AMD Radeon RX 480 VS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
amd
Brand8GB GDDR5
Memory2304
Cores256 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon RX 480
VS
nvidia
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory2048
Cores224.4 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce GTX 980
AMD Radeon RX 480
8GB GDDR5 150W N/A Jun 2016
Radeon RX 480
$229 • Jun 2016
VS
GeForce GTX 980
$549 • Sep 2014
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
4GB GDDR5 165W N/A Sep 2014
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 480 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 150 W | 165 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1266 MHz | 1216 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 256 GB/s | 224.4 GB/s |
| Process Size | 14nm | 28nm |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Maxwell 2.0 |
| Shading Units | 2304 | 2048 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 144 | 128 |
| ROPs | 32 | 64 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 2000 MHz | 1753 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 40.51 GPixel/s | 77.82 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 256 GTexel/s | 224.4 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 5.834 GFLOPS | 4.981 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 2.00 MB | 2.00 MB |
| Die Size | 232 mm² | 398 mm² |
| Transistors | 5700 Million | 5200 Million |
| Required PSU | 450 W | 450 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 980
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
38595 (+15%)
AMD Radeon RX 480
33492
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
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
FPS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
8582
AMD Radeon RX 480
11113 (+29%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Game Benchmarks Comparison (252 benchmarks)
Valkyria Chronicles 4
8.5 2018 • Action, RPG, Strategy SEGA
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 980 (+36%)
AVG 144 FPS
MIN 131 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 106 FPS
MIN 95 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 980 (+55%)
AVG 116 FPS
MIN 106 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 75 FPS
MIN 69 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 980 (+54%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 56 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 980 (+32%)
AVG 115 FPS
MIN 110 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 87 FPS
MIN 84 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 980 (+30%)
AVG 73 FPS
MIN 69 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 56 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 980 (+37%)
AVG 37 FPS
MIN 34 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
GeForce GTX 980 (+13%)
AVG 72 FPS
MIN 61 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 64 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 (+5%)
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 39 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 (+8%)
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
Winner
Loser
Immortal Unchained
8.2 2018 • Action, Adventure, RPG Toadman Interactive
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 980 (+7%)
AVG 87 FPS
MIN 78 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 81 FPS
MIN 74 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 980 (+6%)
AVG 53 FPS
MIN 48 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 50 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 (+4%)
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
Winner
Loser
Shadows Awakening
8.3 2018 • Action, RPG Games Farm
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 (+1%)
AVG 94 FPS
MIN 88 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 93 FPS
MIN 87 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 480 (+11%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 57 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 54 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 480 (+12%)
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
Winner
Loser
Strange Brigade
7.6 2018 • Action, Adventure Rebellion
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 480 (+7%)
AVG 79 FPS
MIN 61 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 74 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 480 (+9%)
AVG 58 FPS
MIN 47 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 53 FPS
MIN 44 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 480 (+13%)
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 30 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Wins!
Based on 252 benchmarks across 84 games
45
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 480
VS
+9.8%
50
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AMD Radeon RX 480
AMD • 8GB GDDR5
70
Wins
45
Avg FPS
38
Min FPS
28%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
NVIDIA • 4GB GDDR5
161
Wins
50
Avg FPS
42
Min FPS
64%
Win Rate
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