nvidia
Brand6GB GDDR5
Memory2816
Cores336.6 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
VS
amd
Brand8GB GDDR5
Memory2304
Cores256 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon RX 480
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
6GB GDDR5 250W $649 Jun 2015
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
$649 • Jun 2015
VS
Radeon RX 480
$229 • Jun 2016
AMD Radeon RX 480
8GB GDDR5 150W $229 Jun 2016
Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti | AMD Radeon RX 480 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 6 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 250 W | 150 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1076 MHz | 1266 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 336.6 GB/s | 256 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 14nm |
| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 | GCN 4.0 |
| Shading Units | 2816 | 2304 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 176 | 144 |
| ROPs | 96 | 32 |
| Memory Bus | 384-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1753 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 103.3 GPixel/s | 40.51 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 336.6 GTexel/s | 256 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 6.06 GFLOPS | 5.834 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 3.00 MB | 2.00 MB |
| Die Size | 601 mm² | 232 mm² |
| Transistors | 8000 Million | 5700 Million |
| Required PSU | 600 W | 450 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 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
6010 (+51%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
3980
AMD Radeon RX 480
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
49950 (+29%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
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)
73.4 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
FPS
AMD Radeon RX 480
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
13771 (+60%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
8582
AMD Radeon RX 480
Game Benchmarks Comparison (153 benchmarks)
Project CARS 2
7.1 2017 • Racing Slightly Mad Studios
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+51%)
AVG 65 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 43 FPS
MIN 32 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+40%)
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+48%)
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 27 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 980 Ti (+43%)
AVG 107 FPS
MIN 99 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 75 FPS
MIN 68 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+46%)
AVG 79 FPS
MIN 72 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 54 FPS
MIN 50 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+41%)
AVG 41 FPS
MIN 39 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 980 Ti (+69%)
AVG 81 FPS
MIN 68 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+74%)
AVG 61 FPS
MIN 49 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 30 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+63%)
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 27 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 980 Ti (+50%)
AVG 111 FPS
MIN 92 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 74 FPS
MIN 57 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+58%)
AVG 76 FPS
MIN 61 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+63%)
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 30 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 980 Ti (+44%)
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 32 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 27 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+44%)
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 18 FPS
MIN 15 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+30%)
AVG 13 FPS
MIN 10 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 980 Ti (+56%)
AVG 114 FPS
MIN 97 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 73 FPS
MIN 61 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+51%)
AVG 68 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 38 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+58%)
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 19 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Wins!
Based on 153 benchmarks across 51 games
61
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
VS
+41.6%
43
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 480
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
NVIDIA • 6GB GDDR5
147
Wins
61
Avg FPS
50
Min FPS
96%
Win Rate
AMD Radeon RX 480
AMD • 8GB GDDR5
1
Wins
43
Avg FPS
35
Min FPS
1%
Win Rate
Most Compared GPUs
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