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GeForce GTX 1080 vs Radeon RX 480

GeForce GTX 1080 vs Radeon RX 480: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

FPS Winner

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

8 GB GDDR5X | 256-bit

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Logo
MSI Gaming GeForce GTX 1080 8GB GDDR5X SLI DirectX 12 VR Ready Graphics Card (GTX 1080 GAMING X 8G)

Buy for $559 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 74323 minutes ago

vs

AMD Radeon RX 480

8 GB GDDR5 | 256-bit

AMD Radeon RX 480 Logo
Sapphire Radeon Nitro Rx 480 8GB GDDR5 Dual HDMI/DVI-D/Dual DP OC w/Back Plate (UEFI) PCI-E Graphics Card Graphic Cards 11260-20-20G

Buy for $188 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 74324 minutes ago

FPS Winner

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

8 GB GDDR5X | 256-bit

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Logo
MSI Gaming GeForce GTX 1080 8GB GDDR5X SLI DirectX 12 VR Ready Graphics Card (GTX 1080 GAMING X 8G)

Buy for $559 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 74323 minutes ago

vs

AMD Radeon RX 480

8 GB GDDR5 | 256-bit

AMD Radeon RX 480 Logo
Sapphire Radeon Nitro Rx 480 8GB GDDR5 Dual HDMI/DVI-D/Dual DP OC w/Back Plate (UEFI) PCI-E Graphics Card Graphic Cards 11260-20-20G

Buy for $188 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 74324 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — GeForce GTX 1080 outperforms the cheaper Radeon RX 480 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce GTX 1080 is 33 days older than the cheaper Radeon RX 480.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

  • Performs up to 58% better in Remnant II than Radeon RX 480 - 38 vs 24 FPS

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 480

  • Up to 66% cheaper than GeForce GTX 1080 - $188.0 vs $559.0
  • Consumes up to 17% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 - 150 vs 180 Watts
This is a free version of Remnant II.
Remnant II

Remnant II

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Logo
GeForce GTX 1080

Desktop • May 27th, 2016


FPS

38

100%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

$559

33%

FPS Winner

MSI Gaming GeForce GTX 1080 8GB GDDR5X SLI DirectX 12 VR Ready Graphics Card (GTX 1080 GAMING X 8G)

Buy for $559 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 74323 minutes ago

AMD Radeon RX 480 Logo
Radeon RX 480

Desktop • Jun 29th, 2016


FPS

24

63.1578947368421%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

$188

100%

Sapphire Radeon Nitro Rx 480 8GB GDDR5 Dual HDMI/DVI-D/Dual DP OC w/Back Plate (UEFI) PCI-E Graphics Card Graphic Cards 11260-20-20G

Buy for $188 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 74324 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Logo
GeForce GTX 1080

Desktop • May 27th, 2016

AMD Radeon RX 480 Logo
Radeon RX 480

Desktop • Jun 29th, 2016

Theoretical Performance

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Logo
GeForce GTX 1080

Desktop • May 27th, 2016


Pixel Fillrate

110.9 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

277.3 GTexel/s

100%

AMD Radeon RX 480 Logo
Radeon RX 480

Desktop • Jun 29th, 2016


Pixel Fillrate

40.51 GPixel/s

36.52840396753832%

Texel Fillrate

182.3 GTexel/s

65.74107464839524%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Logo

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

vs
AMD Radeon RX 480 Logo

AMD Radeon RX 480

May 27th, 2016Release Date
Jun 29th, 2016
GeForce 10GenerationArctic Islands
$599MSRP
$229
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortOutputs1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1x 8-pinPower Connectors1x 6-pin
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
8 GBMemory8 GB
GDDR5XTypeGDDR5
256-bitBus256-bit
320.3 GB/s
Bandwidth256 GB/s
1607 MHz
Base Clock Speed1120 MHz
1733 MHz
Boost Clock Speed1266 MHz
1251 MHzMemory Clock Speed
2000 MHz

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