Radeon RX 480 vs GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

Prices and Stock
MSRP $229

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

Prices and Stock
MSRP $1999

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Founders Edition

MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 24GB GDRR6X 384-Bit HDMI/DP Nvlink Tri-Frozr Ampere Architecture OC Graphics Card (RTX 3090 Ti Gaming X Trio 24G)

MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ti SUPRIM X 24G Gaming Graphics Card - NVIDIA RTX 3090 Ti, 24 GB Memory

Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 3090 Ti outperforms Radeon RX 480 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Radeon RX 480 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing GeForce RTX 3090 Ti is 2038 days newer than Radeon RX 480.

Advantages of Radeon RX 480

Up to 38% better value when playing Battlefield 2042 than GeForce RTX 3090 Ti - $4.27 vs $6.84 per FPS
Consumes up to 67% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti - 150 vs 450 Watts

Advantages of GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

Performs up to 126% better in Battlefield 2042 than Radeon RX 480 - 158 vs 70 FPS
Up to 200% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon RX 480 - 24 vs 8 GB

This is a free version of Battlefield 2042.

Battlefield 2042

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Radeon RX 480

Desktop • Jun 29th, 2016

FPS

44%

Value, $/FPS

$4.27/FPS

100%

Price, $

$299

100%

Value Winner

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 $299 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 7481 minutes ago

GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

Desktop • Jan 27th, 2022

FPS

158

100%

Value, $/FPS

$6.84/FPS

62%

Price, $

$1079.99

27%

FPS Winner

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Founders Edition

Buy for $1,079.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 7479 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Radeon RX 480

Desktop • Jun 29th, 2016

GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

Desktop • Jan 27th, 2022

1920 x 1080

Very High

513

FPS

375

FPS

Counter-Strike 2

1920 x 1080

Epic

191

FPS

Fortnite

1920 x 1080

High

909

FPS

605

FPS

Valorant

1920 x 1080

Very High

401

FPS

387

FPS

League of Legends

1920 x 1080

Ultra

159

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

Theoretical Performance

Radeon RX 480

Desktop • Jun 29th, 2016

Pixel Fillrate

40.51 GPixel/s

19%

Texel Fillrate

182.3 GTexel/s

29%

GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

Desktop • Jan 27th, 2022

Pixel Fillrate

208.3 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

625 GTexel/s

100%

Radeon RX 480	vs	GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
Jun 29th, 2016	Release Date	Jan 27th, 2022
Arctic Islands	Generation	GeForce 30
$229	MSRP	$1999
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	Outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x 6-pin	Power Connectors	1x 16-pin
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
8 GB	Memory	24 GB
GDDR5	Type	GDDR6X
256-bit	Bus	384-bit
256 GB/s	Bandwidth	1008 GB/s
1120 MHz	Base Clock Speed	1560 MHz
1266 MHz	Boost Clock Speed	1860 MHz
2000 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	1313 MHz