GeForce GTX 1080 vs Radeon RX 480

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 480, which uses a 14 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1120 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a speed of 2000 MHz on this particular model. It features 2304 SPUs as well as 144 Texture Address Units 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 GTX 1080		21942 points
Radeon RX 480		13349 points
	Difference: 8593 (64%)

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 1080		553 Sol/s
Radeon RX 480		280 Sol/s
	Difference: 273 (98%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 480		27 Mh/s
GeForce GTX 1080		20 Mh/s
	Difference: 7 (35%)

Monero Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 480		800 h/s
GeForce GTX 1080		475 h/s
	Difference: 325 (68%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 480		150 Watts
GeForce GTX 1080		180 Watts
	Difference: 30 Watts (20%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1080 should be 25% faster than the Radeon RX 480 in general, because of its greater bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		327680 MB/sec
Radeon RX 480		262144 MB/sec
	Difference: 65536 (25%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1080 should be a lot (more or less 59%) better at AF than the Radeon RX 480. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		257120 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 480		161280 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 95840 (59%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1080 should be a lot (approximately 187%) better at anti-aliasing than the Radeon RX 480, and will be able to handle higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		102848 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 480		35840 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 67008 (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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per 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 number is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. 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 reach the max fill rate.