NVIDIA started GeForce GTX 480 sales 26 March 2010 at a recommended price of $499 . This is a desktop graphics card based on a Fermi architecture and made with 40 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamer market. 1536 MB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 1.85 GHz are supplied, and together with 384 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 177.4 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is a dual-slot graphics card attached via PCIe 2.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 267 mm. One 6-pin and one 8-pin connectors are required, and power consumption is at 250 Watt.

Primary details

Some basic facts about GeForce GTX 480: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in the ranking	431
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.59
Power efficiency	2.95	of 100.00 (Radeon 890M)
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	GF100
Market segment	Desktop
Release date	26 March 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$499	of 14,999 (Quadro Plex 7000)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

GeForce GTX 480's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce GTX 480's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	480	of 21760 (GeForce RTX 5090)
Core clock speed	700 MHz	of 2800 MHz (Playstation 5 Pro GPU)
Number of transistors	3,100 million	of 208,000 million (B200 SXM 192 GB)
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	of 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V)
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	of 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Texture fill rate	42.06	of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Floating-point processing power	1.345 TFLOPS	of 109.7 (GeForce RTX 5090)
ROPs	48	of 192 (Radeon RX 7900 XTX)
TMUs	60	of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce GTX 480 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Bus support	16x PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Width	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
SLI options	+

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce GTX 480: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory type	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	of 294912 (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width	384 Bit	of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	1848 MHz (3696 data rate)	of 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile)
Memory bandwidth	177.4 GB/s	of 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Shared memory	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce GTX 480. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors	Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI
Multi monitor support	+
HDMI	+
HDCP	+
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI	Internal

API compatibility

APIs supported by GeForce GTX 480, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1
OpenGL	4.2	of 4.6 (GeForce RTX 4090)
OpenCL	1.1
Vulkan	N/A
CUDA	+

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce GTX 480. 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 480 10.64

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 480 4106

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 480 5014

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

GTX 480 3650

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

GTX 480 13123

Octane Render OctaneBench

This is a special benchmark measuring graphics card performance in OctaneRender, which is a realistic GPU rendering engine by OTOY Inc., available either as a standalone program, or as a plugin for 3DS Max, Cinema 4D and many other apps. It renders four different static scenes, then compares render times with a reference GPU which is currently GeForce GTX 980. This benchmark has nothing to do with gaming and is aimed at professional 3D graphics artists.

GTX 480 54

Gaming performance

Let's see how good GeForce GTX 480 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

16−18

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18
Battlefield 5	30−35
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18
Far Cry 5	24−27
Far Cry New Dawn	30−33
Forza Horizon 4	70−75
Hitman 3	20−22
Horizon Zero Dawn	55−60
Metro Exodus	30−35
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−33
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	35−40
Watch Dogs: Legion	65−70

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18
Battlefield 5	30−35
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18
Far Cry 5	24−27
Far Cry New Dawn	30−33
Forza Horizon 4	70−75
Hitman 3	20−22
Horizon Zero Dawn	55−60
Metro Exodus	30−35
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−33
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	35−40
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30
Watch Dogs: Legion	65−70

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18
Far Cry 5	24−27
Forza Horizon 4	70−75
Hitman 3	20−22
Horizon Zero Dawn	55−60
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	35−40
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30
Watch Dogs: Legion	65−70

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

30−33

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	21−24
Far Cry New Dawn	16−18

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	7−8
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6
Far Cry 5	12−14
Forza Horizon 4	45−50
Hitman 3	14−16
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24
Metro Exodus	16−18
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11
Watch Dogs: Legion	65−70

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

18−20

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	10−11
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9
Hitman 3	7−8
Horizon Zero Dawn	45−50
Metro Exodus	9−10
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8−9

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2
Far Cry 5	6−7
Forza Horizon 4	12−14
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

10−11

Closest competitors

GeForce GTX 480's performance relative to its closest rivals among desktop graphics cards.

GeForce GTX 660 Ti 107.8

Radeon R9 270 104.89

GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2 101.32

GeForce GTX 480 100

Radeon RX 460 99.91

Radeon R7 265 97.65

GeForce GTX 660 97.46

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce GTX 480 is Radeon RX 460, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 1 position in our ranking.