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 (378 benchmarks)
Mount & Blade II Bannerlord
8.5 2022 • Action, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy TaleWorlds Entertainment
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+45%)
AVG 109 FPS
MIN 89 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 75 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+45%)
AVG 74 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+60%)
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 32 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 GTX 1080 (+146%)
AVG 86 FPS
MIN 76 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+163%)
AVG 63 FPS
MIN 56 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+131%)
AVG 37 FPS
MIN 33 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 GTX 1080 (+77%)
AVG 117 FPS
MIN 109 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 66 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+85%)
AVG 85 FPS
MIN 78 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+108%)
AVG 50 FPS
MIN 43 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 GTX 1080 (+112%)
AVG 70 FPS
MIN 55 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+123%)
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 38 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 17 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+136%)
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 11 FPS
MIN 8 FPS
Winner
Loser
Valkyria Chronicles 4
8.5 2018 • Action, RPG, Strategy SEGA
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 (+82%)
AVG 193 FPS
MIN 175 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 106 FPS
MIN 95 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 (+108%)
AVG 156 FPS
MIN 142 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 75 FPS
MIN 69 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 (+174%)
AVG 107 FPS
MIN 99 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
Winner
Loser
Pathfinder Kingmaker
8.5 2018 • Adventure, RPG Owlcat Games
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 (+46%)
AVG 127 FPS
MIN 117 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 87 FPS
MIN 84 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 (+111%)
AVG 118 FPS
MIN 113 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 56 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 (+122%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 56 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 27 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Wins!
Based on 375 benchmarks across 125 games
74
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
VS
+77.8%
42
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 480
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
NVIDIA • 8GB GDDR5X
370
Wins
74
Avg FPS
63
Min FPS
99%
Win Rate
AMD Radeon RX 480
AMD • 8GB GDDR5
0
Wins
42
Avg FPS
35
Min FPS
0%
Win Rate
Most Compared GPUs
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