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GeForce GTX 280 vs GeForce GTX 480
Intro
The GeForce GTX 280 comes with core clock speeds of 602 MHz on the GPU, and 1107 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR3 memory. It features 240 SPUs as well as 80 Texture Address Units and 32 ROPs.Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 480, which comes with GPU clock speed of 700 MHz, and 1536 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 924 MHz through a 384-bit bus. It also is made up of 480 Stream Processors, 60 Texture Address Units, and 48 ROPs.
Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| GeForce GTX 280 |
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236 Watts |
| GeForce GTX 480 |
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250 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 480 should in theory be quite a bit better than the GeForce GTX 280 in general. (explain)
| GeForce GTX 480 |
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177408 MB/sec |
| GeForce GTX 280 |
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141696 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The GeForce GTX 280 will be a small bit (approximately 15%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 480. (explain)| GeForce GTX 280 |
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48160 Mtexels/sec |
| GeForce GTX 480 |
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42000 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
The GeForce GTX 480 should be quite a bit (more or less 74%) more effective at FSAA than the GeForce GTX 280, and should be capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)| GeForce GTX 480 |
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33600 Mpixels/sec |
| GeForce GTX 280 |
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19264 Mpixels/sec |
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Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.
Price Comparison
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Specifications
| Model | GeForce GTX 280 | GeForce GTX 480 |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | nVidia |
| Year | June 17, 2008 | March 2010 |
| Code Name | G200 | GF100 |
| Memory | 1024 MB | 1536 MB |
| Core Speed | 602 MHz | 700 MHz |
| Memory Speed | 2214 MHz | 3696 MHz |
| Power (Max TDP) | 236 watts | 250 watts |
| Bandwidth | 141696 MB/sec | 177408 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 48160 Mtexels/sec | 42000 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 19264 Mpixels/sec | 33600 Mpixels/sec |
| Unified Shaders | 240 | 480 |
| Texture Mapping Units | 80 | 60 |
| Render Output Units | 32 | 48 |
| Bus Type | GDDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 512-bit | 384-bit |
| Fab Process | 65 nm | 40 nm |
| Transistors | 1400 million | 3000 million |
| Bus | PCIe x16 2.0 | PCIe x16 |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 10 | DirectX 11 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 3.1 | OpenGL 4.1 |
Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.
Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.
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Comments
One Response to “GeForce GTX 280 vs GeForce GTX 480”GREAT SITE !
you (spectator) can think that this site can be useless but compared to passmark bench site it's USEFULL AS HELL !
why ? if you watch gtx280 score point in passmark test youll notice that can do only 1200 point ! (around)
and a gtx TITAN (in the same site) can do OVER 8000 point (benchmark score)
after i watched the comparison on this site i noticed that in the OVERALL PERFORMANCE the gtx titan is not 6x/8x times faster than a gtx 280, it's only 100% FASTER (and not in all situations)
i was really afraid about my performance in game like crysis 2 that has not a triple or quadruple fps increase(seeing a gpu load over 95 % all time)
i tought i waster money buyng gtx titan but NOW i know what really have in my hands !