Key Differences
In short — Radeon HD 7950 outperforms GeForce GTX 480 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon HD 7950 is 676 days newer than GeForce GTX 480.
Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7950
- Performs up to 7% better in Dota 2 than GeForce GTX 480 - 154 vs 144 FPS
- Consumes up to 20% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 - 200 vs 250 Watts
- Up to 100% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 - 3 vs 1.5 GB
Dota 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Best Looking
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Best Looking
GeForce GTX 480
Desktop • Mar 26th, 2010
Radeon HD 7950
Desktop • Jan 31st, 2012
Theoretical Performance
GeForce GTX 480
Desktop • Mar 26th, 2010
Pixel Fillrate
21.03 GPixel/s
82%
Texel Fillrate
42.06 GTexel/s
46%
Radeon HD 7950
Desktop • Jan 31st, 2012
Pixel Fillrate
25.6 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
89.6 GTexel/s
100%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 | vs | AMD Radeon HD 7950 |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 26th, 2010 | Release Date | Jan 31st, 2012 |
| GeForce 400 | Generation | Southern Islands |
| $499 | MSRP | $449 |
| 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
| 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | Power Connectors | 2x 6-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 1.5 GB | Memory | 3 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 384-bit | Bus | 384-bit |
| 177.4 GB/s | Bandwidth | 240 GB/s |
| 701 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 800 MHz |
| Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | Not Available |
| 924 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1250 MHz |
