Radeon RX 480 vs GeForce GTX TITAN

Place in performance ranking	239	230
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	2.70	11.88
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Polaris (2016−2019)
GPU code name	GK110	Polaris 10 Ellesmere
GCN generation	no data	4th Gen
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Design	no data	reference
Release date	19 February 2013 (11 years old)	29 June 2016 (7 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$999	$229
Current price	$640 (0.6x MSRP)	$174 (0.8x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 480 has 340% better value for money than GTX TITAN.

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 cores	2688	2304
CUDA cores	2688	no data
Compute units	no data	36
Core clock speed	837 MHz	1120 MHz
Boost clock speed	876 MHz	1266 MHz
Number of transistors	7,080 million	5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	150 Watt
Texture fill rate	187.5 billion/sec	182.3
Floating-point performance	4,709 gflops	5,834 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 support	PCI Express 3.0	n/a
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	10.5" (26.7 cm)	241 mm
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	One 8-pin and one 6-pin	1x 6-pin
Bridgeless CrossFire	no data	1

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	384-bit GDDR5	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6.0 GB/s	8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	288.4 GB/s	224 GB/s
Shared memory	no 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 Connectors	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support	4 displays	no data
Eyefinity	no data	1
HDMI	+	2.0
HDCP	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
DisplayPort support	no data	1.4HDR
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

Technologies

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

AppAcceleration	no data	n/a
CrossFire	no data	1
Enduro	no data	n/a
FRTC	no data	1
FreeSync	no data	+
HD3D	no data	n/a
LiquidVR	no data	1
PowerTune	no data	+
TressFX	no data	1
TrueAudio	no data	n/a
ZeroCore	no data	+
UVD	no data	+
VCE	no data	+
Blu Ray 3D	+	no data
3D Gaming	+	no data
3D Vision	+	no data
3D Vision Live	+	no data

API support

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	DirectX® 12
Shader Model	5.1	6.4
OpenGL	4.4	4.5
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	1.1.126	+
Mantle	no data	n/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 TITAN 21.12

RX 480 22.29
+5.5%

Radeon RX 480 outperforms GeForce GTX TITAN by 6% based on our aggregated 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 TITAN 8180

RX 480 8632
+5.5%

Radeon RX 480 outperforms GeForce GTX TITAN by 6% 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 TITAN 10470

RX 480 12186
+16.4%

Radeon RX 480 outperforms GeForce GTX TITAN by 16% 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 HD	70−75 −11.4%	78 +11.4%
1440p	50−55 −8%	54 +8%
4K	30−35 −16.7%	35 +16.7%

Advantages and disadvantages

Performance score	21.12	22.29
Recency	19 February 2013	29 June 2016
Cost	$999	$229
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	150 Watt