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    GeForce GTX 480 vs GeForce GTX 460 SE

    GeForce GTX 480
    Memory: 1536Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 26 Mar 2010
    GeForce GTX 480
    GeForce GTX 460 SE
    Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 15 Nov 2010
    GeForce GTX 460 SE
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    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • GeForce GTX 480
      185%
    • GeForce GTX 460 SE
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 480

    Around 85% higher average synthetic performance.
    Supports PhysX
    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

    Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 460 SE

    100 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 480 .
    Supports PhysX
    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications
    GeForce GTX 480

    HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 480

    The GeForce GTX 480 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).

    Specifications

    Core Configuration

    GeForce GTX 480GeForce GTX 460 SE
    GPU NameGF100 (GF100-375-A3)vsGF104 (GF104-225-A1)
    Fab Process40 nmvs40 nm
    Die Size529 mm²vs332 mm²
    Transistors3,100 millionvs1,950 million
    Shaders480vs288
    Compute Units15vs6
    Core clock701 MHzvs650 MHz
    ROPs48vs32
    TMUs60vs48

    Memory Configuration

    GeForce GTX 480GeForce GTX 460 SE
    Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
    Bus Width384 bitvs256 bit
    Memory Speed924 MHz
    3696 MHz effective    		vs850 MHz
    3400 MHz effective
    Memory Size1536 Mbvs1024 Mb

    Additional details

    GeForce GTX 480GeForce GTX 460 SE
    TDP250 wattsvs150 watts
    Release Date26 Mar 2010vs15 Nov 2010

    Raw Performance comparison

    Pixel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 480
      21.00 GP/s
    • GeForce GTX 460 SE
      7.80 GP/s

    GigaPixels - higher is better

    Texel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 480
      42.10 GT/s
    • GeForce GTX 460 SE
      31.20 GT/s

    GigaTexels - higher is better

    Memory bandwidth

    • GeForce GTX 480
      177.00 GB/s
    • GeForce GTX 460 SE
      109.00 GB/s

    GB/s - higher is better

    Single precision performance

    • GeForce GTX 480
      1345.00 GFLOPs
    • GeForce GTX 460 SE
      748.80 GFLOPs

    GFLOPs - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    3DMark 11

    • GeForce GTX 480
      5700
    • GeForce GTX 460 SE
      3080

    Points (higher is better)

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