amd
Brand8GB GDDR5
Memory2304
Cores256 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon RX 480
VS
nvidia
Brand6GB GDDR5
Memory2816
Cores336.6 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AMD Radeon RX 480
8GB GDDR5 150W $229 Jun 2016
Radeon RX 480
$229 • Jun 2016
VS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
$649 • Jun 2015
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
6GB GDDR5 250W $649 Jun 2015
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 480 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 150 W | 250 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1266 MHz | 1076 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 256 GB/s | 336.6 GB/s |
| Process Size | 14nm | 28nm |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Maxwell 2.0 |
| Shading Units | 2304 | 2816 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 144 | 176 |
| ROPs | 32 | 96 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 384-bit |
| Memory Clock | 2000 MHz | 1753 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 40.51 GPixel/s | 103.3 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 256 GTexel/s | 336.6 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 5.834 GFLOPS | 6.06 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 2.00 MB | 3.00 MB |
| Die Size | 232 mm² | 601 mm² |
| Transistors | 5700 Million | 8000 Million |
| Required PSU | 450 W | 600 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin | 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
6010 (+51%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
38595
AMD Radeon RX 480
49950 (+29%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
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
73.4 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
8582
AMD Radeon RX 480
13771 (+60%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Game Benchmarks Comparison (174 benchmarks)
LEGO® Marvel Super Heroes 2
8 2017 • Action TT Games, Feral Interactive (Mac)
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+52%)
AVG 135 FPS
MIN 124 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 89 FPS
MIN 79 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+47%)
AVG 84 FPS
MIN 75 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 57 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+34%)
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 29 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
Winner
Loser
Need for Speed™ Payback
7.7 2020 • Action, Adventure, Racing, Sports, Strategy Ghost Games
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+22%)
AVG 79 FPS
MIN 61 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 65 FPS
MIN 49 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+20%)
AVG 54 FPS
MIN 44 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+17%)
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
Winner
Loser
Destiny 2
8 2019 • Action, Adventure, Free To Play Bungie
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+54%)
AVG 114 FPS
MIN 94 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 74 FPS
MIN 64 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+20%)
AVG 61 FPS
MIN 52 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 44 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+15%)
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 27 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
Winner
Loser
Rogue Trooper Redux
8.7 2017 • Action, Adventure TickTock Games
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+35%)
AVG 255 FPS
MIN 226 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 189 FPS
MIN 168 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+44%)
AVG 177 FPS
MIN 154 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 123 FPS
MIN 107 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+38%)
AVG 84 FPS
MIN 74 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 61 FPS
MIN 52 FPS
Winner
Loser
ELEX
7.7 2017 • Action, Adventure, RPG Piranha Bytes
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+33%)
AVG 77 FPS
MIN 67 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 58 FPS
MIN 48 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+28%)
AVG 50 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+25%)
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 20 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
Winner
Loser
The Evil Within 2
7.1 2017 • Action, Adventure Tango Gameworks
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+63%)
AVG 65 FPS
MIN 52 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+60%)
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 39 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+50%)
AVG 27 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 18 FPS
MIN 15 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Wins!
Based on 174 benchmarks across 58 games
44
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 480
VS
+41%
62
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AMD Radeon RX 480
AMD • 8GB GDDR5
1
Wins
44
Avg FPS
37
Min FPS
1%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
NVIDIA • 6GB GDDR5
168
Wins
62
Avg FPS
52
Min FPS
97%
Win Rate
Most Compared GPUs
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