amd
Brand8GB GDDR5
Memory2304
Cores256 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon RX 480
VS
nvidia
Brand8GB GDDR5
Memory1920
Cores256.3 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
AMD Radeon RX 480
8GB GDDR5 150W $229 Jun 2016
Radeon RX 480
$229 • Jun 2016
VS
GeForce GTX 1070
$379 • Jun 2016
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
8GB GDDR5 150W $379 Jun 2016
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Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 480 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 150 W | 150 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1266 MHz | 1683 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 256 GB/s | 256.3 GB/s |
| Process Size | 14nm | 16nm |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Pascal |
| Shading Units | 2304 | 1920 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 144 | 120 |
| ROPs | 32 | 64 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 2000 MHz | 2002 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 40.51 GPixel/s | 107.7 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 256 GTexel/s | 256.3 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 5.834 GFLOPS | 6.463 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 2.00 MB | 2.00 MB |
| Die Size | 232 mm² | 314 mm² |
| Transistors | 5700 Million | 7200 Million |
| Required PSU | 450 W | 450 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12 | 12.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | GlobalFoundries | TSMC |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
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
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
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
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)
Mount & Blade II Bannerlord
8.5 2022 • Action, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy TaleWorlds Entertainment
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
Valheim
8.3 2021 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Early Access Iron Gate AB
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
King Arthur Knight's Tale
8.5 2021 • RPG, Strategy NeocoreGames
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
A Total War Saga TROY
8.3 2021 • Action, Simulation, Strategy CREATIVE ASSEMBLY, Feral Interactive (Mac)
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
Valkyria Chronicles 4
8.5 2018 • Action, RPG, Strategy SEGA
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
Pathfinder Kingmaker
8.5 2018 • Adventure, RPG Owlcat Games
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
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
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 • 8GB GDDR5
0
Wins
42
Avg FPS
35
Min FPS
0%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
NVIDIA • 8GB GDDR5
369
Wins
62
Avg FPS
52
Min FPS
98%
Win Rate
Most Compared GPUs
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