AMD Radeon RX 480 VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
amd
Brand8GB GDDR5
Memory2304
Cores256 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon RX 480
VS
nvidia
Brand8GB GDDR6
Memory4864
Cores448 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce RTX 3060 Ti
AMD Radeon RX 480
8GB GDDR5 150W N/A Jun 2016
Radeon RX 480
$229 • Jun 2016
VS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
$399 • Nov 2020
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
8GB GDDR6 200W $368.99 Nov 2020
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Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 480 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 150 W | 200 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1266 MHz | 1665 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 256 GB/s | 448 GB/s |
| Process Size | 14nm | 8nm |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Ampere |
| Shading Units | 2304 | 4864 |
| RT Cores | N/A | 38 |
| TMUs | 144 | 152 |
| ROPs | 32 | 80 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 2000 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 40.51 GPixel/s | 133.2 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 256 GTexel/s | 448 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 5.834 GFLOPS | 16.2 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 2.00 MB | 4.00 MB |
| Die Size | 232 mm² | 392 mm² |
| Transistors | 5700 Million | 17400 Million |
| Required PSU | 450 W | 550 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x 12-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12 | 12.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | GlobalFoundries | Samsung |
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
11980 (+201%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
38595
AMD Radeon RX 480
115518 (+199%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 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
143 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
8582
AMD Radeon RX 480
20406 (+138%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Game Benchmarks Comparison (45 benchmarks)
Mount & Blade II Bannerlord
8.5 2022 • Action, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy TaleWorlds Entertainment
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (+87%)
AVG 140 FPS
MIN 125 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 75 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (+110%)
AVG 107 FPS
MIN 92 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (+160%)
AVG 65 FPS
MIN 52 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 3060 Ti (+226%)
AVG 114 FPS
MIN 103 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (+258%)
AVG 86 FPS
MIN 78 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (+225%)
AVG 52 FPS
MIN 48 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 3060 Ti (+155%)
AVG 168 FPS
MIN 156 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 66 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (+178%)
AVG 128 FPS
MIN 115 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (+208%)
AVG 74 FPS
MIN 65 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 3060 Ti (+152%)
AVG 83 FPS
MIN 66 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (+182%)
AVG 62 FPS
MIN 49 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 17 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (+227%)
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 28 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 3060 Ti (+166%)
AVG 165 FPS
MIN 141 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 62 FPS
MIN 54 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (+208%)
AVG 123 FPS
MIN 105 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (+245%)
AVG 69 FPS
MIN 56 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 20 FPS
MIN 17 FPS
Winner
Loser
The Medium
7 2021 • Adventure Bloober Team
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (+204%)
AVG 70 FPS
MIN 65 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 23 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (+224%)
AVG 55 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 17 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (+200%)
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 11 FPS
MIN 9 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Wins!
Based on 45 benchmarks across 15 games
34
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 480
VS
+153.8%
86
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
AMD Radeon RX 480
AMD • 8GB GDDR5
0
Wins
34
Avg FPS
29
Min FPS
0%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
NVIDIA • 8GB GDDR6
45
Wins
86
Avg FPS
75
Min FPS
100%
Win Rate
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