amd
Brand8GB GDDR5
Memory2304
Cores256 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon RX 480
VS
nvidia
Brand2GB GDDR5
Memory1024
Cores112.2 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
AMD Radeon RX 480
8GB GDDR5 150W $229 Jun 2016
Radeon RX 480
$229 • Jun 2016
VS
GeForce GTX 960
$199 • Jan 2015
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
2GB GDDR5 120W $199 Jan 2015
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Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 480 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 150 W | 120 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1266 MHz | 1178 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 256 GB/s | 112.2 GB/s |
| Process Size | 14nm | 28nm |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Maxwell 2.0 |
| Shading Units | 2304 | 1024 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 144 | 64 |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 128-bit |
| Memory Clock | 2000 MHz | 1753 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 40.51 GPixel/s | 37.7 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 256 GTexel/s | 112.2 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 5.834 GFLOPS | 2.413 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 2.00 MB | 1.00 MB |
| Die Size | 232 mm² | 228 mm² |
| Transistors | 5700 Million | 2940 Million |
| Required PSU | 450 W | 300 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x 6-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 (+82%)
AMD Radeon RX 480
2183
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
38595 (+89%)
AMD Radeon RX 480
20370
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
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
31.1 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
8582 (+41%)
AMD Radeon RX 480
6108
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Game Benchmarks Comparison (221 benchmarks)
Valkyria Chronicles 4
8.5 2018 • Action, RPG, Strategy SEGA
1080p
| high
Radeon RX 480 (+23%)
AVG 106 FPS
MIN 95 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 86 FPS
MIN 79 FPS
1440p
| high
Radeon RX 480 (+7%)
AVG 75 FPS
MIN 69 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 70 FPS
MIN 64 FPS
2160p
| high
Radeon RX 480 (+8%)
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
Winner
Loser
Pathfinder Kingmaker
8.5 2018 • Adventure, RPG Owlcat Games
1080p
| high
Radeon RX 480 (+26%)
AVG 87 FPS
MIN 84 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 69 FPS
MIN 66 FPS
1440p
| high
Radeon RX 480 (+27%)
AVG 56 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
2160p
| high
Radeon RX 480 (+23%)
AVG 27 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
Winner
Loser
Dying Light Bad Blood
7.9 2018 • Action, RPG, Early Access Techland
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 480 (+49%)
AVG 64 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 43 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 480 (+57%)
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 480 (+50%)
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 16 FPS
MIN 13 FPS
Winner
Loser
Immortal Unchained
8.2 2018 • Action, Adventure, RPG Toadman Interactive
1080p
| high
Radeon RX 480 (+56%)
AVG 81 FPS
MIN 74 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 52 FPS
MIN 47 FPS
1440p
| high
Radeon RX 480 (+56%)
AVG 50 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 480 (+60%)
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 15 FPS
MIN 14 FPS
Winner
Loser
Shadows Awakening
8.3 2018 • Action, RPG Games Farm
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 480 (+66%)
AVG 93 FPS
MIN 87 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 56 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 480 (+88%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 57 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 480 (+87%)
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 15 FPS
MIN 14 FPS
Winner
Loser
Strange Brigade
7.6 2018 • Action, Adventure Rebellion
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 480 (+80%)
AVG 79 FPS
MIN 61 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 35 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 480 (+81%)
AVG 58 FPS
MIN 47 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 480 (+84%)
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 30 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 19 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
AMD Radeon RX 480 Wins!
Based on 219 benchmarks across 74 games
46
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 480
VS
+46.4%
31
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AMD Radeon RX 480
AMD • 8GB GDDR5
213
Wins
46
Avg FPS
39
Min FPS
97%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
NVIDIA • 2GB GDDR5
4
Wins
31
Avg FPS
26
Min FPS
2%
Win Rate
Most Compared GPUs
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