GeForce GTX 480M vs GTX 1660 Super

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 1660 Super with GeForce GTX 480M, including specs and performance data.

GTX 1660 Super
2019
6 GB GDDR6, 125 Watt
33.09
+688%

GTX 1660 Super outperforms GTX 480M by a whopping 688% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking162685
Place by popularity8not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation58.53no data
Power efficiency18.142.88
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameTU116GF100
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date29 October 2019 (5 years ago)25 May 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$229 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores1408352
Core clock speed1530 MHz425 MHz
Boost clock speed1785 MHzno data
Number of transistors6,600 million3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)125 Watt100 Watt
Texture fill rate157.118.70
Floating-point processing power5.027 TFLOPS0.5984 TFLOPS
ROPs4832
TMUs8844

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
Bus supportno dataPCI-E 2.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16MXM-B (3.0)
Length229 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinNone
SLI options-+

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR6GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount6 GB2 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz1200 MHz
Memory bandwidth336.0 GB/s76.8 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

NVENC+no data
Ansel+no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 API
Shader Model6.55.1
OpenGL4.64.5
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA7.5+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 1660 Super 33.09
+688%
GTX 480M 4.20

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTX 1660 Super 12747
+688%
GTX 480M 1617

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

GTX 1660 Super 21981
+906%
GTX 480M 2185

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

GTX 1660 Super 76654
+764%
GTX 480M 8872

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p250−260
+658%
33
−658%
Full HD90
+125%
40
−125%
1440p54
+800%
6−7
−800%
4K29
+867%
3−4
−867%

Cost per frame, $

1080p2.54no data
1440p4.24no data
4K7.90no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 76
+986%
7−8
−986%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 88
+633%
12−14
−633%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 66
+2100%
3−4
−2100%
Battlefield 5 100−110
+970%
10−11
−970%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 80
+789%
9−10
−789%
Cyberpunk 2077 63
+800%
7−8
−800%
Far Cry 5 70−75
+722%
9−10
−722%
Far Cry New Dawn 121
+908%
12−14
−908%
Forza Horizon 4 170−180
+600%
24−27
−600%
Hitman 3 77
+670%
10−11
−670%
Horizon Zero Dawn 321
+1046%
27−30
−1046%
Metro Exodus 144
+1700%
8−9
−1700%
Red Dead Redemption 2 80
+627%
10−12
−627%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 110−120
+631%
16−18
−631%
Watch Dogs: Legion 217
+405%
40−45
−405%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 135
+1025%
12−14
−1025%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 48
+1500%
3−4
−1500%
Battlefield 5 100−110
+970%
10−11
−970%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 72
+700%
9−10
−700%
Cyberpunk 2077 52
+643%
7−8
−643%
Far Cry 5 70−75
+722%
9−10
−722%
Far Cry New Dawn 86
+617%
12−14
−617%
Forza Horizon 4 170−180
+600%
24−27
−600%
Hitman 3 75
+650%
10−11
−650%
Horizon Zero Dawn 290
+936%
27−30
−936%
Metro Exodus 118
+1375%
8−9
−1375%
Red Dead Redemption 2 89
+709%
10−12
−709%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 129
+706%
16−18
−706%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 65−70
+331%
16−18
−331%
Watch Dogs: Legion 208
+384%
40−45
−384%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 51
+325%
12−14
−325%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 44
+1367%
3−4
−1367%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 55
+511%
9−10
−511%
Cyberpunk 2077 49
+600%
7−8
−600%
Far Cry 5 70−75
+722%
9−10
−722%
Forza Horizon 4 107
+328%
24−27
−328%
Hitman 3 65
+550%
10−11
−550%
Horizon Zero Dawn 99
+254%
27−30
−254%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 112
+600%
16−18
−600%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 61
+281%
16−18
−281%
Watch Dogs: Legion 31
−38.7%
40−45
+38.7%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 57
+418%
10−12
−418%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 60−65
+688%
8−9
−688%
Far Cry New Dawn 57
+850%
6−7
−850%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40
+900%
4−5
−900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 34
+750%
4−5
−750%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 38
+1167%
3−4
−1167%
Cyberpunk 2077 26
+1200%
2−3
−1200%
Far Cry 5 35−40
+660%
5−6
−660%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+3067%
6−7
−3067%
Hitman 3 43
+378%
9−10
−378%
Horizon Zero Dawn 71
+610%
10−11
−610%
Metro Exodus 67 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 80
+700%
10−11
−700%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 45−50
+1400%
3−4
−1400%
Watch Dogs: Legion 196
+654%
24−27
−654%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 56
+600%
8−9
−600%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 30−35
+1000%
3−4
−1000%
Far Cry New Dawn 31
+933%
3−4
−933%
Hitman 3 25 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 66
+6500%
1−2
−6500%
Metro Exodus 44
+4300%
1−2
−4300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40
+700%
5−6
−700%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24
+700%
3−4
−700%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 18
+800%
2−3
−800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 19
+850%
2−3
−850%
Cyberpunk 2077 11 0−1
Far Cry 5 18−20
+850%
2−3
−850%
Forza Horizon 4 54
+1700%
3−4
−1700%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 44
+780%
5−6
−780%
Watch Dogs: Legion 12
+1100%
1−2
−1100%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 28
+460%
5−6
−460%

This is how GTX 1660 Super and GTX 480M compete in popular games:

  • GTX 1660 Super is 658% faster in 900p
  • GTX 1660 Super is 125% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 1660 Super is 800% faster in 1440p
  • GTX 1660 Super is 867% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Horizon Zero Dawn, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the GTX 1660 Super is 6500% faster.
  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 480M is 39% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GTX 1660 Super is ahead in 64 tests (98%)
  • GTX 480M is ahead in 1 test (2%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 33.09 4.20
Recency 29 October 2019 25 May 2010
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 125 Watt 100 Watt

GTX 1660 Super has a 687.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 233.3% more advanced lithography process.

GTX 480M, on the other hand, has 25% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 1660 Super is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 480M in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1660 Super is a desktop card while GeForce GTX 480M is a notebook one.


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