NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6930
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6930

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480  vs  AMD Radeon HD 6930.

301
Place in performance rating
249
7.61
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Fermi
Architecture
TeraScale 3
GF100
Code name
Cayman
Desktop
Type
Desktop
7 December 2010 (10 years ago)
Release date
1 December 2011
$499
Launch price (MSRP)
$180
$8.99 (0x MSRP)
Price now
no data
2.72
Value for money
no data
GF100
GPU code name
no data
Desktop
Market segment
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Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480  vs  AMD Radeon HD 6930 in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

480
Pipelines
1280
700 MHz
Core clock speed
750 MHz
3,100 million
Transistor count
2,640 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
250 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
186 Watt
42 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
60.00
1,345.0 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,920.0 gflops
105 °C
Maximum GPU temperature
no data
480
CUDA cores
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480
Pipelines / CUDA cores
no data
3,100 million
Number of transistors
no data
250 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 and AMD Radeon HD 6930 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
Length
220 mm
6-pin & 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
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SLI options
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16x PCI-E 2.0
Bus support
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4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Height
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Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 vs AMD Radeon HD 6930.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
1536 MB
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
384 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
1848 MHz (3696 data rate)
Memory clock speed
4800 MHz
177.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
153.6 GB/s
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Shared memory
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Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 vs AMD Radeon HD 6930.

Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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Multi monitor support
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+
HDCP
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2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
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Internal
Audio input for HDMI
no data
+
HDMI
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Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

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3D Vision
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CUDA
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DirectX 11
DirectX 11
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API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 and AMD Radeon HD 6930 is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

12 (11_0)
DirectX
11.2 (11_0)
4.2
OpenGL
4.4

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 and AMD Radeon HD 6930 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 or AMD Radeon HD 6930 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480
AMD Radeon HD 6930
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480
AMD Radeon HD 6930
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480
AMD Radeon HD 6930
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480
AMD Radeon HD 6930
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480
AMD Radeon HD 6930
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480

More maximum RAM amount (1536 MB vs 1 GB)

More memory bandwidth (177.4 GB/s vs 153.6 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 6930

0.1% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1280 vs 480)

Less power consumption (186 Watt vs 250 Watt)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 or AMD Radeon HD 6930?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon HD 6930 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 versus AMD Radeon HD 6930 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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Passmark

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User rating

4.5 Out of 19 Hitesti Score
3.5 Out of 6 Hitesti Score