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EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC GAMING vs AMD Radeon RX 480

EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC GAMING
EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC GAMING 6 GB GDDR5 · 1.19 GHz · 250 W Speed index 6/100

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC GAMING 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.

AMD Radeon RX 480
AMD Radeon RX 480 8 GB GDDR5 · 1.27 GHz · 150 W Speed index 5/100

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.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC GAMING is 15 % faster than the AMD Radeon RX 480.

EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC GAMINGAMD Radeon RX 480
Speed index
6/100
5/100
FP32
6.70 TFLOPS
5.83 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.19 GHz
1.27 GHz
Memory Size
6 GB GDDR5
8 GB GDDR5
Memory bandwidth
337 GB/s
256 GB/s
TDP
250 W
150 W
Launch Price
649 $
199 $

GPU

GPUEVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC GAMINGAMD Radeon RX 480
Based onNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 TiAMD Radeon RX 480
GPU ChipGM200-310-A1Polaris 10 XT
Streaming Multiprocessors2236
Shader28162304
Render Output Units9632
Texture Units176144
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The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC GAMING has the GM200-310-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.

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

Memory

MemoryEVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC GAMINGAMD Radeon RX 480
Memory Size6 GB8 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR5
Memory Clock1.753 GHz2.000 GHz
Memory Speed7.0 Gbps8.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth337 GB/s256 GB/s
Memory Interface384 bit256 bit
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The graphics memory of the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC GAMING clocks at 1.753 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 7.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the AMD Radeon RX 480 is 8.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.000 GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsEVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC GAMINGAMD Radeon RX 480
Base Clock1.102 GHz1.120 GHz
Boost Clock1.190 GHz1.266 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignEVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC GAMINGAMD Radeon RX 480
TDP250 W150 W
Tjunction max91 °C100 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin1 x 6-Pin
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The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC GAMING is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 250 W.

The AMD Radeon RX 480 has 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 150 W.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansEVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC GAMINGAMD Radeon RX 480
Fan-TypeRadialRadial
Fan 11 x 65 mm1 x 65 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB--
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The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC GAMING is equipped with a total of 1 Radial main fans.

The AMD Radeon RX 480 has 1 Radial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Connectivity

ConnectivityEVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC GAMINGAMD Radeon RX 480
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.22.2
HDMI1x HDMI 2.01x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort3x DP 1.23x DP 1.4a
DVI1--
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC GAMING.

The AMD Radeon RX 480 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

Featureset

FeaturesetEVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC GAMINGAMD Radeon RX 480
Max. resolution4096x21607680x4320
DirectX12_112_0
RaytracingNoNo
DLSS / FSRNoYes
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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With the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC GAMING it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the AMD Radeon RX 480 is 7680x4320 pixels.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsEVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC GAMINGAMD Radeon RX 480
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCNoDecode / Encode
VP8DecodeNo
VP9NoNo
AV1NoNo
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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.

Dimensions

DimensionsEVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC GAMINGAMD Radeon RX 480
Length267 mm240 mm
Height111 mm95 mm
Width--35 mm
Width (Slots)2 Slots2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC GAMING is connected to the system via PCIe 3 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The AMD Radeon RX 480 needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

Additional data

Additional dataEVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC GAMINGAMD Radeon RX 480
GPU InterfacePCIe 3 x 16PCIe 3.0 x 16
Release dateQ2/2015Q2/2016
Launch Price649 $199 $
Structure size28 nm14 nm
Part-no06G-P4-4992-KR--
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC GAMING has been manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers since Q2/2015.

The AMD Radeon RX 480 came on the market in Q2/2016 and will have a structure width of 14 nanometers manufactured.

Benchmark results

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 +1.7 %

  1. 41,973
  2. 42,694

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC GAMING +19.5 %

  1. 54,522
  2. 45,619

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. no data
  2. 41,864

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