GeForce RTX 2070 vs Radeon RX 480

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 480, which features GPU core speed of 1120 MHz, and 8192 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 2000 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 2304 Stream Processors, 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.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce RTX 2070		22282 points
Radeon RX 480		13349 points
	Difference: 8933 (67%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 480		150 Watts
GeForce RTX 2070		175 Watts
	Difference: 25 Watts (17%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 2070 should theoretically be a lot faster than the Radeon RX 480 in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070		458752 MB/sec
Radeon RX 480		262144 MB/sec
	Difference: 196608 (75%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2070 will be much (approximately 26%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon RX 480. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070		203040 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 480		161280 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 41760 (26%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2070 will be a lot (approximately 152%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon RX 480, and also will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070		90240 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 480		35840 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 54400 (152%)

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 largest amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card 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 processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.