GeForce GTX 480 and GeForce 8800 GTX - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 480 vs GeForce 8800 GTX
GeForce GTX 480
4229
GeForce 8800 GTX
608
GeForce GTX 480
GeForce 8800 GTX
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
GF100
G80
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
December 2010
November 2006
Bus support
16x PCI-E 2.0
-
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
6-pin & 8-pin
2x 6-pin
SLI options
+
+
Core clock speed
700 MHz
576 MHz
CUDA cores
480
575
Floating-point performance
1,345.0 gflops
345.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
90 nm
Number of transistors
3,100 million
681 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
480
128
Power consumption (TDP)
295 Watt
155 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
-
Texture fill rate
42 billion/sec
36.8 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1536 MB
768 MB
Memory bus width
384 Bit
384 Bit
Memory clock speed
1848 MHz (3696 data rate)
900 MHz
Memory bandwidth
177.4 GB/s
86.4 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support
+
-
HDMI
+
-
HDCP
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
-
DirectX
12 (11_0)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
4.2
3.3
Shader Model
5.1
4.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A