Radeon RX 480 vs GeForce GTX 780
Summary
Radeon RX 480
133%
GeForce GTX 780
100%
Relative performance
Radeon RX 480
128%
GeForce GTX 780
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 480 |
| 28% higher gaming performance. |
| 100 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 780 . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 780 |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 (11 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 480 | | GeForce GTX 780 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Ellesmere (Ellesmere XT) | vs | GK110 (GK110-300-A1) |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 232 mm² | vs | 561 mm² |
| Transistors | 5,700 million | vs | 7,080 million |
| Shaders | 2304 | vs | 2304 |
| Compute Units | 36 | vs | 12 |
| Core clock | 1120 MHz | vs | 863 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 48 |
| TMUs | 144 | vs | 192 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 480 | | GeForce GTX 780 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective | vs | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 8192 Mb | vs | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 480 | | GeForce GTX 780 | |
|---|
| TDP | 150 watts | vs | 250 watts |
| Release Date | 29 Jun 2016 | vs | 23 May 2013 |
Radeon RX 480
40.50 GP/s
GeForce GTX 780
41.40 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 480
182.30 GT/s
GeForce GTX 780
166.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 480
256.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 780
288.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 480
5834.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 780
3977.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon RX 480
18430
GeForce GTX 780
13770
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
Radeon RX 480
60
GeForce GTX 780
52
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon RX 480
84
GeForce GTX 780
68
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 480
53
GeForce GTX 780
39
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
Radeon RX 480
77
GeForce GTX 780
57
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
Radeon RX 480
45
GeForce GTX 780
36
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon RX 480
59
GeForce GTX 780
47
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 480
41
GeForce GTX 780
29
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
Radeon RX 480
56
GeForce GTX 780
43
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon RX 480
30
GeForce GTX 780
24
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 480
25
GeForce GTX 780
19
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
Radeon RX 480
29
GeForce GTX 780
23
FPS (higher is better)