NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480
VS
AMD Radeon 540X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480
VS
AMD Radeon 540X

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 and AMD Radeon 540X. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

301
Place in performance rating
558
7.61
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Fermi
Architecture
GCN 4.0
GF100
Code name
Lexa
Desktop
Type
Laptop
7 December 2010 (10 years ago)
Release date
12 August 2019 (2 years ago)
$499
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$8.99 (0x MSRP)
Price now
$421
2.72
Value for money
3.25
GF100
GPU code name
Lexa
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 and AMD Radeon 540X based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

480
Pipelines
512
700 MHz
Core clock speed
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Boost Clock
1046 MHz
3,100 million
Transistor count
2,200 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
250 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
50 Watt
42 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
33.47
1,345.0 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
105 °C
Maximum GPU temperature
no data
480
CUDA cores
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480
Pipelines / CUDA cores
512
no data
Boost clock speed
1219 MHz
3,100 million
Number of transistors
2,200 million
250 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
50 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 and AMD Radeon 540X.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
Length
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6-pin & 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
None
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SLI options
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16x PCI-E 2.0
Bus support
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4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Height
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Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 and AMD Radeon 540X can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
1536 MB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
384 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
1848 MHz (3696 data rate)
Memory clock speed
6000 MHz
177.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
112.0 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 and AMD Radeon 540X, the size and number of monitors.

Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
+
Multi monitor support
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+
HDCP
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2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
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Internal
Audio input for HDMI
no data
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 and AMD Radeon 540X is the additional functionality.

+
3D Vision
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CUDA
no data
DirectX 11
DirectX 11
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 and AMD Radeon 540X. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
12 (12_0)
4.2
OpenGL
4.6
no data
Vulkan
+

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 and AMD Radeon 540X graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 or AMD Radeon 540X good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480
AMD Radeon 540X
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480
AMD Radeon 540X
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480
AMD Radeon 540X
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480
AMD Radeon 540X
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480
AMD Radeon 540X 41.1
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480

11.57% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($8.99 (0x MSRP) vs $421)

More maximum RAM amount (1536 MB vs 2 GB)

More memory bandwidth (177.4 GB/s vs 112.0 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon 540X

More pipelines (512 vs 480)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 40 nm)

Less power consumption (50 Watt vs 250 Watt)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 or AMD Radeon 540X?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 versus AMD Radeon 540X performance benchmarks comparison

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