GeForce GTX 480M SLI vs Radeon Pro 450

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 480M SLI and Radeon Pro 450, 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 SLI stacks up against Radeon Pro 450, check out specs charts below.

GeForce GTX 480M SLI and Radeon Pro 450 are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce GTX 480M SLI and Radeon Pro 450 are only used in laptop graphics. They have 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 SLI or Radeon Pro 450 here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 480M SLI Radeon Pro 450
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 35 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • GeForce GTX 480M SLI has 185% more power consumption, than Radeon Pro 450.
  • GeForce GTX 480M SLI has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon Pro 450.
  • GeForce GTX 480M SLI is used in Laptops, and Radeon Pro 450 - in Mobile workstations.
  • GeForce GTX 480M SLI is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon Pro 450 - with Polaris.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon Pro 450 is 375 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 480M SLI.
  • GeForce GTX 480M SLI is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon Pro 450 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon Pro 450 is 3880 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 480M SLI.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 16−18 14−16
ultra / 1080p 9−10 8−9
QHD / 1440p 4−5 3−4
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 30−35 27−30
medium / 1080p 20−22 16−18
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 480M SLI in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 14% more, than Radeon Pro 450.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 480M SLI Radeon Pro 450
Architecture Fermi Polaris
Code name N11E-GTX-A3 Polaris 11
Type Laptop Mobile workstation
Release date 25 May 2010 27 October 2016
Pipelines 704 640
Core clock speed 425 MHz 800 MHz
Transistor count 6000 Million 3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 32.00
Floating-point performance 1,024 gflops
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1200 MHz 5080 MHz
Memory bandwidth 81.28 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX DirectX 11, Shader 5.0 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 6.4
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131
FreeSync +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 127 Mh/s
Laptop size large large
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