AMD Radeon RX 480
vs
Palit GeForce GTX 960 OC


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 Palit GeForce GTX 960 OC is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 (Maxwell 2.0) and has 2 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 112 GB/s.

GPU

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

The Palit GeForce GTX 960 OC is based on the graphics chip GM206-300-A1, which comes from the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
AMD Radeon RX 480 GPU Palit GeForce GTX 960 OC
AMD Radeon RX 480 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Polaris 10 XT GPU Chip GM206-300-A1
Ellesmere Architecture Maxwell 2.0
36 Streaming Multiprocessors 8
2304 Shader 1024
32 Render Output Units 32
144 Texture Units 64
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 Palit GeForce GTX 960 OC is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.753 GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 2 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 112 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.120 GHz Base Clock 1.165 GHz
1.266 GHz Boost Clock 1.228 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 Palit GeForce GTX 960 OC has 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 120 W.

150 W TDP 120 W
-- TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

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

The Palit GeForce GTX 960 OC has 1 Radial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Radial Fan-Type Radial
1 x 65 mm Fan 1 1 x 65 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 Palit GeForce GTX 960 OC 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 1x DP v1.2
-- DVI Ports 2
-- 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 Palit GeForce GTX 960 OC 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 Palit GeForce GTX 960 OC needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3 x 16 Lanes interface.

240 mm Length 247 mm
95 mm Height 112 mm
35 mm Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

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

The Palit GeForce GTX 960 OC came on the market in Q1/2015 and will have a structure width of 28 nanometers manufactured.

-- Part-no NE5X960S1041F
Q2/2016 Release date Q1/2015
199 $ (Reference) Launch Price 229 $
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

AMD Radeon RX 480 AMD Radeon RX 480
8 GB GDDR5
1847
Palit GeForce GTX 960 OC Palit GeForce GTX 960 OC
2 GB GDDR5
1017

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

AMD Radeon RX 480 AMD Radeon RX 480
8 GB GDDR5
42694
Palit GeForce GTX 960 OC Palit GeForce GTX 960 OC
2 GB GDDR5
18709

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

AMD Radeon RX 480 AMD Radeon RX 480
8 GB GDDR5
45619
Palit GeForce GTX 960 OC Palit GeForce GTX 960 OC
2 GB GDDR5
21349

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)

AMD Radeon RX 480 AMD Radeon RX 480
8 GB GDDR5
5.83
Palit GeForce GTX 960 OC Palit GeForce GTX 960 OC
2 GB GDDR5
2.51

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