Geforce GTX 680 vs Radeon RX 480 4GB

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 480 4GB, which comes with a core clock frequency of 1120 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also features a 256-bit bus, and uses a 14 nm design. It features 2304 SPUs, 144 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

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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.

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Radeon RX 480 4GB		25 Mh/s
Geforce GTX 680		16 Mh/s
	Difference: 9 (56%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 480 4GB		150 Watts
Geforce GTX 680		195 Watts
	Difference: 45 Watts (30%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 480 4GB, in theory, should perform a bit faster than the Geforce GTX 680 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 480 4GB		229376 MB/sec
Geforce GTX 680		192256 MB/sec
	Difference: 37120 (19%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 480 4GB should be a lot (approximately 25%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the Geforce GTX 680. (explain)

Radeon RX 480 4GB		161280 Mtexels/sec
Geforce GTX 680		128768 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 32512 (25%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 480 4GB will be just a bit (about 11%) faster with regards to AA than the Geforce GTX 680, and also should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon RX 480 4GB		35840 Mpixels/sec
Geforce GTX 680		32192 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 3648 (11%)

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

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core 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 rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.