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    GeForce GTX 480M vs Radeon HD 7850

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 480M and Radeon HD 7850, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce GTX 480M stacks up against Radeon HD 7850, check out specs charts below.
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    GeForce GTX 480M is a Laptop Graphics Card

    Note: GeForce GTX 480M is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with GeForce GTX 480M here:

    GeForce GTX 480M Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 480M Radeon HD 7850
    Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 225 Watt
    Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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    • Radeon HD 7850 has 125% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 480M.
    • GeForce GTX 480M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon HD 7850 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
    • GeForce GTX 480M and Radeon HD 7850 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
    • GeForce GTX 480M is used in Laptops, and Radeon HD 7850 - in Desktops.
    • GeForce GTX 480M is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon HD 7850 - with GCN 1.0.
    • GeForce GTX 480M is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7850 - by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 480M and Radeon HD 7850 is 1200 MHz.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 10−11 18−20
    ultra / 1080p 6−7 10−12
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 5−6
    4K / 2160p − 4−5
    low / 720p 21−24 35−40
    medium / 1080p 12−14 24−27
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7850 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 76% more, than GeForce GTX 480M.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 480M Radeon HD 7850
    Architecture Fermi GCN 1.0
    Code name N11E-GTX-A3 Pitcairn
    Type Laptop Desktop
    Release date 25 May 2010 5 March 2012
    Pipelines 352 1024
    Core clock speed 850 MHz
    Boost Clock 1000 MHz
    Transistor count 3,100 million 2,800 million
    Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 18.7 billion/sec 55.04
    Floating-point performance 598.4 gflops 1,761 gflops
    Length 210 mm
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1200 MHz 1200 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 76.8 GB/s 153.6 GB/s
    Shared memory -
    DirectX 12 API
    Shader Model 5.1 5.1
    OpenGL 4.5 4.6
    OpenCL 1.1 1.2
    Vulkan N/A
    CUDA +
    FreeSync +
    Bus support PCI-E 2.0 PCIe 2.1 x16
    SLI options +
    HDMI +
    Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 249 Mh/s
    Laptop size large
    Eyefinity +
    Design reference
    CrossFire +
    Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 12.5 Mh/s
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