GeForce GTX 1080 vs Radeon RX 480

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 480, which has GPU clock speed of 1120 MHz, and 8192 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 2000 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 2304 Stream Processors, 144 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 1080		21942 points
Radeon RX 480		13349 points
	Difference: 8593 (64%)

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 1080		553 Sol/s
Radeon RX 480		280 Sol/s
	Difference: 273 (98%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 480		27 Mh/s
GeForce GTX 1080		20 Mh/s
	Difference: 7 (35%)

Monero Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 480		800 h/s
GeForce GTX 1080		475 h/s
	Difference: 325 (68%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 480		150 Watts
GeForce GTX 1080		180 Watts
	Difference: 30 Watts (20%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 1080 should theoretically be much better than the Radeon RX 480 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		327680 MB/sec
Radeon RX 480		262144 MB/sec
	Difference: 65536 (25%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1080 is a lot (more or less 59%) better at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon RX 480. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		257120 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 480		161280 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 95840 (59%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1080 will be a lot (more or less 187%) better at anti-aliasing than the Radeon RX 480, and will be able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		102848 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 480		35840 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 67008 (187%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.