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: 5513 vs 4107
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 461 vs 445
  • Around 27% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 16687 vs 13113
  • 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 5513 vs 4107
PassMark - G2D Mark 461 vs 445
Geekbench - OpenCL 16687 vs 13113
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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
5513
4107
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
461
445
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
16687
13113
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
46.352
34.483
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
930.114
706.104
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.656
4.245
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
29.836
30.405
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
97.861
106.875
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6875
5110
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1849
3658
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1673
3320
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6875
5110
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1849
3658
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1673
3320
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480
PassMark - G3D Mark 5513 4107
PassMark - G2D Mark 461 445
Geekbench - OpenCL 16687 13113
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

Essentials

Architecture Kepler Fermi
Code name GK104 GF100
Launch date 3 May 2012 26 March 2010
Launch price (MSRP) $999 $499
Place in performance rating 751 752
Price now $999 $71.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 7.01 61.35

Technical info

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

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
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.2 4.2

Memory

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

3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
3D Vision Live
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
DirectX 11 DirectX 11 DirectX 11
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA