GeForce GTX 480 and GeForce 8800 GT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 480 vs GeForce 8800 GT
GeForce GTX 480
4229
GeForce 8800 GT
495
GeForce GTX 480
GeForce 8800 GT
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
GF100
G92
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
December 2010
October 2007
Bus support
16x PCI-E 2.0
PCI-E 2.0
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
6-pin & 8-pin
6-pin & 8-pin
SLI options
+
2-way
Core clock speed
700 MHz
600 MHz
CUDA cores
480
112
Floating-point performance
1,345.0 gflops
336.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
65 nm
Number of transistors
3,100 million
754 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
480
112
Power consumption (TDP)
295 Watt
105 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
105 °C
Texture fill rate
42 billion/sec
33.6 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1536 MB
512 MB
Memory bus width
384 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
1848 MHz (3696 data rate)
900 MHz
Memory bandwidth
177.4 GB/s
57.6 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI
Dual Link DVIHDTV
Multi monitor support
+
+
HDMI
+
-
HDCP
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
S/PDIF
DirectX
12 (11_0)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
4.2
2.1
Shader Model
5.1
4.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)
-
128bit