AMD Radeon RX 480 VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
amd
Brand8GB GDDR5
Memory2304
Cores256 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon RX 480
VS
nvidia
Brand24GB GDDR6X
Memory10496
Cores936.2 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce RTX 3090
AMD Radeon RX 480
8GB GDDR5 150W N/A Jun 2016
Radeon RX 480
$229 • Jun 2016
VS
GeForce RTX 3090
$1499 • Aug 2020
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
24GB GDDR6X 350W $919.99 Aug 2020
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Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 480 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 24 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6X |
| TDP | 150 W | 350 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1266 MHz | 1695 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 256 GB/s | 936.2 GB/s |
| Process Size | 14nm | 8nm |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Ampere |
| Shading Units | 2304 | 10496 |
| RT Cores | N/A | 82 |
| TMUs | 144 | 328 |
| ROPs | 32 | 112 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 384-bit |
| Memory Clock | 2000 MHz | 1219 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 40.51 GPixel/s | 189.8 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 256 GTexel/s | 936.2 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 5.834 GFLOPS | 35.58 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 2.00 MB | 6.00 MB |
| Die Size | 232 mm² | 628 mm² |
| Transistors | 5700 Million | 28300 Million |
| Required PSU | 450 W | 750 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
21950 (+452%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
38595
AMD Radeon RX 480
211669 (+448%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
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
247.5 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
8582
AMD Radeon RX 480
26671 (+211%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
Game Benchmarks Comparison (60 benchmarks)
Mount & Blade II Bannerlord
8.5 2022 • Action, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy TaleWorlds Entertainment
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3090 (+167%)
AVG 200 FPS
MIN 200 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 75 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3090 (+276%)
AVG 192 FPS
MIN 159 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3090 (+356%)
AVG 114 FPS
MIN 90 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 3090 (+363%)
AVG 162 FPS
MIN 133 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3090 (+517%)
AVG 148 FPS
MIN 117 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3090 (+456%)
AVG 89 FPS
MIN 80 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 3090 (+336%)
AVG 288 FPS
MIN 269 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 66 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3090 (+374%)
AVG 218 FPS
MIN 196 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3090 (+417%)
AVG 124 FPS
MIN 108 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 3090 (+258%)
AVG 118 FPS
MIN 99 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3090 (+355%)
AVG 100 FPS
MIN 80 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 17 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3090 (+455%)
AVG 61 FPS
MIN 47 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 3090 (+292%)
AVG 243 FPS
MIN 154 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 62 FPS
MIN 54 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3090 (+365%)
AVG 186 FPS
MIN 154 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3090 (+490%)
AVG 118 FPS
MIN 98 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 20 FPS
MIN 17 FPS
Winner
Loser
The Medium
7 2021 • Adventure Bloober Team
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3090 (+378%)
AVG 110 FPS
MIN 98 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 23 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3090 (+418%)
AVG 88 FPS
MIN 81 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 17 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3090 (+391%)
AVG 54 FPS
MIN 49 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 11 FPS
MIN 9 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Wins!
Based on 60 benchmarks across 20 games
33
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 480
VS
+305.1%
135
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 3090
AMD Radeon RX 480
AMD • 8GB GDDR5
0
Wins
33
Avg FPS
29
Min FPS
0%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
NVIDIA • 24GB GDDR6X
60
Wins
135
Avg FPS
117
Min FPS
100%
Win Rate
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