FirePro V5800 vs GeForce GTX 480

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro V5800 and GeForce GTX 480. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between FirePro V5800 and GeForce GTX 480. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Main Specs

  FirePro V5800 GeForce GTX 480
Power consumption (TDP) 74 Watt 250 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 6-pin & 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1536 MB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
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  • GeForce GTX 480 has 237% more power consumption, than FirePro V5800.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • GeForce GTX 480 has 1535 GB more memory, than FirePro V5800.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro V5800 is build with TeraScale 2 architecture, and GeForce GTX 480 - with Fermi.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 480 is 10 MHz higher, than FirePro V5800.
  • FirePro V5800 and GeForce GTX 480 are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • FirePro V5800 is 219 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 480.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro V5800 is 2152 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 480.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 6−7 21−24
ultra / 1080p 4−5 12−14
QHD / 1440p 0−1 6−7
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 16−18 40−45
medium / 1080p 7−8 24−27
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 480 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 212% more, than FirePro V5800.

Full Specs

  FirePro V5800 GeForce GTX 480
Architecture TeraScale 2 Fermi
Code name Juniper GF100
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 26 April 2010 7 December 2010
Pipelines 800 480
Core clock speed 690 MHz 700 MHz
Transistor count 1,040 million 3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 27.60 42 billion/sec
Floating-point performance 1,104.0 gflops 1,345.0 gflops
Length 229 mm 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
Memory bus width 128 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 1848 MHz (3696 data rate)
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s 177.4 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.0 5.1
OpenGL 4.4 4.2
OpenCL 1.2 1.1
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA +
CUDA cores 480
Bus support 16x PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support +
HDMI +
HDCP +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI Internal
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