Iris Plus Graphics G4 vs GeForce GTX 480

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking431not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.59no data
Power efficiency2.94no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Generation 11.0 (2019−2021)
GPU code nameGF100Ice Lake GT2
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date26 March 2010 (14 years ago)29 May 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499 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 cores480384
Core clock speed700 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1050 MHz
Number of transistors3,100 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt15 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate42.0625.20
Floating-point processing power1.345 TFLOPS0.8064 TFLOPS
ROPs488
TMUs6024

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).

Bus support16x PCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x1
Length267 mmno data
Height4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinno data
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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount1536 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width384 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1848 MHz (3696 data rate)System Shared
Memory bandwidth177.4 GB/sno data
Shared memory-no data

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 ConnectorsTwo Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMINo outputs
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.24.6
OpenCL1.12.1
VulkanN/A1.1.97
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 26 March 2010 29 May 2019
Chip lithography 40 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 15 Watt

Iris Plus Graphics G4 has an age advantage of 9 years, a 300% more advanced lithography process, and 1566.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 480 and Iris Plus Graphics G4. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 480 is a desktop card while Iris Plus Graphics G4 is a notebook one.


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