Geforce GTX 780 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 set to run at 1750 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 2304 Stream Processors, 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.

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Radeon RX 480 4GB		25 Mh/s
Geforce GTX 780		20 Mh/s
	Difference: 5 (25%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 480 4GB		150 Watts
Geforce GTX 780		250 Watts
	Difference: 100 Watts (67%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Geforce GTX 780 is 26% faster than the Radeon RX 480 4GB in general, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

Geforce GTX 780		288384 MB/sec
Radeon RX 480 4GB		229376 MB/sec
	Difference: 59008 (26%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 780 is a small bit (more or less 3%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon RX 480 4GB. (explain)

Geforce GTX 780		165696 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 480 4GB		161280 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 4416 (3%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Geforce GTX 780 is superior to the Radeon RX 480 4GB, though not by far. (explain)

Geforce GTX 780		41424 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 480 4GB		35840 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 5584 (16%)

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 maximum amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once 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 high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at 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 the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel 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 maximum fill rate.