GeForce GTX 480 vs GeForce GTX 970
Summary
GeForce GTX 480
100%
GeForce GTX 970
276%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 480
100%
GeForce GTX 970
304%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 480 |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 970 |
| 204% higher gaming performance. |
| 102 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 480 . |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 970
The GeForce GTX 970 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (1 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 480 | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF100 (GF100-375-A3) | vs | GM204 (GM204-200-A1) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 529 mm² | vs | 398 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,100 million | vs | 5,200 million |
| Shaders | 480 | vs | 1664 |
| Compute Units | 15 | vs | 13 |
| Core clock | 701 MHz | vs | 1050 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | vs | 56 |
| TMUs | 60 | vs | 104 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 480 | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 384 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 924 MHz
3696 MHz effective | vs | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1536 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 480 | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| TDP | 250 watts | vs | 148 watts |
| Release Date | 26 Mar 2010 | vs | 19 Sep 2014 |
GeForce GTX 480
21.00 GP/s
GeForce GTX 970
58.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 480
42.10 GT/s
GeForce GTX 970
109.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 480
177.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 970
224.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 480
1345.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 970
3494.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 480
5700
GeForce GTX 970
15750
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
GeForce GTX 480
24
GeForce GTX 970
73
FPS (higher is better)