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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480

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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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470

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The Nvidia GeForce GTX 470 is a high-end desktop graphics card of the Fermi generation. It is based on the GF100 chip and offers only 448 of the 512 available CUDA cores. The similar named laptop graphics card Nvidia GeForce GTX 470M is definately slower as it offers only 288 shaders and reduced clock speeds.

The performance of the GTX470 is usually enough for the highest settings and Full HD resolution. However, very demanding games in our benchmarks like Witcher 2, Far Cry 2 or Metro 2033 were not playable at the highes settings with Antialiasing. See the benchmarks below for more details.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MBNVIDIA GeForce GTX 470
GeForce GTX 400 Series
GeForce GTX 480 480 @ 0.7 GHz384 Bit @ 1848 MHz
GeForce GTX 470 448 @ 0.61 GHz320 Bit @ 1676 MHz
GeForce GTX 460 768MB 336 @ 0.68 GHz192 Bit @ 1800 MHz
GeForce GTX 480 480 @ 0.7 GHz384 Bit @ 1848 MHz
GeForce GTX 470 448 @ 0.61 GHz320 Bit @ 1676 MHz
GeForce GTX 460 768MB 336 @ 0.68 GHz192 Bit @ 1800 MHz
GeForce GTX 480 480 @ 0.7 GHz384 Bit @ 1848 MHz
GeForce GTX 470 448 @ 0.61 GHz320 Bit @ 1676 MHz
GeForce GTX 460 768MB 336 @ 0.68 GHz192 Bit @ 1800 MHz
CodenameGF100GF104GF100
ArchitectureFermiFermiFermi
Pipelines480 - unified336 - unified448 - unified
Core Speed700 MHz675 MHz607 MHz
Shader Speed1400 MHz1350 MHz1215 MHz
Memory Speed1848 MHz1800 MHz1676 MHz
Memory Bus Width384 Bit192 Bit320 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR5GDDR5
Max. Amount of Memory1536 MB768 MB1280 MB
Shared Memorynonono
APIDirectX 11, Shader 5.0, OpenGL 4.2DirectX 11, Shader 5.0DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
Power Consumption295 Watt150 Watt225 Watt
Transistors3 Billion2 Billion3 Billion
technology40 nm40 nm40 nm
FeaturesDirectX11, OpenGL 4.2, 3D Vision, PhysX, CUDA, max 2560x1600 (digital), 2048x1536 (VGA),DirectX11, OpenGL 4.2, 3D Vision, PhysX, CUDA
Date of Announcement07.12.2010 07.12.2010 12.04.2010
Link to Manufacturer Pagewww.geforce.comwww.geforce.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy - GeForce GTX 460 768MB
1 pt (3%)
Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy - GeForce GTX 470
1.3 pt (4%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics
133103 Points (15%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
12109 Points (13%)
min: 14772     avg: 14954     median: 14953.5 (16%)     max: 15135 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
17589 Points (5%)
min: 25111     avg: 25757     median: 25757 (7%)     max: 26403 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
1902 Points (3%)
min: 2394     avg: 2396     median: 2396 (4%)     max: 2398 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
2092 Points (2%)
min: 2747     avg: 2758     median: 2757.5 (3%)     max: 2768 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics
145299 Points (17%)
min: 162190     avg: 177492     median: 177492 (21%)     max: 192793 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
4982 Points (7%)
min: 2966     avg: 2994     median: 2993.5 (4%)     max: 3021 Points
min: 4267     avg: 4653     median: 4718 (7%)     max: 4822 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
5014 Points (4%)
min: 2779     avg: 2811     median: 2810.5 (2%)     max: 2842 Points
min: 4017     avg: 4293     median: 4342 (4%)     max: 4393 Points
3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
12262 Points (4%)
3DM Vant. Perf. total + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470
min: 14400     avg: 16598     median: 16753 (5%)     max: 18100 Points
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
11994 Points (7%)
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470
min: 15048     avg: 15315     median: 15350 (9%)     max: 15484 Points
3DMark 2001SE - 3DMark 2001 - Standard
53506 Points (56%)
3DMark 03 - 3DMark 03 - Standard
89386 Points (47%)
min: 70644     avg: 73867     median: 75164 (39%)     max: 75793 Points
3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard
32190 Points (35%)
min: 30098     avg: 30606     median: 30605.5 (34%)     max: 31113 Points
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480
3DMark 06
23824 Points (31%)
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB
17797 Points (23%)
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470
min: 18497     avg: 22905     median: 22622 (30%)     max: 25881 Points
Unigine Heaven 2.1 - Heaven 2.1 high
78.1 fps (15%)
45.9 fps (9%)
min: 59.9     avg: 62.4     median: 62.4 (12%)     max: 64.8 fps
Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 Gaming graphics
7.8 Points (99%)
Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 Graphics
7.8 Points (99%)
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
5432 Points (4%)
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Room GPU
288 Samples/s (1%)
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Sala GPU
610 Samples/s (1%)
ComputeMark v2.1 - ComputeMark v2.1 Result
2460 Points (3%)

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 → 100% n=4

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB → 62% n=4

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 → 89% n=4

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 470:
138  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 470:
64  fps
GTA V

GTA V

2015
low 1024x768
GeForce GTX 460 768MB:
128  fps
med. 1366x768
GeForce GTX 460 768MB:
105  fps
high 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 460 768MB:
26  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 460 768MB:
3.7  fps
Evolve

Evolve

2015
low 1024x768
GeForce GTX 460 768MB:
51  fps
med. 1366x768
GeForce GTX 460 768MB:
39.3  fps
high 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 460 768MB:
19.3  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 460 768MB:
16  fps
Far Cry 4

Far Cry 4

2014
low 1024x768
GeForce GTX 460 768MB:
68  fps
low 1024x768
GeForce GTX 470:
55.3  fps
med. 1366x768
GeForce GTX 470:
48.7  fps
high 1366x768
GeForce GTX 470:
34.2  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 470:
12.5  fps
low 1280x720
GeForce GTX 460 768MB:
165  fps
GeForce GTX 470:
162.3  fps
med. 1366x768
GeForce GTX 460 768MB:
98.7  fps
GeForce GTX 470:
111.5  fps
high 1366x768
GeForce GTX 460 768MB:
85.4  fps
GeForce GTX 470:
100.9  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 460 768MB:
25.4  fps
GeForce GTX 470:
32.8  fps
low 1024x768
GeForce GTX 470:
265  fps
med. 1366x768
GeForce GTX 470:
107  fps
high 1366x768
GeForce GTX 470:
96  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 470:
56  fps
SimCity

SimCity

2013
low 1024x768
GeForce GTX 460 768MB:
148  fps
GeForce GTX 470:
166  fps
med. 1366x768
GeForce GTX 460 768MB:
60  fps
high 1366x768
GeForce GTX 460 768MB:
55.2  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 460 768MB:
29  fps
GeForce GTX 470:
39  fps
low 1024x768
GeForce GTX 470:
305.6  fps
med. 1366x768
GeForce GTX 470:
155.5  fps
high 1366x768
GeForce GTX 470:
115.2  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 460 768MB:
34.6  fps
GeForce GTX 470:
44.1  fps
Crysis 3

Crysis 3

2013
low 1024x768
GeForce GTX 460 768MB:
92.4  fps
med. 1366x768
GeForce GTX 460 768MB:
56.3  fps
high 1366x768
GeForce GTX 460 768MB:
39.3  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 460 768MB:
13.6  fps
low 1024x768
GeForce GTX 470:
405  fps
med. 1366x768
GeForce GTX 470:
206  fps
high 1366x768
GeForce GTX 470:
156  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 470:
90  fps
Far Cry 3

Far Cry 3

2012
high 1366x768
GeForce GTX 470:
61.5  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 470:
19.7  fps
high 1366x768
GeForce GTX 470:
75  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 470:
35  fps
low 1024x768
GeForce GTX 470:
118  fps
med. 1366x768
GeForce GTX 470:
80  fps
high 1366x768
GeForce GTX 470:
72  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 470:
52  fps
low 1024x768
GeForce GTX 470:
84  fps
med. 1366x768
GeForce GTX 470:
84  fps
high 1366x768
GeForce GTX 470:
53  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 470:
41  fps
low 1024x768
GeForce GTX 470:
241  fps
med. 1366x768
GeForce GTX 470:
174  fps
high 1366x768
GeForce GTX 470:
110  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 470:
80  fps
low 1024x768
GeForce GTX 470:
117  fps
med. 1366x768
GeForce GTX 470:
96  fps
high 1366x768
GeForce GTX 470:
74  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 470:
35  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 470:
60  fps
Alan Wake

Alan Wake

2012
low 1024x768
GeForce GTX 470:
127  fps
med. 1366x768
GeForce GTX 470:
79  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 470:
34  fps
Star Wars: The Old Republic

Star Wars: The Old Republic

2011
low 1024x768
GeForce GTX 470:
86  fps
high 1366x768
GeForce GTX 470:
71  fps
Anno 2070

Anno 2070

2011
low 1024x768
GeForce GTX 470:
292  fps
med. 1366x768
GeForce GTX 470:
145  fps
high 1366x768
GeForce GTX 470:
90  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 470:
42  fps
high 1366x768
GeForce GTX 470:
63  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 470:
44  fps
high 1366x768
GeForce GTX 470:
124  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 470:
80  fps
low 1024x768
GeForce GTX 460 768MB:
93.1  fps
GeForce GTX 470:
103  fps
med. 1366x768
GeForce GTX 460 768MB:
67.9  fps
GeForce GTX 470:
75  fps
high 1366x768
GeForce GTX 460 768MB:
55.6  fps
GeForce GTX 470:
61 61 61 ~ 61 fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 460 768MB:
18.3  fps
GeForce GTX 470:
29 30 30 ~ 30 fps
low 1024x768
GeForce GTX 470:
146  fps
med. 1366x768
GeForce GTX 470:
136  fps
high 1366x768
GeForce GTX 470:
96  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 470:
51  fps
Fifa 12

Fifa 12

2011
med. 1024x768
GeForce GTX 470:
438  fps
high 1360x768
GeForce GTX 470:
315  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 470:
224 239 ~ 232 fps
F1 2011

F1 2011

2011
high 1366x768
GeForce GTX 470:
90 97 102 ~ 96 fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 470:
60 60 61 ~ 60 fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 470:
62  fps
Dirt 3

Dirt 3

2011
high 1360x768
GeForce GTX 460 768MB:
126.9  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 460 768MB:
39  fps
GeForce GTX 470:
49.9  fps
med. 1366x768
GeForce GTX 470:
48  fps
high 1600x900
GeForce GTX 470:
43  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 470:
13  fps
Crysis 2

Crysis 2

2011
high 1366x768
GeForce GTX 460 768MB:
87  fps
GeForce GTX 470:
126  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 460 768MB:
31  fps
GeForce GTX 470:
44  fps
Total War: Shogun 2

Total War: Shogun 2

2011
low 1024x768
GeForce GTX 470:
426.6  fps
med. 1280x720
GeForce GTX 470:
94.1 94.1 103 ~ 97 fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 470:
33.7 34.2 34.2 ~ 34 fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 460 768MB:
73  fps
GeForce GTX 470:
76  fps
Fifa 11

Fifa 11

2010
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 460 768MB:
190  fps
GeForce GTX 470:
235  fps
Civilization 5

Civilization 5

2010
low 1024x768
GeForce GTX 470:
82.3  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 470:
48.9  fps
Mafia 2

Mafia 2

2010
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 460 768MB:
61  fps
GeForce GTX 470:
72.9 101.3 ~ 87 fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 460 768MB:
68  fps
GeForce GTX 470:
78  fps
Just Cause 2

Just Cause 2

2010
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 470:
45  fps
high 1600x900
GeForce GTX 470:
61  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 460 768MB:
25  fps
GeForce GTX 470:
23  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 470:
72.8  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 460 768MB:
52  fps
GeForce GTX 470:
73  fps
Stalker: Call of Pripyat

Stalker: Call of Pripyat

2010
ultra 1920x1200
GeForce GTX 470:
53  fps
Risen

Risen

2009
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 460 768MB:
52  fps
GeForce GTX 470:
59  fps
Resident Evil 5

Resident Evil 5

2009
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 460 768MB:
82.7  fps
GeForce GTX 470:
97.5 107.6 ~ 103 fps
Colin McRae: DIRT 2

Colin McRae: DIRT 2

2009
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 460 768MB:
69.8  fps
GeForce GTX 470:
84.9 84.9 ~ 85 fps
ArmA 2

ArmA 2

2009
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 470:
39  fps
Far Cry 2

Far Cry 2

2008
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 460 768MB:
66  fps
GeForce GTX 470:
98.7  fps
Crysis Warhead

Crysis Warhead

2008
low 800x600
GeForce GTX 470:
123  fps
ultra 1024x768
GeForce GTX 470:
55  fps
Trackmania Nations Forever

Trackmania Nations Forever

2008
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 470:
90.2  fps
Crysis - GPU Benchmark

Crysis - GPU Benchmark

2007
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 470:
33.8  fps
World in Conflict - Benchmark

World in Conflict - Benchmark

2007
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 470:
68  fps
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470lowmed.highultraQHD4K
Team Fortress 2138
Dota 2 Reborn64
Company of Heroes 255.348.734.212.5
BioShock Infinite162.3111.5100.932.8
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm2651079656
SimCity16639
Tomb Raider305.6155.5115.244.1
Dead Space 340520615690
Far Cry 361.519.7
Medal of Honor: Warfighter7535
World of Tanks v8118807252
Max Payne 384845341
Diablo III24117411080
Risen 2: Dark Waters117967435
Mass Effect 360
Alan Wake1277934
Star Wars: The Old Republic8671
Anno 20702921459042
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim6344
CoD: Modern Warfare 312480
Battlefield 3103756130
Batman: Arkham City1461369651
Fifa 12438315232
F1 20119660
Deus Ex Human Revolution62
Dirt 349.9
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings484313
Crysis 212644
Total War: Shogun 2426.69734
Call of Duty: Black Ops76
Fifa 11235
Civilization 582.348.9
Mafia 287
StarCraft 278
Just Cause 245
Metro 20336123
Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising72.8
Battlefield: Bad Company 273
Stalker: Call of Pripyat53
Risen59
Resident Evil 5103
Colin McRae: DIRT 285
ArmA 239
Far Cry 298.7
Crysis Warhead12355
Trackmania Nations Forever90.2
Crysis - GPU Benchmark33.8
World in Conflict - Benchmark68
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MBlowmed.highultraQHD4K
GTA V128105263.7
Evolve5139.319.316
Far Cry 468
BioShock Infinite16598.785.425.39
SimCity1486055.229.04
Tomb Raider34.6
Crysis 392.456.339.2713.6
Battlefield 393.167.955.618.3
Dirt 3126.939
Crysis 28731
Call of Duty: Black Ops73
Fifa 11190
Mafia 261
StarCraft 268
Metro 203325
Battlefield: Bad Company 252
Risen52
Resident Evil 582.7
Colin McRae: DIRT 269.8
Far Cry 266
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