GeForce 8800 GTS 320 vs Radeon HD 6480G

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1178not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.36no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameSumoG80
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date14 June 2011 (13 years ago)12 February 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$269

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 cores24096
Core clock speed444 MHz513 MHz
Number of transistors1,178 million681 million
Manufacturing process technology32 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt143 Watt
Texture fill rate5.32824.62
Floating-point processing power0.2131 TFLOPS0.2281 TFLOPS
ROPs420
TMUs1224

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).

InterfaceIGPPCIe 1.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
WidthIGP2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-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 typeSystem SharedGDDR3
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared320 MB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared320 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared792 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data63.36 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 outputs2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model5.04.0
OpenGL4.43.3
OpenCL1.21.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA-+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 June 2011 12 February 2007
Chip lithography 32 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 143 Watt

HD 6480G has an age advantage of 4 years, a 181.3% more advanced lithography process, and 308.6% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 6480G and GeForce 8800 GTS 320. We've got no test results to judge.


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