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GeForce GTX 480 vs GeForce GTX 1080

GeForce GTX 480 vs GeForce GTX 1080: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Prices and Stock

MSRP $499

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Prices and Stock

MSRP $599

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Key Differences

In short — GeForce GTX 1080 outperforms GeForce GTX 480 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce GTX 1080 is 2254 days newer than GeForce GTX 480.

Advantages of GeForce GTX 1080

  • Performs up to 123% better in Need For Speed Unbound than GeForce GTX 480 - 87 vs 39 FPS
  • Consumes up to 28% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 - 180 vs 250 Watts
  • Up to 433% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 - 8 vs 2 GB
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This is a free version of Need For Speed Unbound.
Need For Speed Unbound

Need For Speed Unbound

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 Logo
GeForce GTX 480

Desktop • Mar 26th, 2010


FPS

39

45%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Logo
GeForce GTX 1080

Desktop • May 27th, 2016


FPS

87

100%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

FPS Winner

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 Logo
GeForce GTX 480

Desktop • Mar 26th, 2010

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Logo
GeForce GTX 1080

Desktop • May 27th, 2016

Theoretical Performance

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 Logo
GeForce GTX 480

Desktop • Mar 26th, 2010


Pixel Fillrate

21.03 GPixel/s

19%

Texel Fillrate

42.06 GTexel/s

15%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Logo
GeForce GTX 1080

Desktop • May 27th, 2016


Pixel Fillrate

110.9 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

277.3 GTexel/s

100%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 Logo

GeForce GTX 480

vs
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Logo

GeForce GTX 1080

Mar 26th, 2010Release Date
May 27th, 2016
GeForce 400GenerationGeForce 10
$499
MSRP$599
2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI 1.3aOutputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinPower Connectors1x 8-pin
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
1.5 GBMemory
8 GB
GDDR5TypeGDDR5X
384-bitBus256-bit
177.4 GB/sBandwidth
320.3 GB/s
701 MHzBase Clock Speed
1607 MHz
Not AvailableBoost Clock Speed1733 MHz
924 MHzMemory Clock Speed
1251 MHz

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