GeForce GTX 980 Ti vs Radeon RX 480 4GB

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 480 4GB, which comes with GPU core speed of 1120 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1750 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is made up of 2304 Stream Processors, 144 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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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 980 Ti		425 Sol/s
Radeon RX 480 4GB		267 Sol/s
	Difference: 158 (59%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 480 4GB		25 Mh/s
GeForce GTX 980 Ti		22 Mh/s
	Difference: 3 (14%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 480 4GB		150 Watts
GeForce GTX 980 Ti		250 Watts
	Difference: 100 Watts (67%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 980 Ti is 46% faster than the Radeon RX 480 4GB overall, because of its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980 Ti		336000 MB/sec
Radeon RX 480 4GB		229376 MB/sec
	Difference: 106624 (46%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 980 Ti will be a bit (approximately 9%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon RX 480 4GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980 Ti		176000 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 480 4GB		161280 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 14720 (9%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 980 Ti is superior to the Radeon RX 480 4GB, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980 Ti		96000 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 480 4GB		35840 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 60160 (168%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If 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 higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.