NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 46% higher core clock speed: 1020 MHz vs 700 MHz
Around 7% higher pipelines: 512 vs 480
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
4.5x lower typical power consumption: 55 Watt vs 250 Watt
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 511 vs 444
Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 32 vs 30.405
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3704 vs 3658
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3346 vs 3320
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3704 vs 3658
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3346 vs 3320

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 February 2014 vs 26 March 2010
Core clock speed	1020 MHz vs 700 MHz
Pipelines	512 vs 480
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	55 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	511 vs 444
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	32 vs 30.405
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3704 vs 3658
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3346 vs 3320
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3704 vs 3658
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3346 vs 3320

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480

Around 21% higher texture fill rate: 42 billion / sec vs 34.72 GTexel / s
Around 21% better floating-point performance: 1,345.0 gflops vs 1,111 gflops
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 1 GB
369.6x more memory clock speed: 1848 MHz (3696 data rate) vs 5.0 GB/s
Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4108 vs 3341
Around 42% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 13144 vs 9266
Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 34.483 vs 34.239
Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 706.104 vs 639.427
Around 81% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.245 vs 2.341
Around 53% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 106.875 vs 69.814
Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5110 vs 4498
Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5110 vs 4498

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	42 billion / sec vs 34.72 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	1,345.0 gflops vs 1,111 gflops
Maximum memory size	1536 MB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	1848 MHz (3696 data rate) vs 5.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4108 vs 3341
Geekbench - OpenCL	13144 vs 9266
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	34.483 vs 34.239
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	706.104 vs 639.427
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.245 vs 2.341
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	106.875 vs 69.814
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5110 vs 4498
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5110 vs 4498

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3341

4108

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

511

444

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

9266

13144

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

34.239

34.483

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

639.427

706.104

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2.341

4.245

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

30.405

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

69.814

106.875

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4498

5110

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3704

3658

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3346

3320

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4498

5110

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3704

3658

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3346

3320

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480
PassMark - G3D Mark	3341	4108
PassMark - G2D Mark	511	444
Geekbench - OpenCL	9266	13144
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	34.239	34.483
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	639.427	706.104
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.341	4.245
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	32	30.405
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	69.814	106.875
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4498	5110
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3704	3658
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3346	3320
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4498	5110
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3704	3658
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3346	3320
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1051	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Fermi
Code name	GM107	GF100
Launch date	18 February 2014	26 March 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$119	$499
Place in performance rating	751	752
Price now	$150.99	$71.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	27.54	61.35
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1085 MHz
Core clock speed	1020 MHz	700 MHz
CUDA cores	512	480
Floating-point performance	1,111 gflops	1,345.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	95 °C	105 °C
Pipelines	512	480
Texture fill rate	34.72 GTexel / s	42 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	55 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	3,100 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	Internal
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, One 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	5.7" (14.5 cm)	10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None	6-pin & 8-pin
SLI options		2-way, 3-way
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4	4.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1536 MB
Memory bandwidth	80 GB / s	177.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	5.0 GB/s	1848 MHz (3696 data rate)
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Gaming
3D Vision
3D Vision Live
Adaptive VSync
Blu Ray 3D
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
TXAA
DirectX 11		DirectX 11
SLI