AMD Radeon RX 480
vs
EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Classified KINGPIN


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The AMD Radeon RX 480 is based on the AMD Radeon RX 480 (Ellesmere) and has 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Classified KINGPIN is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti (Maxwell 2.0) and has 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 337 GB/s.

GPU

The AMD Radeon RX 480 has the Polaris 10 XT graphics chip installed, which is based on the Ellesmere architecture.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Classified KINGPIN is based on the graphics chip GM200-310-A1, which comes from the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
AMD Radeon RX 480 GPU EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Classified KINGPIN
AMD Radeon RX 480 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Polaris 10 XT GPU Chip GM200-310-A1
Ellesmere Architecture Maxwell 2.0
36 Streaming Multiprocessors 22
2304 Shader 2816
32 Render Output Units 96
144 Texture Units 176
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the AMD Radeon RX 480 clocks at 2.000 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 8.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Classified KINGPIN is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.753 GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 1.753 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
256 GB/s Memory bandwidth 337 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 384 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.120 GHz Base Clock 1.203 GHz
1.266 GHz Boost Clock 1.304 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The AMD Radeon RX 480 is powered by 1 x 6-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 150 W.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Classified KINGPIN has 1 x 6-Pin, 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 250 W.

150 W TDP 250 W
-- TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 91 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The AMD Radeon RX 480 is equipped with a total of 1 Radial main fans.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Classified KINGPIN has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 65 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the AMD Radeon RX 480.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Classified KINGPIN supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.2
-- DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the AMD Radeon RX 480 it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Classified KINGPIN is 4096x2160 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 4096x2160
12_0 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR No
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC No
No AV1 No
No VP8 Decode
No VP9 No

Dimensions

The AMD Radeon RX 480 is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Classified KINGPIN needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3 x 16 Lanes interface.

240 mm Length 279 mm
95 mm Height 151 mm
35 mm Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16

Additional data

The AMD Radeon RX 480 has been manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers since Q2/2016.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Classified KINGPIN came on the market in Q3/2016 and will have a structure width of 28 nanometers manufactured.

-- Part-no 06G-P4-5998-KR
Q2/2016 Release date Q3/2016
199 $ (Reference) Launch Price 649 $ (Reference)
14 nm Structure size 28 nm
data sheet Documents --

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

Geekbench 6 - Metal

AMD Radeon RX 480 AMD Radeon RX 480
8 GB GDDR5
41864

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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