AMD Radeon RX 480 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780

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Combined performance score

GTX 780
20.68

Radeon RX 480 outperforms GeForce GTX 780 by 8% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking245228
Place by popularitynot in top-10093
Value for money16.4512.01
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Polaris (2016−2019)
GPU code nameGK110Polaris 10 Ellesmere
GCN generationno data4th Gen
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designno datareference
Release date23 May 2013 (10 years old)29 June 2016 (7 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$649 $229
Current price$100 (0.2x MSRP)$174 (0.8x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 780 has 37% better value for money than RX 480.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores23042304
CUDA cores2304no data
Compute unitsno data36
Core clock speed863 MHz1120 MHz
Boost clock speed900 MHz1266 MHz
Number of transistors7,080 million5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt150 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature95 °Cno data
Texture fill rate160.5 billion/sec182.3
Floating-point performance4,156 gflops5,834 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportPCI Express 3.0n/a
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length10.5" (26.7 cm)241 mm
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot2-slot
Minimum recommended system power600 Wattno data
Supplementary power connectorsOne 8-pin and one 6-pin1x 6-pin
Bridgeless CrossFireno data1

Memory

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount3 GB8 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed6008 MHz8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.4 GB/s224 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsOne Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
Eyefinityno data1
HDMI+2.0
HDCP+no data
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
DisplayPort supportno data1.4HDR
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAccelerationno datan/a
CrossFireno data1
Endurono datan/a
FRTCno data1
FreeSyncno data+
HD3Dno datan/a
LiquidVRno data1
PowerTuneno data+
TressFXno data1
TrueAudiono datan/a
ZeroCoreno data+
UVDno data+
VCEno data+
Blu Ray 3D+no data
3D Gaming+no data
3D Vision+no data
PhysX+no data
3D Vision Live+no data

API support

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)DirectX® 12
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.34.5
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.1.126+
Mantleno datan/a
CUDA+no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 780 20.68
RX 480 22.29
+7.8%

Radeon RX 480 outperforms GeForce GTX 780 by 8% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GTX 780 8014
RX 480 8639
+7.8%

Radeon RX 480 outperforms GeForce GTX 780 by 8% in Passmark.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 780 10460
RX 480 12186
+16.5%

Radeon RX 480 outperforms GeForce GTX 780 by 17% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD54
−44.4%
78
+44.4%
1440p50−55
−8%
54
+8%
4K30−35
−16.7%
35
+16.7%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 20.68 22.29
Recency 23 May 2013 29 June 2016
Cost $649 $229
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 150 Watt

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 780 and Radeon RX 480. The differences in performance seem too small.


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