GeForce GTX Titan vs Radeon RX 480

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 480, which comes with core speeds of 1120 MHz on the GPU, and 2000 MHz on the 8192 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 2304 SPUs along with 144 TAUs and 32 ROPs.

Display Graphs

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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		10162 points
	Difference: 3187 (31%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

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

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX Titan, in theory, should be just a bit faster than the Radeon RX 480 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan		288384 MB/sec
Radeon RX 480		262144 MB/sec
	Difference: 26240 (10%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan is a little bit (more or less 16%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon RX 480. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan		187488 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 480		161280 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 26208 (16%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan should be a small bit (approximately 12%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the Radeon RX 480, and also should be capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan		40176 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 480		35840 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 4336 (12%)

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 data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units 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 processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.