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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 is a high-end desktop graphics card that was introduced in 2010. It is based on the GF100 Fermi chip which is produced in 40nm at TSMC. The GTX480 uses only 480 of the 512 shaders of the GF100 silicon. The mobile GeForce GTX 480M (see here for information and benchmark) is clearly slower as it offers only 352 shaders and a slower clock rate.

GeForce GTX 400 Series

GeForce GTX 480 480 @ 0.7 GHz384 Bit @ 1848 MHz
GeForce GTX 470 compare 448 @ 0.61 GHz320 Bit @ 1676 MHz
GeForce GTX 460 768MB compare 336 @ 0.68 GHz192 Bit @ 1800 MHz
CodenameGF100
ArchitectureFermi
Pipelines480 - unified
Core Speed700 MHz
Shader Speed1400 MHz
Memory Speed1848 MHz
Memory Bus Width384 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR5
Max. Amount of Memory1536 MB
Shared Memoryno
APIDirectX 11, Shader 5.0, OpenGL 4.2
Power Consumption295 Watt
Transistor Count3 Billion
technology40 nm
FeaturesDirectX11, OpenGL 4.2, 3D Vision, PhysX, CUDA, max 2560x1600 (digital), 2048x1536 (VGA),
Date of Announcement07.12.2010
Link to Manufacturer Pagewww.geforce.com

Benchmarks

3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
4982 Points (6%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
5014 Points (4%)
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3DMark 03 - 3DMark 03 - Standard
89386 Points (47%)
3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard
32190 Points (35%)
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3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +
3DMark 06
23824 Points (31%)
Unigine Heaven 2.1 - Heaven 2.1 high
78.1 fps (15%)
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- Range of benchmark values
red legend - Average benchmark values
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

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  • $1,288.88
    iBUYPOWER Pro Gaming PC Computer Desktop - SlateMR 1000W11 (Intel Core i7-11700F 2.5GHz, Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6GB, 16GB DDR4, 480GB SSD + 1 TB HDD, RGB Fans, WiFi Ready, Windows 11 Home)
  • $249.99
    EVGA 06G-P4-1068-KR GeForce GTX 1660 Super Sc Ultra Gaming, 6GB GDDR6, Dual Fan, Metal Backplate
  • $295.00
    ASUS Phoenix NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 OC Edition Gaming Graphics Card (PCIe 3.0, 4GB GDDR6 Memory, HDMI 2.0, DisplayPort 1.4a, DVI-D, Dual Ball Fan Bearings, Auto-Extreme)
  • $245.29
    MSI Gaming GeForce GTX 1660 Super 192-bit HDMI/DP 6GB GDRR6 HDCP Support DirectX 12 Dual Fan VR Ready OC Graphics Card (GTX 1660 Super Gaming X)
  • $78.99
    Mllse GeForce GTX 750 Ti Graphics Card, 4GB GDDR5, 128-Bit, PCIe 3.0 x16, DirectX 12, 640 CUDA Cores, Low Power Single Fan GPU for Gaming & Work

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Klaus Hinum (Update: 2016-01-26)