amd
Brand8GB GDDR5
Memory2304
Cores256 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon RX 480
VS
nvidia
Brand8GB GDDR6
Memory5888
Cores448 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
AMD Radeon RX 480
8GB GDDR5 150W $229 Jun 2016
Radeon RX 480
$229 • Jun 2016
VS
GeForce RTX 3070
$499 • Aug 2020
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
8GB GDDR6 220W $499 Aug 2020
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Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 480 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 150 W | 220 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1266 MHz | 1725 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 256 GB/s | 448 GB/s |
| Process Size | 14nm | 8nm |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Ampere |
| Shading Units | 2304 | 5888 |
| RT Cores | N/A | 46 |
| TMUs | 144 | 184 |
| ROPs | 32 | 96 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 2000 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 40.51 GPixel/s | 165.6 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 256 GTexel/s | 448 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 5.834 GFLOPS | 20.31 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
14126 (+255%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
38595
AMD Radeon RX 480
126195 (+227%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
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
170.2 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
8582
AMD Radeon RX 480
22256 (+159%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
Game Benchmarks Comparison (45 benchmarks)
Mount & Blade II Bannerlord
8.5 2022 • Action, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy TaleWorlds Entertainment
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3070 (+112%)
AVG 159 FPS
MIN 142 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 75 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3070 (+139%)
AVG 122 FPS
MIN 104 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3070 (+196%)
AVG 74 FPS
MIN 59 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 3070 (+271%)
AVG 130 FPS
MIN 117 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3070 (+308%)
AVG 98 FPS
MIN 89 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3070 (+269%)
AVG 59 FPS
MIN 55 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 3070 (+189%)
AVG 191 FPS
MIN 177 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 66 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3070 (+217%)
AVG 146 FPS
MIN 131 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3070 (+250%)
AVG 84 FPS
MIN 74 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 3070 (+185%)
AVG 94 FPS
MIN 75 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3070 (+223%)
AVG 71 FPS
MIN 56 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 17 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3070 (+273%)
AVG 41 FPS
MIN 32 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 3070 (+202%)
AVG 187 FPS
MIN 154 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 62 FPS
MIN 54 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3070 (+250%)
AVG 140 FPS
MIN 119 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3070 (+290%)
AVG 78 FPS
MIN 64 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 20 FPS
MIN 17 FPS
Winner
Loser
The Medium
7 2021 • Adventure Bloober Team
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3070 (+248%)
AVG 80 FPS
MIN 74 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 23 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3070 (+271%)
AVG 63 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 17 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3070 (+236%)
AVG 37 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 11 FPS
MIN 9 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Wins!
Based on 45 benchmarks across 15 games
34
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 480
VS
+186.8%
98
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
AMD Radeon RX 480
AMD • 8GB GDDR5
0
Wins
34
Avg FPS
29
Min FPS
0%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
NVIDIA • 8GB GDDR6
45
Wins
98
Avg FPS
84
Min FPS
100%
Win Rate
Most Compared GPUs
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