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GeForce GTX 980 vs Radeon RX 480

GeForce GTX 980 vs Radeon RX 480: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

FPS Winner

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

4 GB GDDR5 | 256-bit

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Logo
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 4GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 SLI DVI/HDMI/DP Gaming Graphics Card Advanced GPU

Buy for $399 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 74830 minutes ago

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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 74830 minutes ago

FPS Winner

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

4 GB GDDR5 | 256-bit

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Logo
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 4GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 SLI DVI/HDMI/DP Gaming Graphics Card Advanced GPU

Buy for $399 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 74830 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 74830 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — GeForce GTX 980 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 980 is 649 days older than the cheaper Radeon RX 480.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

  • Performs up to 3% better in Hogwarts Legacy than Radeon RX 480 - 34 vs 33 FPS

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 480

  • Up to 53% cheaper than GeForce GTX 980 - $188.0 vs $399.0
  • Consumes up to 9% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 - 150 vs 165 Watts
  • Up to 100% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 - 8 vs 4 GB
This is a free version of Hogwarts Legacy.
Hogwarts Legacy

Hogwarts Legacy

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Logo
GeForce GTX 980

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014


FPS

34

100%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

$399

47%

FPS Winner

Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 4GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 SLI DVI/HDMI/DP Gaming Graphics Card Advanced GPU

Buy for $399 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 74830 minutes ago

AMD Radeon RX 480 Logo
Radeon RX 480

Desktop • Jun 29th, 2016


FPS

33

97.05882352941177%

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 74830 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Logo
GeForce GTX 980

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014

AMD Radeon RX 480 Logo
Radeon RX 480

Desktop • Jun 29th, 2016

Theoretical Performance

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Logo
GeForce GTX 980

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014


Pixel Fillrate

77.82 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

155.6 GTexel/s

85.35381239714755%

AMD Radeon RX 480 Logo
Radeon RX 480

Desktop • Jun 29th, 2016


Pixel Fillrate

40.51 GPixel/s

52.05602672834747%

Texel Fillrate

182.3 GTexel/s

100%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Logo

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

vs
AMD Radeon RX 480 Logo

AMD Radeon RX 480

Sep 19th, 2014Release Date
Jun 29th, 2016
GeForce 900GenerationArctic Islands
$549MSRP
$229
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortOutputs1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
2x 6-pinPower Connectors1x 6-pin
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
4 GBMemory
8 GB
GDDR5TypeGDDR5
256-bitBus256-bit
224.4 GB/sBandwidth
256 GB/s
1127 MHz
Base Clock Speed1120 MHz
1216 MHzBoost Clock Speed
1266 MHz
1753 MHzMemory Clock Speed
2000 MHz

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