GeForce GTX Titan vs Radeon RX 480

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 480, which has GPU core speed of 1120 MHz, and 8192 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 2000 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 2304 SPUs, 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.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

Radeon RX 480		13349 points
GeForce GTX Titan		10162 points
	Difference: 3187 (31%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 480		150 Watts
GeForce GTX Titan		250 Watts
	Difference: 100 Watts (67%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX Titan should be a small bit faster than the Radeon RX 480 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan		288384 MB/sec
Radeon RX 480		262144 MB/sec
	Difference: 26240 (10%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan should be a little bit (about 16%) better at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon RX 480. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan		187488 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 480		161280 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 26208 (16%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX Titan is a better choice, but it probably won't make a huge difference. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan		40176 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 480		35840 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 4336 (12%)

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 largest amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.