GeForce GTX 480 and GeForce GTX 280 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 480 vs GeForce GTX 280
GeForce GTX 480
4229
GeForce GTX 280
1338
GeForce GTX 480
GeForce GTX 280
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code name
GF100
GT200
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
December 2010
June 2008
Bus support
16x 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
+
+
Core clock speed
700 MHz
602 MHz
CUDA cores
480
240
Floating-point performance
1,345.0 gflops
622.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
65 nm
Number of transistors
3,100 million
1,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
480
240
Power consumption (TDP)
295 Watt
236 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
105 °C
Texture fill rate
42 billion/sec
48.2 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1536 MB
1 GB
Memory bus width
384 Bit
512 Bit
Memory clock speed
1848 MHz (3696 data rate)
1107 MHz
Memory bandwidth
177.4 GB/s
141.7 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI
HDTVDual Link DVI
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