GeForce RTX 2080 vs Radeon RX 480

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 480, which features GPU core speed of 1120 MHz, and 8192 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 2000 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 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.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce RTX 2080		26155 points
Radeon RX 480		13349 points
	Difference: 12806 (96%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 480		150 Watts
GeForce RTX 2080		215 Watts
	Difference: 65 Watts (43%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce RTX 2080 should theoretically be much better than the Radeon RX 480 in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080		458752 MB/sec
Radeon RX 480		262144 MB/sec
	Difference: 196608 (75%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2080 is much (more or less 73%) better at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon RX 480. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080		278760 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 480		161280 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 117480 (73%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2080 will be a lot (more or less 171%) faster with regards to FSAA than the Radeon RX 480, and able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080		96960 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 480		35840 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 61120 (171%)

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: Bandwidth is the largest amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better 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 are applied in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.