GeForce GTX 480 vs Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
Summary
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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition |
| 16% higher gaming performance. |
| 75 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 Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports Mantle |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
The Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (2 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 480 | | Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF100 (GF100-375-A3) | vs | Pitcairn (Pitcairn XT) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 529 mm² | vs | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,100 million | vs | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 480 | vs | 1280 |
| Compute Units | 15 | vs | 20 |
| Core clock | 701 MHz | vs | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 60 | vs | 80 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 480 | | Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 384 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 924 MHz
3696 MHz effective | vs | 1200 MHz
4800 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1536 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 480 | | Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition | |
|---|
| TDP | 250 watts | vs | 175 watts |
| Release Date | 26 Mar 2010 | vs | 5 Mar 2012 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
FPS (higher is better)