GeForce RTX 2070 Super vs Radeon RX 480 4GB

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 480 4GB, which comes with GPU clock speed of 1120 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1750 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is made up of 2304 SPUs, 144 Texture Address Units, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 480 4GB		150 Watts
GeForce RTX 2070 Super		215 Watts
	Difference: 65 Watts (43%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 2070 Super should be 100% faster than the Radeon RX 480 4GB in general, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070 Super		458752 MB/sec
Radeon RX 480 4GB		229376 MB/sec
	Difference: 229376 (100%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2070 Super will be quite a bit (about 59%) more effective at AF than the Radeon RX 480 4GB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070 Super		256800 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 480 4GB		161280 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 95520 (59%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 2070 Super is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070 Super		102720 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 480 4GB		35840 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 66880 (187%)

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 max amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.