Radeon RX 480 vs GeForce GTX 760

Radeon RX 480
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 29 Jun 2016
Radeon RX 480
GeForce GTX 760
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 25 Jun 2013
GeForce GTX 760

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Radeon RX 480
    214%
  • GeForce GTX 760
    100%

Relative performance

Gaming performance index

  • Radeon RX 480
    225%
  • GeForce GTX 760
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 480

125% higher gaming performance.
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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 760

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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications

Radeon RX 480

HWBench recommends Radeon RX 480

The Radeon RX 480 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (12 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX 480GeForce GTX 760
GPU NameEllesmere (Ellesmere XT)vsGK104 (GK104-225-A2)
Fab Process14 nmvs28 nm
Die Size232 mm²vs294 mm²
Transistors5,700 millionvs3,540 million
Shaders2304vs1152
Compute Units36vs6
Core clock1120 MHzvs980 MHz
ROPs32vs32
TMUs144vs96

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX 480GeForce GTX 760
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width256 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective
vs1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective
Memory Size8192 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX 480GeForce GTX 760
TDP150 wattsvs170 watts
Release Date29 Jun 2016vs25 Jun 2013

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX 480
    40.50 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 760
    23.50 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX 480
    182.30 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 760
    94.10 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX 480
    256.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 760
    192.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX 480
    5834.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 760
    2258.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • Radeon RX 480
    18430
  • GeForce GTX 760
    8600

Points (higher is better)

Game benchmarks

Anno 2205

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA

  • Radeon RX 480
    60
  • GeForce GTX 760
    30

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield Hardline

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait

  • Radeon RX 480
    60
  • GeForce GTX 760
    34

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry Primal

DX11, Very High Settings

  • Radeon RX 480
    66
  • GeForce GTX 760
    35

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

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

  • Radeon RX 480
    84
  • GeForce GTX 760
    46

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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

  • Radeon RX 480
    53
  • GeForce GTX 760
    22

FPS (higher is better)

Anno 2205

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA

  • Radeon RX 480
    39
  • GeForce GTX 760
    20

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry Primal

DX11, Very High Settings

  • Radeon RX 480
    46
  • GeForce GTX 760
    23

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

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

  • Radeon RX 480
    59
  • GeForce GTX 760
    31

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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

  • Radeon RX 480
    41
  • GeForce GTX 760
    17

FPS (higher is better)

Anno 2205

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA

  • Radeon RX 480
    23
  • GeForce GTX 760
    12

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry Primal

DX11, Very High Settings

  • Radeon RX 480
    25
  • GeForce GTX 760
    6

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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

  • Radeon RX 480
    25
  • GeForce GTX 760
    9

FPS (higher is better)