GeForce 8800 GTX vs Radeon RX 480 mobile

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce 8800 GTX and Radeon RX 480 mobile, 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 8800 GTX stacks up against Radeon RX 480 mobile, check out specs charts below.

Radeon RX 480 mobile is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon RX 480 mobile 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 Radeon RX 480 mobile here:

Main Specs

  GeForce 8800 GTX Radeon RX 480 mobile
Power consumption (TDP) 155 Watt 100 Watt
Interface PCIe 1.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 768 MB 8 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video No outputs
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  • GeForce 8800 GTX has 55% more power consumption, than Radeon RX 480 mobile.
  • GeForce 8800 GTX is connected by PCIe 1.0 x16, and Radeon RX 480 mobile uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
  • GeForce 8800 GTX has 760 GB more memory, than Radeon RX 480 mobile.
  • GeForce 8800 GTX is used in Desktops, and Radeon RX 480 mobile - in Laptops.
  • GeForce 8800 GTX is build with Tesla architecture, and Radeon RX 480 mobile - with Polaris.
  • GeForce 8800 GTX is manufactured by 90 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 480 mobile - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 480 mobile is 7100 MHz higher, than GeForce 8800 GTX.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 12−14
ultra / 1080p 7−8
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 1−2 27−30
medium / 1080p 0−1 14−16
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 480 mobile in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 2700% more, than GeForce 8800 GTX.

Full Specs

  GeForce 8800 GTX Radeon RX 480 mobile
Architecture Tesla Polaris
Code name G80 Polaris
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 8 November 2006 1 August 2016
Pipelines 128 2304
Core clock speed 576 MHz
Boost Clock 1077 MHz
Transistor count 681 million 5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 90 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 36.8 billion/sec 155.1
Floating-point performance 345.6 gflops 4,963 gflops
Length 270 mm
Memory bus width 384 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 900 MHz 8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 86.4 GB/s 256.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.1 (10_0) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 4.0 6.4
OpenGL 3.3 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 2.0
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
CUDA +
CUDA cores 575
SLI options +
Laptop size large
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