GeForce GTX 1070 and GeForce GTX 480 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 1070 vs GeForce GTX 480
GeForce GTX 1070
13916
GeForce GTX 480
4229
GeForce GTX 1070
GeForce GTX 480
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
Pascal GP104
GF100
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
May 2016
December 2010
Bus support
PCIe 3.0
16x PCI-E 2.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)
500 Watt
-
Supplementary power connectors
8-pin
6-pin & 8-pin
SLI options
+
+
Boost clock speed
1683 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
700 MHz
CUDA cores
1920
480
Floating-point performance
6,463 gflops
1,345.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
7,200 million
3,100 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1920
480
Power consumption (TDP)
150 Watt
295 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
94 °C
105 °C
Texture fill rate
202.0
42 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
1536 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
384 Bit
Memory clock speed
8 GB/s
1848 MHz (3696 data rate)
Memory bandwidth
256 GB/s
177.4 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI
Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI
Multi monitor support
+
+
HDMI
+
+
HDCP
-
+
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
G-SYNC support
+
-
Audio input for HDMI
-
Internal
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 (11_0)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.5
4.2
Shader Model
6.4
5.1
Vulkan
+
N/A
Ansel
+
-
GPU Boost
3.0
-
VR Ready
+
-