GeForce RTX 2080 vs Radeon RX 480

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 480, which features GPU core speed of 1120 MHz, and 8192 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 2000 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 2304 Stream Processors, 144 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

Display Graphs

Hide Graphs

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

GeForce RTX 2080		26155 points
Radeon RX 480		13349 points
	Difference: 12806 (96%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 480		150 Watts
GeForce RTX 2080		215 Watts
	Difference: 65 Watts (43%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce RTX 2080 should perform a lot faster than the Radeon RX 480 in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080		458752 MB/sec
Radeon RX 480		262144 MB/sec
	Difference: 196608 (75%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2080 is a lot (approximately 73%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon RX 480. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080		278760 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 480		161280 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 117480 (73%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 2080 is superior to the Radeon RX 480, by far. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080		96960 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 480		35840 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 61120 (171%)

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 maximum amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better 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 texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at 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 the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the card's 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, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.