GeForce GTX 480 vs Radeon R9 390X
Summary
GeForce GTX 480
100%
Radeon R9 390X
330%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 480 |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 390X |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Around 230% higher average synthetic performance. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon R9 390X
The Radeon R9 390X is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 480 | | Radeon R9 390X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF100 (GF100-375-A3) | vs | Grenada (Grenada XT) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 529 mm² | vs | 438 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,100 million | vs | 6,200 million |
| Shaders | 480 | vs | 2816 |
| Compute Units | 15 | vs | 44 |
| Core clock | 701 MHz | vs | 1050 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 60 | vs | 176 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 480 | | Radeon R9 390X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 384 bit | vs | 512 bit |
| Memory Speed | 924 MHz
3696 MHz effective | vs | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1536 Mb | vs | 8192 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 480 | | Radeon R9 390X | |
|---|
| TDP | 250 watts | vs | 275 watts |
| Release Date | 26 Mar 2010 | vs | 18 Jun 2015 |
GeForce GTX 480
21.00 GP/s
Radeon R9 390X
67.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 480
42.10 GT/s
Radeon R9 390X
184.80 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 480
177.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 390X
384.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 480
1345.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 390X
5914.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 480
5700
Radeon R9 390X
18860
Points (higher is better)