AMD Radeon RX 480

amd

Brand

8GB GDDR5

Memory

2304

Cores

256 GB/s

Bandwidth

AMD Radeon RX 480

$229 Jun 2016 View Details
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

nvidia

Brand

8GB GDDR5

Memory

1920

Cores

256.3 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

$379 Jun 2016 View Details
AMD Radeon RX 480

Radeon RX 480

$229 • Jun 2016

VS

GeForce GTX 1070

$379 • Jun 2016

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
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Specs Comparison

SpecificationAMD Radeon RX 480NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
8 GB8 GB
GDDR5GDDR5
150 W150 W
N/AN/A
1266 MHz1683 MHz
256 GB/s256.3 GB/s
14nm 16nm
GCN 4.0Pascal
2304 1920
N/AN/A
144 120
3264
256-bit256-bit
2000 MHz2002 MHz
40.51 GPixel/s107.7 GPixel/s
256 GTexel/s256.3 GTexel/s
5.834 GFLOPS6.463 GFLOPS
2.00 MB2.00 MB
232 mm²314 mm²
5700 Million7200 Million
450 W450 W
1x 6-pin1x 8-pin
PCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
1212.1
1.31.3
4.64.6
GlobalFoundriesTSMC

Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks

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3DMark

3DMark Time Spy

Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads

Graphics Score

3980

AMD Radeon RX 480

5844 (+47%)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

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Geekbench

Geekbench 6

Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs

OpenCL Score

38595

AMD Radeon RX 480

53429 (+38%)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

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GFXBench

GFXBench 5.0

Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

FPS

AMD Radeon RX 480

75.4 FPS

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

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Passmark

PassMark G2D

Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations

G2D Mark

8582

AMD Radeon RX 480

13504 (+57%)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

Game Benchmarks Comparison (378 benchmarks)

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Mount & Blade II Bannerlord

Mount & Blade II Bannerlord

8.5 2022 Action, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy

1080p
| ultra

GeForce GTX 1070 (+19%)
AVG 89 FPS
MIN 73 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 75 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
1440p
| ultra

GeForce GTX 1070 (+20%)
AVG 61 FPS
MIN 49 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
2160p
| ultra

GeForce GTX 1070 (+32%)
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
Winner
Loser
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Valheim

Valheim

8.3 2021 Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Early Access

1080p
| ultra

GeForce GTX 1070 (+103%)
AVG 71 FPS
MIN 62 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
1440p
| ultra

GeForce GTX 1070 (+117%)
AVG 52 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
2160p
| ultra

GeForce GTX 1070 (+88%)
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 16 FPS
MIN 14 FPS
Winner
Loser
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King Arthur Knight's Tale

King Arthur Knight's Tale

8.5 2021 RPG, Strategy

1080p
| ultra

GeForce GTX 1070 (+45%)
AVG 96 FPS
MIN 89 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 66 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
1440p
| ultra

GeForce GTX 1070 (+52%)
AVG 70 FPS
MIN 64 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
2160p
| ultra

GeForce GTX 1070 (+71%)
AVG 41 FPS
MIN 35 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
Winner
Loser
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A Total War Saga TROY

A Total War Saga TROY

8.3 2021 Action, Simulation, Strategy

1080p
| ultra

GeForce GTX 1070 (+73%)
AVG 57 FPS
MIN 45 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
1440p
| ultra

GeForce GTX 1070 (+82%)
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 17 FPS
2160p
| ultra

GeForce GTX 1070 (+91%)
AVG 21 FPS
MIN 17 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 11 FPS
MIN 8 FPS
Winner
Loser
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Valkyria Chronicles 4

Valkyria Chronicles 4

8.5 2018 Action, RPG, Strategy

1080p
| high

GeForce GTX 1070 (+49%)
AVG 158 FPS
MIN 144 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 106 FPS
MIN 95 FPS
1440p
| high

GeForce GTX 1070 (+71%)
AVG 128 FPS
MIN 116 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 75 FPS
MIN 69 FPS
2160p
| high

GeForce GTX 1070 (+126%)
AVG 88 FPS
MIN 81 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
Winner
Loser
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Pathfinder Kingmaker

Pathfinder Kingmaker

8.5 2018 Adventure, RPG

1080p
| high

GeForce GTX 1070 (+46%)
AVG 127 FPS
MIN 117 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 87 FPS
MIN 84 FPS
1440p
| high

GeForce GTX 1070 (+73%)
AVG 97 FPS
MIN 93 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 56 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
2160p
| high

GeForce GTX 1070 (+81%)
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 27 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
Winner
Loser

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Wins!

Based on 375 benchmarks across 125 games

42
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 480
VS
+47.9%
62
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 1070
AMD Radeon RX 480

AMD Radeon RX 480

AMD • 8GB GDDR5

0
Wins
42
Avg FPS
35
Min FPS
0%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

NVIDIA • 8GB GDDR5

369
Wins
62
Avg FPS
52
Min FPS
98%
Win Rate

Most Compared GPUs

AMD Radeon RX 480

Radeon RX 480

2016 8GB GDDR5 $229
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X

GeForce GTX TITAN X

2015 12GB GDDR5 $999
AMD Radeon RX 480

Radeon RX 480

2016 8GB GDDR5 $229
VS
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT

Radeon RX 5600 XT

2020 6GB GDDR6 $279
AMD Radeon RX 480

Radeon RX 480

2016 8GB GDDR5 $229
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

2019 6GB GDDR6 $279
AMD Radeon RX 480

Radeon RX 480

2016 8GB GDDR5 $229
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650

GeForce GTX 1650

2019 4GB GDDR5 $149
AMD Radeon RX 480

Radeon RX 480

2016 8GB GDDR5 $229
VS
AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT

Radeon RX 7600 XT

2024 16GB GDDR6 $329
AMD Radeon RX 480

Radeon RX 480

2016 8GB GDDR5 $229
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER

GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER

2019 8GB GDDR6 $399
AMD Radeon RX 480

Radeon RX 480

2016 8GB GDDR5 $229
VS
AMD Radeon RX 6400

Radeon RX 6400

2022 4GB GDDR6 $159
AMD Radeon RX 480

Radeon RX 480

2016 8GB GDDR5 $229
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti

GeForce RTX 4070 Ti

2023 12GB GDDR6X $799

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