GeForce GTX 980 vs Radeon RX 480 4GB

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 480 4GB, which has GPU core speed of 1120 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1750 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 2304 SPUs, 144 TAUs, 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.

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 480 4GB		25 Mh/s
GeForce GTX 980		20 Mh/s
	Difference: 5 (25%)

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 980		408 Sol/s
Radeon RX 480 4GB		267 Sol/s
	Difference: 141 (53%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 480 4GB		150 Watts
GeForce GTX 980		165 Watts
	Difference: 15 Watts (10%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 480 4GB will be 2% faster than the GeForce GTX 980 overall, because of its higher bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon RX 480 4GB		229376 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 980		224000 MB/sec
	Difference: 5376 (2%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 480 4GB should be just a bit (more or less 12%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 980. (explain)

Radeon RX 480 4GB		161280 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 980		144128 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 17152 (12%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 980 will be quite a bit (more or less 101%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon RX 480 4GB, and should be able to handle higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980		72064 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 480 4GB		35840 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 36224 (101%)

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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.