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GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 vs Gainward GeForce GTX 950 Guan Yu

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 8 GB GDDR5 · 1.27 GHz · 150 W Speed index 5/100
In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 and the Gainward GeForce GTX 950 Guan Yu, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 is 179 % faster than the Gainward GeForce GTX 950 Guan Yu.

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480Gainward GeForce GTX 950 Guan Yu
Speed index
5/100
2/100
FP32
5.83 TFLOPS
2.09 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.27 GHz
1.36 GHz
Memory Size
8 GB GDDR5
2 GB GDDR5
Memory bandwidth
256 GB/s
107 GB/s
TDP
150 W
90 W
Launch Price
199 $
179 $

GPU

GPUGIGABYTE Radeon RX 480Gainward GeForce GTX 950 Guan Yu
Based onAMD Radeon RX 480NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
GPU ChipPolaris 10 XTGM206-250-A1
Streaming Multiprocessors366
Shader2304768
Render Output Units3232
Texture Units14448
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 is based on the AMD Radeon RX 480 and has 2304 texture shaders and 36 execution units.

Gainward GeForce GTX 950 Guan Yu is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950, which has 768 shaders and 6 execution units.

Memory

MemoryGIGABYTE Radeon RX 480Gainward GeForce GTX 950 Guan Yu
Memory Size8 GB2 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR5
Memory Clock2.000 GHz1.675 GHz
Memory Speed8.0 Gbps6.7 Gbps
Memory bandwidth256 GB/s107 GB/s
Memory Interface256 bit128 bit
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 950 Guan Yu can access 2 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 107 GB/s.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsGIGABYTE Radeon RX 480Gainward GeForce GTX 950 Guan Yu
Base Clock1.120 GHz1.165 GHz
Boost Clock1.266 GHz1.355 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 clocks in the base with up to 1.120 GHz. The base frequency of the Gainward GeForce GTX 950 Guan Yu is 1.165 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignGIGABYTE Radeon RX 480Gainward GeForce GTX 950 Guan Yu
TDP150 W90 W
Tjunction max100 °C95 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 6-Pin1 x 6-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 is 150 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin connector.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 950 Guan Yu has a TDP of 90 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansGIGABYTE Radeon RX 480Gainward GeForce GTX 950 Guan Yu
Fan-TypeRadialAxial
Fan 11 x 65 mm1 x 85 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)--0 dB
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 has a total of 1 Radial fans.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 950 Guan Yu has 1 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Connectivity

ConnectivityGIGABYTE Radeon RX 480Gainward GeForce GTX 950 Guan Yu
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.22.2
HDMI1x HDMI 2.0b1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort3x DP 1.4a1x DP 1.2
DVI--2
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In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 950 Guan Yu supports a maximum of 4 screens.

Featureset

FeaturesetGIGABYTE Radeon RX 480Gainward GeForce GTX 950 Guan Yu
Max. resolution7680x43204096x2160
DirectX12_012_1
RaytracingNoNo
DLSS / FSRYesNo
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the Gainward GeForce GTX 950 Guan Yu is 4096x2160 pixels.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsGIGABYTE Radeon RX 480Gainward GeForce GTX 950 Guan Yu
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeNo
VP8NoDecode
VP9NoNo
AV1NoNo
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Dimensions

DimensionsGIGABYTE Radeon RX 480Gainward GeForce GTX 950 Guan Yu
Length240 mm222 mm
Height112 mm112 mm
Width37 mm--
Width (Slots)2 Slots2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 is 240 mm long, 112 mm high and 37 mm wide.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 950 Guan Yu is 222 mm long, 112 mm high and -- wide.

Additional data

Additional dataGIGABYTE Radeon RX 480Gainward GeForce GTX 950 Guan Yu
GPU InterfacePCIe 3.0 x 16PCIe 3 x 16
Release dateQ2/2016Q3/2015
Launch Price199 $179 $
Structure size14 nm28 nm
Part-noGV-RX480D5-8GD-B--
Documentsdata sheet--
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 was released in Q2/2016 at a price of 199 $.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 950 Guan Yu was introduced in Q3/2015 at a price of 179 $.

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 GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 +131.6 %

  1. 42,694
  2. 18,434

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 +143.8 %

  1. 45,619
  2. 18,714

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. 41,864
  2. no data

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