HWBench.com

    GeForce GTX 1070 Ti vs Radeon RX 480

    GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    Memory: 8192Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 26 Oct 2017
    GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    Radeon RX 480
    Memory: 8192Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 29 Jun 2016
    Radeon RX 480

    Summary

    Gaming performance index

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      159%
    • Radeon RX 480
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1070 Ti

    59% higher gaming performance.
    This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
    Supports PhysX
    Supports G-Sync
    Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
    Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

    Reasons to consider Radeon RX 480

    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    Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
    GeForce GTX 1070 Ti

    HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 1070 Ti

    The GeForce GTX 1070 Ti is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (94 combinations of games and resolutions).

    Specifications

    Core Configuration

    GeForce GTX 1070 TiRadeon RX 480
    GPU NameGP104 (GP104-300-A1)vsEllesmere (Ellesmere XT)
    Fab Process16 nmvs14 nm
    Die Size314 mm²vs232 mm²
    Transistors7,200 millionvs5,700 million
    Shaders2432vs2304
    Compute Units19vs36
    Core clock1607 MHzvs1120 MHz
    ROPs64vs32
    TMUs152vs144

    Memory Configuration

    GeForce GTX 1070 TiRadeon RX 480
    Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
    Bus Width256 bitvs256 bit
    Memory Speed2002 MHz
    8008 MHz effective    		vs2000 MHz
    8000 MHz effective
    Memory Size8192 Mbvs8192 Mb

    Additional details

    GeForce GTX 1070 TiRadeon RX 480
    TDP180 wattsvs150 watts
    Release Date26 Oct 2017vs29 Jun 2016

    Raw Performance comparison

    Pixel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      107.70 GP/s
    • Radeon RX 480
      40.50 GP/s

    GigaPixels - higher is better

    Texel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      255.80 GT/s
    • Radeon RX 480
      182.30 GT/s

    GigaTexels - higher is better

    Memory bandwidth

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      256.30 GB/s
    • Radeon RX 480
      256.00 GB/s

    GB/s - higher is better

    Single precision performance

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      8186.00 GFLOPs
    • Radeon RX 480
      5834.00 GFLOPs

    GFLOPs - higher is better

    Game benchmarks

    Ashes Of The Singularity

    High Quality Mode, 8 millon samples, 2xMSAA, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      86
    • Radeon RX 480
      53

    FPS (higher is better)

    Battlefield 1

    Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      96
    • Radeon RX 480
      68

    FPS (higher is better)

    Battlefield V

    Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      75
    • Radeon RX 480
      48

    FPS (higher is better)

    Borderlands 3

    Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      48
    • Radeon RX 480
      28

    FPS (higher is better)

    Codemasters Formula 1 2018

    Ultra quality TTA DirectX11 Windows10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      78
    • Radeon RX 480
      44

    FPS (higher is better)

    Codemasters Formula 1 2020

    Ultra High Quality, TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      89
    • Radeon RX 480
      54

    FPS (higher is better)

    Codemasters Formula 1 2021

    Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      86
    • Radeon RX 480
      59

    FPS (higher is better)

    Death Stranding

    Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      82
    • Radeon RX 480
      49

    FPS (higher is better)

    Deus Ex Mankind Divided

    Ultra quality DirectX12 Windows10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      64
    • Radeon RX 480
      44

    FPS (higher is better)

    Doom (2016)

    Ultra, TSSAA 8tx, ASync on, Vsync off, VULKAN, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      134
    • Radeon RX 480
      86

    FPS (higher is better)

    F1 2017

    Ultra quality,TTA,Melbourne,DirectX11,Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      97
    • Radeon RX 480
      55

    FPS (higher is better)

    Far Cry 5

    Ultra quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      73
    • Radeon RX 480
      48

    FPS (higher is better)

    Far Cry 6

    Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      47
    • Radeon RX 480
      33

    FPS (higher is better)

    Far Cry New Dawn

    Ultra Quality, DirectX 11,Windows 10x64 build 1809

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      77
    • Radeon RX 480
      49

    FPS (higher is better)

    Gears of War 4

    Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      86
    • Radeon RX 480
      52

    FPS (higher is better)

    Gears of War 5

    Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      61
    • Radeon RX 480
      46

    FPS (higher is better)

    Ghost Recon - Wildlands

    Very high Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      65
    • Radeon RX 480
      45

    FPS (higher is better)

    Grand Theft Auto V

    DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      107
    • Radeon RX 480
      59

    FPS (higher is better)

    Hitman (2016)

    Ultra quality,16:1 HQ-AF,DirectX 12, windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      99
    • Radeon RX 480
      61

    FPS (higher is better)

    Kingdom Come: Deliverance

    Very high quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      55
    • Radeon RX 480
      33

    FPS (higher is better)

    Metro Exodus

    Ultra detail, 16:1 AF, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      42
    • Radeon RX 480
      28

    FPS (higher is better)

    Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)

    Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      29
    • Radeon RX 480
      17

    FPS (higher is better)

    Middle-Earth Shadow of War

    Ultra Quality, HR Textures, DirectX11, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      62
    • Radeon RX 480
      38

    FPS (higher is better)

    Red Dead Redemption II

    UltraTX Max Quality, Vulkan, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      37
    • Radeon RX 480
      27

    FPS (higher is better)

    Resident Evil 3

    Max Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      75
    • Radeon RX 480
      48

    FPS (higher is better)

    Resident Evil 7

    Maximun Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      85
    • Radeon RX 480
      59

    FPS (higher is better)

    Rise Of The Tomb Raider

    Very High Details, Pure Hair On, FXAA/HBAO+ enabled, 16x AF, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      83
    • Radeon RX 480
      50

    FPS (higher is better)

    Shadow of the Tomb Raider

    Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      56
    • Radeon RX 480
      35

    FPS (higher is better)

    Sniper Elite 4

    Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      82
    • Radeon RX 480
      54

    FPS (higher is better)

    Star Wars Battlefront II

    Ultra quality DirectX12 Windows10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      91
    • Radeon RX 480
      59

    FPS (higher is better)

    Strange Brigade

    Ultra quality DirectX12 Async Compute Windows10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      81
    • Radeon RX 480
      55

    FPS (higher is better)

    The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

    DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      79
    • Radeon RX 480
      41

    FPS (higher is better)

    Wolfenstein II The New Colossus

    Main Leben! quality preset- Vulkan Windows 10x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      75
    • Radeon RX 480
      52

    FPS (higher is better)

    Battlefield 1

    Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      137
    • Radeon RX 480
      95

    FPS (higher is better)

    Borderlands 3

    Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      68
    • Radeon RX 480
      40

    FPS (higher is better)

    Codemasters Formula 1 2018

    Ultra quality TTA DirectX11 Windows10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      102
    • Radeon RX 480
      58

    FPS (higher is better)

    Codemasters Formula 1 2020

    Ultra High Quality, TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      119
    • Radeon RX 480
      78

    FPS (higher is better)

    Codemasters Formula 1 2021

    Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      116
    • Radeon RX 480
      81

    FPS (higher is better)

    Death Stranding

    Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      114
    • Radeon RX 480
      71

    FPS (higher is better)

    Deus Ex Mankind Divided

    Ultra quality DirectX12 Windows10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      97
    • Radeon RX 480
      70

    FPS (higher is better)

    Doom (2016)

    Ultra, TSSAA 8tx, ASync on, Vsync off, VULKAN, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      200
    • Radeon RX 480
      136

    FPS (higher is better)

    F1 2017

    Ultra quality,TTA,Melbourne,DirectX11,Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      127
    • Radeon RX 480
      70

    FPS (higher is better)

    Far Cry 5

    Ultra quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      104
    • Radeon RX 480
      70

    FPS (higher is better)

    Far Cry 6

    Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      62
    • Radeon RX 480
      49

    FPS (higher is better)

    Far Cry New Dawn

    Ultra Quality, DirectX 11,Windows 10x64 build 1809

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      103
    • Radeon RX 480
      69

    FPS (higher is better)

    Gears of War 4

    Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      134
    • Radeon RX 480
      81

    FPS (higher is better)

    Gears of War 5

    Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      86
    • Radeon RX 480
      66

    FPS (higher is better)

    Grand Theft Auto V

    DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      154
    • Radeon RX 480
      84

    FPS (higher is better)

    Hitman (2016)

    Ultra quality,16:1 HQ-AF,DirectX 12, windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      130
    • Radeon RX 480
      84

    FPS (higher is better)

    Kingdom Come: Deliverance

    Very high quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      87
    • Radeon RX 480
      55

    FPS (higher is better)

    Metro Exodus

    Ultra detail, 16:1 AF, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      54
    • Radeon RX 480
      36

    FPS (higher is better)

    Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)

    Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      38
    • Radeon RX 480
      24

    FPS (higher is better)

    Middle-Earth Shadow of War

    Ultra Quality, HR Textures, DirectX11, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      91
    • Radeon RX 480
      53

    FPS (higher is better)

    Red Dead Redemption II

    UltraTX Max Quality, Vulkan, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      47
    • Radeon RX 480
      34

    FPS (higher is better)

    Resident Evil 3

    Max Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      115
    • Radeon RX 480
      76

    FPS (higher is better)

    Resident Evil 7

    Maximun Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      131
    • Radeon RX 480
      91

    FPS (higher is better)

    Rise Of The Tomb Raider

    Very High Details, Pure Hair On, FXAA/HBAO+ enabled, 16x AF, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      126
    • Radeon RX 480
      74

    FPS (higher is better)

    Shadow of the Tomb Raider

    Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      84
    • Radeon RX 480
      54

    FPS (higher is better)

    Sniper Elite 4

    Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      110
    • Radeon RX 480
      75

    FPS (higher is better)

    Star Wars Battlefront II

    Ultra quality DirectX12 Windows10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      122
    • Radeon RX 480
      88

    FPS (higher is better)

    Strange Brigade

    Ultra quality DirectX12 Async Compute Windows10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      115
    • Radeon RX 480
      77

    FPS (higher is better)

    The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

    DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      106
    • Radeon RX 480
      53

    FPS (higher is better)

    Wolfenstein II The New Colossus

    Main Leben! quality preset- Vulkan Windows 10x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      103
    • Radeon RX 480
      81

    FPS (higher is better)

    Battlefield 1

    Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      55
    • Radeon RX 480
      35

    FPS (higher is better)

    Battlefield V

    Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      42
    • Radeon RX 480
      27

    FPS (higher is better)

    Borderlands 3

    Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      26
    • Radeon RX 480
      15

    FPS (higher is better)

    Codemasters Formula 1 2018

    Ultra quality TTA DirectX11 Windows10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      48
    • Radeon RX 480
      26

    FPS (higher is better)

    Codemasters Formula 1 2020

    Ultra High Quality, TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      52
    • Radeon RX 480
      30

    FPS (higher is better)

    Codemasters Formula 1 2021

    Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      53
    • Radeon RX 480
      34

    FPS (higher is better)

    Death Stranding

    Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      44
    • Radeon RX 480
      23

    FPS (higher is better)

    Deus Ex Mankind Divided

    Ultra quality DirectX12 Windows10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      33
    • Radeon RX 480
      21

    FPS (higher is better)

    Doom (2016)

    Ultra, TSSAA 8tx, ASync on, Vsync off, VULKAN, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      70
    • Radeon RX 480
      42

    FPS (higher is better)

    F1 2017

    Ultra quality,TTA,Melbourne,Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      59
    • Radeon RX 480
      32

    FPS (higher is better)

    Far Cry 5

    Ultra quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      38
    • Radeon RX 480
      24

    FPS (higher is better)

    Far Cry 6

    Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      30
    • Radeon RX 480
      15

    FPS (higher is better)

    Far Cry New Dawn

    Ultra Quality, DirectX 11,Windows 10x64 build 1809

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      42
    • Radeon RX 480
      25

    FPS (higher is better)

    Gears of War 4

    Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      45
    • Radeon RX 480
      24

    FPS (higher is better)

    Gears of War 5

    Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      33
    • Radeon RX 480
      24

    FPS (higher is better)

    Ghost Recon - Wildlands

    Very high Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      38
    • Radeon RX 480
      26

    FPS (higher is better)

    Hitman (2016)

    Ultra quality,16:1 HQ-AF,DirectX 12, windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      58
    • Radeon RX 480
      34

    FPS (higher is better)

    Kingdom Come: Deliverance

    Very high quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      27
    • Radeon RX 480
      15

    FPS (higher is better)

    Metro Exodus

    Ultra detail, 16:1 AF, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      26
    • Radeon RX 480
      17

    FPS (higher is better)

    Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)

    Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      17
    • Radeon RX 480
      9

    FPS (higher is better)

    Middle-Earth Shadow of War

    Ultra Quality, HR Textures, DirectX11, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      36
    • Radeon RX 480
      21

    FPS (higher is better)

    Red Dead Redemption II

    UltraTX Max Quality, Vulkan, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      22
    • Radeon RX 480
      17

    FPS (higher is better)

    Resident Evil 3

    Max Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      38
    • Radeon RX 480
      23

    FPS (higher is better)

    Resident Evil 7

    Maximun Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      42
    • Radeon RX 480
      27

    FPS (higher is better)

    Rise Of The Tomb Raider

    Very High Details, Pure Hair On, FXAA/HBAO+ enabled, 16x AF, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      42
    • Radeon RX 480
      24

    FPS (higher is better)

    Shadow of the Tomb Raider

    Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      29
    • Radeon RX 480
      17

    FPS (higher is better)

    Sniper Elite 4

    Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      42
    • Radeon RX 480
      34

    FPS (higher is better)

    Star Wars Battlefront II

    Ultra quality DirectX12 Windows10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      47
    • Radeon RX 480
      29

    FPS (higher is better)

    Strange Brigade

    Ultra quality DirectX12 Async Compute Windows10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      46
    • Radeon RX 480
      33

    FPS (higher is better)

    The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

    DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      46
    • Radeon RX 480
      25

    FPS (higher is better)

    Wolfenstein II The New Colossus

    Main Leben! quality preset- Vulkan Windows 10x64

    • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
      46
    • Radeon RX 480
      30

    FPS (higher is better)

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