nvidia
Brand8GB GDDR5X
Memory2560
Cores320.3 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
VS
amd
Brand8GB GDDR5
Memory2304
Cores256 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon RX 480
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
8GB GDDR5X 180W $599 May 2016
GeForce GTX 1080
$599 • May 2016
VS
Radeon RX 480
$229 • Jun 2016
AMD Radeon RX 480
8GB GDDR5 150W $229 Jun 2016
Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 | AMD Radeon RX 480 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5X | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 180 W | 150 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1733 MHz | 1266 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 320.3 GB/s | 256 GB/s |
| Process Size | 16nm | 14nm |
| Architecture | Pascal | GCN 4.0 |
| Shading Units | 2560 | 2304 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 160 | 144 |
| ROPs | 64 | 32 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1251 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 110.9 GPixel/s | 40.51 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 320.3 GTexel/s | 256 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 8.873 GFLOPS | 5.834 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 2.00 MB | 2.00 MB |
| Die Size | 314 mm² | 232 mm² |
| Transistors | 7200 Million | 5700 Million |
| Required PSU | 450 W | 450 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin | 1x 6-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12.1 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | TSMC | GlobalFoundries |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
7282 (+83%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
3980
AMD Radeon RX 480
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
63994 (+66%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
38595
AMD Radeon RX 480
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
89.1 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
FPS
AMD Radeon RX 480
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
15572 (+81%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
8582
AMD Radeon RX 480
Game Benchmarks Comparison (267 benchmarks)
Project CARS 2
7.1 2017 • Racing Slightly Mad Studios
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+84%)
AVG 79 FPS
MIN 63 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 43 FPS
MIN 32 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+80%)
AVG 63 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+91%)
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 23 FPS
MIN 19 FPS
Winner
Loser
Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition
7.9 2017 • Adventure, RPG, Strategy Larian Studios
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+73%)
AVG 130 FPS
MIN 119 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 75 FPS
MIN 68 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+83%)
AVG 99 FPS
MIN 91 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 54 FPS
MIN 50 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+103%)
AVG 59 FPS
MIN 54 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 29 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
Winner
Loser
Dishonored®: Death of the Outsider™
7.5 2017 • Action Arkane Studios
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+108%)
AVG 100 FPS
MIN 85 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+114%)
AVG 75 FPS
MIN 61 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 30 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+132%)
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 19 FPS
MIN 17 FPS
Winner
Loser
ReCore: Definitive Edition
7.9 2018 • Action, Adventure Armature Studio, LLC, Comcept
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+86%)
AVG 138 FPS
MIN 116 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 74 FPS
MIN 57 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+94%)
AVG 93 FPS
MIN 74 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+104%)
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
Winner
Loser
ARK: Survival Evolved
6.1 2017 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Massively Multiplayer Studio Wildcard, Instinct Games, Efecto Studios, Virtual Basement LLC
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+96%)
AVG 53 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 27 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+94%)
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 18 FPS
MIN 15 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+90%)
AVG 19 FPS
MIN 15 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 10 FPS
MIN 8 FPS
Winner
Loser
>observer_
6.5 2017 • Adventure, Indie Bloober Team SA
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 (+90%)
AVG 139 FPS
MIN 121 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 73 FPS
MIN 61 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 (+87%)
AVG 84 FPS
MIN 73 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 38 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 (+89%)
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 19 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Wins!
Based on 267 benchmarks across 88 games
69
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
VS
+76.9%
39
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 480
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
NVIDIA • 8GB GDDR5X
262
Wins
69
Avg FPS
58
Min FPS
98%
Win Rate
AMD Radeon RX 480
AMD • 8GB GDDR5
0
Wins
39
Avg FPS
33
Min FPS
0%
Win Rate
Most Compared GPUs
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