GeForce GTX Titan Black vs Radeon RX 480

Intro

Compare that 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 specific model. It features 2304 SPUs as well as 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

Radeon RX 480		13349 points
GeForce GTX Titan Black		11666 points
	Difference: 1683 (14%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 480		150 Watts
GeForce GTX Titan Black		250 Watts
	Difference: 100 Watts (67%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX Titan Black should perform quite a bit faster than the Radeon RX 480 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan Black		336000 MB/sec
Radeon RX 480		262144 MB/sec
	Difference: 73856 (28%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan Black will be quite a bit (about 32%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon RX 480. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan Black		213360 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 480		161280 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 52080 (32%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan Black should be a little bit (more or less 19%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the Radeon RX 480, and also will be capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan Black		42672 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 480		35840 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 6832 (19%)

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 maximum amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better 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 can be applied 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 the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.