Radeon RX 480 vs GeForce GTX 680
Summary
Radeon RX 480
172%
GeForce GTX 680
100%
Relative performance
Radeon RX 480
148%
GeForce GTX 680
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 480 |
| 48% higher gaming performance. |
| 45 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 680 . |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports FreeSync |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports TrueAudio |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 680 |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon RX 480
The Radeon RX 480 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (5 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 480 | | GeForce GTX 680 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Ellesmere (Ellesmere XT) | vs | GK104 (GK104-400-A2) |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 232 mm² | vs | 294 mm² |
| Transistors | 5,700 million | vs | 3,540 million |
| Shaders | 2304 | vs | 1536 |
| Compute Units | 36 | vs | 8 |
| Core clock | 1120 MHz | vs | 1006 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 144 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 480 | | GeForce GTX 680 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective | vs | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 8192 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 480 | | GeForce GTX 680 | |
|---|
| TDP | 150 watts | vs | 195 watts |
| Release Date | 29 Jun 2016 | vs | 22 Mar 2012 |
Radeon RX 480
40.50 GP/s
GeForce GTX 680
32.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 480
182.30 GT/s
GeForce GTX 680
129.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 480
256.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 680
192.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 480
5834.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 680
3090.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon RX 480
18430
GeForce GTX 680
10700
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
Radeon RX 480
60
GeForce GTX 680
36
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon RX 480
84
GeForce GTX 680
61
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
Radeon RX 480
45
GeForce GTX 680
27
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon RX 480
59
GeForce GTX 680
42
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon RX 480
30
GeForce GTX 680
23
FPS (higher is better)