GeForce GTX 480 and GeForce GTX 470 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 480 vs GeForce GTX 470
GeForce GTX 480
4229
GeForce GTX 470
3199
GeForce GTX 480
GeForce GTX 470
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
GF100
GF100
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
December 2010
April 2010
Bus support
16x PCI-E 2.0
16x PCI-E 2.0
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
6-pin & 8-pin
Two 6-pins
SLI options
+
+
Core clock speed
700 MHz
607 MHz
CUDA cores
480
448
Floating-point performance
1,345.0 gflops
1,088.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
3,100 million
3,100 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
480
448
Power consumption (TDP)
295 Watt
225 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
105 °C
Texture fill rate
42 billion/sec
34.0 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
1536 MB
1280 MB
Memory bus width
384 Bit
320 Bit
Memory clock speed
1848 MHz (3696 data rate)
1674 MHz (3348 data rate)
Memory bandwidth
177.4 GB/s
133.9 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI
Two Dual Link DVIMini HDMI
Multi monitor support
+
+
HDMI
+
+
HDCP
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
Internal
DirectX
12 (11_0)
12 (11_0)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
4.2
4.2
Shader Model
5.1
5.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A