NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M 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 980 Ti

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 18% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 850 MHz
9.4x more texture fill rate: 176 billion / sec vs 18.7 billion / sec
8x more pipelines: 2816 vs 352
10.1x better floating-point performance: 6,060 gflops vs 598.4 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
3x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 2 GB
8.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13793 vs 1617
Around 86% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 853 vs 458

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 June 2015 vs 25 May 2010
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 850 MHz
Texture fill rate	176 billion / sec vs 18.7 billion / sec
Pipelines	2816 vs 352
Floating-point performance	6,060 gflops vs 598.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	13793 vs 1617
PassMark - G2D Mark	853 vs 458

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M

2.5x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 250 Watt
171.4x more memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 250 Watt
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

13793

1617

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

853

458

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M
PassMark - G3D Mark	13793	1617
PassMark - G2D Mark	853	458
Geekbench - OpenCL	42988
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	145.843
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1722.98
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	11.661
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	37.16
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	788.464
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	10471
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3338
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	10471
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3338
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	5747

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	Fermi
Code name	GM200	GF100
Launch date	2 June 2015	25 May 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$649
Place in performance rating	295	298
Price now	$679.99
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	23.43
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1075 MHz
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	850 MHz
CUDA cores	2816
Floating-point performance	6,060 gflops	598.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	2816	352
Texture fill rate	176 billion / sec	18.7 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	8,000 million	3,100 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2	No outputs
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	PCI-E 2.0
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Length	10.5" (26.7 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	600 Watt
SLI options	4x	2-way
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin + 8-pin	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12 API
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
OpenCL		1.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	336.5 GB / s	76.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	7.0 GB/s	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
3D Vision
Adaptive Vertical Sync
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
SLI
Surround