AMD Radeon RX 480
vs
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0

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 GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Maxwell 2.0) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

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

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0 is based on the graphics chip GM204-400-A1, which comes from the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.

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 GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0 is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.753 GHz.

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

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 GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0 has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 165 W.

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

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0 has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

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

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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 GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0 is 4096x2160 pixels.

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.

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 GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0 needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3 x 16 Lanes interface.

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

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0 came on the market in Q3/2015 and will have a structure width of 28 nanometers manufactured.