AMD Radeon RX 480 VS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
amd
Brand8GB GDDR5
Memory2304
Cores256 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon RX 480
VS
nvidia
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory1664
Cores224.4 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce GTX 970
AMD Radeon RX 480
8GB GDDR5 150W N/A Jun 2016
Radeon RX 480
$229 • Jun 2016
VS
GeForce GTX 970
$329 • Sep 2014
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
4GB GDDR5 148W N/A Sep 2014
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Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 480 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 150 W | 148 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1266 MHz | 1178 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 256 GB/s | 224.4 GB/s |
| Process Size | 14nm | 28nm |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Maxwell 2.0 |
| Shading Units | 2304 | 1664 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 144 | 104 |
| ROPs | 32 | 56 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 2000 MHz | 1753 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 40.51 GPixel/s | 65.97 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 256 GTexel/s | 224.4 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 5.834 GFLOPS | 3.92 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 2.00 MB | 2.00 MB |
| Die Size | 232 mm² | 398 mm² |
| Transistors | 5700 Million | 5200 Million |
| Required PSU | 450 W | 300 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin | 2x 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 (+11%)
AMD Radeon RX 480
3574
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
38595 (+33%)
AMD Radeon RX 480
28989
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
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
46.8 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
8582
AMD Radeon RX 480
9637 (+12%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Game Benchmarks Comparison (252 benchmarks)
Valkyria Chronicles 4
8.5 2018 • Action, RPG, Strategy SEGA
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 970 (+14%)
AVG 121 FPS
MIN 110 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 106 FPS
MIN 95 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 970 (+29%)
AVG 97 FPS
MIN 89 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 75 FPS
MIN 69 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 970 (+28%)
AVG 50 FPS
MIN 47 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 970 (+11%)
AVG 97 FPS
MIN 92 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 87 FPS
MIN 84 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 970 (+9%)
AVG 61 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 56 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 970 (+15%)
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 27 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
Winner
Loser
Dying Light Bad Blood
7.9 2018 • Action, RPG, Early Access Techland
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 480 (+7%)
AVG 64 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 480 (+13%)
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 480 (+9%)
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
Winner
Loser
Immortal Unchained
8.2 2018 • Action, Adventure, RPG Toadman Interactive
1080p
| high
Radeon RX 480 (+11%)
AVG 81 FPS
MIN 74 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 73 FPS
MIN 66 FPS
1440p
| high
Radeon RX 480 (+11%)
AVG 50 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 480 (+14%)
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 21 FPS
MIN 19 FPS
Winner
Loser
Shadows Awakening
8.3 2018 • Action, RPG Games Farm
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 480 (+18%)
AVG 93 FPS
MIN 87 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 79 FPS
MIN 74 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 480 (+33%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 57 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 43 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 480 (+33%)
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 21 FPS
MIN 19 FPS
Winner
Loser
Strange Brigade
7.6 2018 • Action, Adventure Rebellion
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 480 (+27%)
AVG 79 FPS
MIN 61 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 62 FPS
MIN 50 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 480 (+29%)
AVG 58 FPS
MIN 47 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 480 (+35%)
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 30 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
AMD Radeon RX 480 Wins!
Based on 249 benchmarks across 84 games
46
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 480
VS
+7.6%
42
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AMD Radeon RX 480
AMD • 8GB GDDR5
169
Wins
46
Avg FPS
39
Min FPS
68%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
NVIDIA • 4GB GDDR5
62
Wins
42
Avg FPS
35
Min FPS
25%
Win Rate
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