GeForce RTX 2070 Super vs Radeon RX 480

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 480, which makes use of a 14 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 1120 MHz. The GDDR5 memory is set to run at a speed of 2000 MHz on this specific model. It features 2304 SPUs as well as 144 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

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

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce RTX 2070 Super should in theory be a lot superior to the Radeon RX 480 in general. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2070 Super is a lot (approximately 59%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon RX 480. (explain)

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

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2070 Super will be much (more or less 187%) better at FSAA than the Radeon RX 480, and also able to handle higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070 Super		102720 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 480		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: Bandwidth is the largest amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.