.376" (11.1 cm) | 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm) |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 11.0" (27.9 cm) | 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm) |
| SLI options | Quad | 2-way, 3-way |
| Supplementary power connectors | Two 8-pin | 6-pin & 8-pin |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 12.0 (11_0) |
| OpenGL | 4.2 | 4.2 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5 | 1536 MB |
| Memory bandwidth | 384 GB / s | 177.4 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 512-bit (256-bit per GPU) | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 6008 MHz | 1848 MHz (3696 data rate) |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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| 3D Vision Live | ||
| Adaptive VSync | ||
| CUDA | ||
| DirectX 11 | DirectX 11 | DirectX 11 |
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| GPU Boost | ||
| SLI | ||
| TXAA | ||
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