GeForce RTX 3080 vs GTX 480M SLI

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 480M SLI with GeForce RTX 3080, including specs and performance data.

GTX 480M SLI
2010
4 GB GDDR5, 100 Watt
6.48

RTX 3080 outperforms GTX 480M SLI by a whopping 910% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking57426
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data46.30
Power efficiency4.4414.02
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameN11E-GTX-A3GA102
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date25 May 2010 (14 years ago)1 September 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$699

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores7048704
Core clock speed425 MHz1440 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1710 MHz
Number of transistors6000 Million28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt320 Watt
Texture fill rateno data465.1
Floating-point processing powerno data29.77 TFLOPS
ROPsno data96
TMUsno data272
Tensor Coresno data272
Ray Tracing Coresno data68

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 sizelargeno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data285 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 12-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount4 GB10 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit320 Bit
Memory clock speed1200 MHz1188 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data760.3 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 Connectorsno data1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX1112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.0
Vulkan-1.2
CUDA-8.5

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 480M SLI 6.48
RTX 3080 65.42
+910%

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 480M SLI 4229
RTX 3080 53713
+1170%

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 480M SLI 16500
RTX 3080 91747
+456%

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:

900p61
−884%
600−650
+884%
Full HD67
−149%
167
+149%
1440p12−14
−958%
127
+958%
4K8−9
−963%
85
+963%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data4.19
1440pno data5.50
4Kno data8.22

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
−1160%
120−130
+1160%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16−18
−694%
130−140
+694%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 8−9
−1288%
111
+1288%
Battlefield 5 18−20
−1061%
200−210
+1061%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
−792%
110−120
+792%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
−1280%
138
+1280%
Far Cry 5 14−16
−721%
110−120
+721%
Far Cry New Dawn 18−20
−783%
150−160
+783%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
−455%
230−240
+455%
Hitman 3 12−14
−792%
116
+792%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
−521%
240−250
+521%
Metro Exodus 18−20
−700%
144
+700%
Red Dead Redemption 2 18−20
−628%
131
+628%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21−24
−1132%
270−280
+1132%
Watch Dogs: Legion 50−55
−386%
248
+386%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16−18
−694%
130−140
+694%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 8−9
−1100%
96
+1100%
Battlefield 5 18−20
−1061%
200−210
+1061%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
−792%
110−120
+792%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
−1240%
134
+1240%
Far Cry 5 14−16
−721%
110−120
+721%
Far Cry New Dawn 18−20
−783%
150−160
+783%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
−455%
230−240
+455%
Hitman 3 12−14
−808%
118
+808%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
−521%
240−250
+521%
Metro Exodus 18−20
−700%
144
+700%
Red Dead Redemption 2 18−20
−567%
120−130
+567%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21−24
−1382%
326
+1382%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 20−22
−595%
130−140
+595%
Watch Dogs: Legion 50−55
−367%
238
+367%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16−18
−694%
130−140
+694%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 8−9
−1000%
88
+1000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
−792%
110−120
+792%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
−1210%
131
+1210%
Far Cry 5 14−16
−721%
110−120
+721%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
−455%
230−240
+455%
Hitman 3 12−14
−746%
110
+746%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
−367%
182
+367%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21−24
−1205%
287
+1205%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 20−22
−645%
149
+645%
Watch Dogs: Legion 50−55
−98%
101
+98%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 18−20
−628%
131
+628%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 12−14
−1158%
150−160
+1158%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−11
−930%
100−110
+930%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−1167%
75−80
+1167%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
−3700%
76
+3700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 6−7
−1183%
75−80
+1183%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−2767%
86
+2767%
Far Cry 5 7−8
−1000%
75−80
+1000%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
−1190%
270−280
+1190%
Hitman 3 10−11
−1020%
112
+1020%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−979%
151
+979%
Metro Exodus 6−7
−1683%
107
+1683%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 3−4
−7200%
219
+7200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
−1833%
110−120
+1833%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
−502%
247
+502%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 10−12
−1082%
130
+1082%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 5−6
−1480%
75−80
+1480%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
−1525%
65−70
+1525%
Hitman 3 3−4
−1800%
57
+1800%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
−1144%
220−230
+1144%
Metro Exodus 3−4
−4633%
142
+4633%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
−3733%
115
+3733%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−1225%
50−55
+1225%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
−1633%
52
+1633%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−1500%
45−50
+1500%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 43
Far Cry 5 3−4
−1433%
45−50
+1433%
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
−1443%
100−110
+1443%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1−2
−13400%
135
+13400%
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3
−2600%
54
+2600%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
−1257%
95
+1257%

This is how GTX 480M SLI and RTX 3080 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 3080 is 884% faster in 900p
  • RTX 3080 is 149% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 3080 is 958% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 3080 is 963% faster in 4K

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

  • in Shadow of the Tomb Raider, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 3080 is 13400% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RTX 3080 surpassed GTX 480M SLI in all 71 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 6.48 65.42
Recency 25 May 2010 1 September 2020
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 10 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 320 Watt

GTX 480M SLI has 220% lower power consumption.

RTX 3080, on the other hand, has a 909.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, a 150% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 400% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3080 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 480M SLI in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 480M SLI is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 3080 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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