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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 480
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AMD logo Radeon HD 6950

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 logo AMD Radeon HD 6950 logo
General information GeForce GTX 480 Radeon HD 6950
Launched Q3 2012 Q3 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory NVIDIA AMD
Motherboard Bus PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory 1536 MB 0 % 1024 MB 33.3 %
Core Clock 700 MHz 12.5 % 800 MHz 0 %
Effective Clock 3696 MHz 26.1 % 5000 MHz 0 %
DirectX DirectX 11 DirectX 11
OpenGL OpenGL 4.5 OpenGL 4.4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 W 0 % 200 W 20 %
Length 304 mm 0 % 297 mm 2.3 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 3 0 %
Case Slots 2 33.3 % 3 0 %
Performance GeForce GTX 480 Radeon HD 6950
Overall Score 32546 0 % 25972 20.2 %
Future Proof 21 % 0 % 21 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 10592 0 % 6746 36.3 %
2D Benchmark Score 447 0 % 438.7 1.8 %
Average DirectX performance 37 FPS 0 % 25.9 FPS 30.2 %
DirectX 9 performance 79.2 FPS 0 % 65.4 FPS 17.4 %
DirectX 10 performance 19.9 FPS 0 % 17.9 FPS 10.4 %
DirectX 11 performance 34.1 FPS 0 % 20.2 FPS 40.9 %
DirectX 12 performance 14.9 FPS 0 % 0 FPS 100 %
Graphic card computing 3410.6 operations/s 0 % 961.8 operations/s 71.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for GeForce GTX 480, Radeon HD 6950.

Average frames per second GeForce GTX 480 Radeon HD 6950
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 67.6 FPS 50.4 FPS
High settings 121.7 FPS 90.7 FPS
Medium settings 146.0 FPS 108.9 FPS
Low settings 204.4 FPS 152.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 25.4 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game Grand Theft Auto V for GeForce GTX 480, Radeon HD 6950.

Grand Theft Auto V GeForce GTX 480 Radeon HD 6950
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 54.0 FPS 42.6 FPS
High settings 97.1 FPS 76.7 FPS
Medium settings 116.6 FPS 92.1 FPS
Low settings 163.2 FPS 128.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 21 %
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