GeForce GTX 1080 vs Radeon RX 480 4GB

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 480 4GB, which features a GPU core clock speed of 1120 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1750 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 2304 SPUs, 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.

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 1080		553 Sol/s
Radeon RX 480 4GB		267 Sol/s
	Difference: 286 (107%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 480 4GB		25 Mh/s
GeForce GTX 1080		20 Mh/s
	Difference: 5 (25%)

Monero Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 480 4GB		800 h/s
GeForce GTX 1080		475 h/s
	Difference: 325 (68%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 480 4GB		150 Watts
GeForce GTX 1080		180 Watts
	Difference: 30 Watts (20%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1080 is 43% quicker than the Radeon RX 480 4GB overall, due to its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		327680 MB/sec
Radeon RX 480 4GB		229376 MB/sec
	Difference: 98304 (43%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1080 is quite a bit (about 59%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon RX 480 4GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		257120 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 480 4GB		161280 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 95840 (59%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1080 is superior to the Radeon RX 480 4GB, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		102848 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 480 4GB		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.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at handling 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 write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.