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GeForce GTX 480 vs Radeon RX 470 4GB

Intro

The GeForce GTX 480 features core speeds of 700 MHz on the GPU, and 924 MHz on the 1536 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 480 SPUs as well as 60 TAUs and 48 Rasterization Operator Units.

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 470 4GB, which features core speeds of 926 MHz on the GPU, and 1650 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 2048 SPUs as well as 128 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 470 4GB 120 Watts
GeForce GTX 480 250 Watts
Difference: 130 Watts (108%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 470 4GB should be 19% quicker than the GeForce GTX 480 in general, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

Radeon RX 470 4GB 211200 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 480 177408 MB/sec
Difference: 33792 (19%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 470 4GB is much (about 182%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 480. (explain)

Radeon RX 470 4GB 118528 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 480 42000 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 76528 (182%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 480 is a better choice, though only just barely. (explain)

GeForce GTX 480 33600 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 470 4GB 29632 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 3968 (13%)

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

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Specifications

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Model GeForce GTX 480 Radeon RX 470 4GB
Manufacturer nVidia AMD
Year March 2010 August 2016
Code Name GF100 Polaris 10
Memory 1536 MB 4096 MB
Core Speed 700 MHz 926 MHz
Memory Speed 3696 MHz 6600 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 250 watts 120 watts
Bandwidth 177408 MB/sec 211200 MB/sec
Texel Rate 42000 Mtexels/sec 118528 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 33600 Mpixels/sec 29632 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 480 2048
Texture Mapping Units 60 128
Render Output Units 48 32
Bus Type GDDR5 GDDR5
Bus Width 384-bit 256-bit
Fab Process 40 nm 14 nm
Transistors 3000 million 5700 million
Bus PCIe x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 11 DirectX 12.0
OpenGL Version OpenGL 4.1 OpenGL 4.5

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. 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, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.

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GeForce GTX 480

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Radeon RX 470 4GB

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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.

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