AMD Radeon RX 480 VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
amd
Brand8GB GDDR5
Memory2304
Cores256 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon RX 480
VS
nvidia
Brand8GB GDDR6
Memory2304
Cores448 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce RTX 2070
AMD Radeon RX 480
8GB GDDR5 150W N/A Jun 2016
Radeon RX 480
$229 • Jun 2016
VS
GeForce RTX 2070
$499 • Oct 2018
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
8GB GDDR6 175W $261.99 Oct 2018
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 480 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 150 W | 175 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1266 MHz | 1620 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 256 GB/s | 448 GB/s |
| Process Size | 14nm | 12nm |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Turing |
| Shading Units | 2304 | 2304 |
| RT Cores | N/A | 36 |
| TMUs | 144 | 144 |
| ROPs | 32 | 64 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 2000 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 40.51 GPixel/s | 103.7 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 256 GTexel/s | 448 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 5.834 GFLOPS | 7.465 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 2.00 MB | 4.00 MB |
| Die Size | 232 mm² | 445 mm² |
| Transistors | 5700 Million | 10800 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 | 12.2 |
| 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
8494 (+113%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
38595
AMD Radeon RX 480
97923 (+154%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
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
100.2 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
8582
AMD Radeon RX 480
16132 (+88%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
Game Benchmarks Comparison (186 benchmarks)
Mount & Blade II Bannerlord
8.5 2022 • Action, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy TaleWorlds Entertainment
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2070 (+65%)
AVG 124 FPS
MIN 106 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 75 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2070 (+76%)
AVG 90 FPS
MIN 76 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2070 (+104%)
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 40 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 RTX 2070 (+143%)
AVG 85 FPS
MIN 75 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2070 (+158%)
AVG 62 FPS
MIN 55 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2070 (+138%)
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 34 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 RTX 2070 (+109%)
AVG 138 FPS
MIN 125 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 66 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2070 (+117%)
AVG 100 FPS
MIN 89 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2070 (+133%)
AVG 56 FPS
MIN 46 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 RTX 2070 (+121%)
AVG 73 FPS
MIN 56 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2070 (+136%)
AVG 52 FPS
MIN 39 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 17 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2070 (+155%)
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 11 FPS
MIN 8 FPS
Winner
Loser
It Takes Two
7.9 2021 • Action, Adventure Hazelight Studios
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2070 (+95%)
AVG 121 FPS
MIN 103 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 62 FPS
MIN 54 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2070 (+123%)
AVG 89 FPS
MIN 67 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2070 (+140%)
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 38 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 20 FPS
MIN 17 FPS
Winner
Loser
Baldur's Gate 3
7.3 2023 • Adventure, RPG, Strategy Larian Studios
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2070 (+85%)
AVG 102 FPS
MIN 93 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 55 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2070 (+82%)
AVG 69 FPS
MIN 64 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 35 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2070 (+90%)
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 20 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Wins!
Based on 186 benchmarks across 61 games
36
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 480
VS
+95.3%
70
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 2070
AMD Radeon RX 480
AMD • 8GB GDDR5
0
Wins
36
Avg FPS
30
Min FPS
0%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
NVIDIA • 8GB GDDR6
185
Wins
70
Avg FPS
59
Min FPS
99%
Win Rate
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