Comparision Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 480 8GB vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
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Top specs and features
- Passmark score
- 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU benchmark score
- 3DMark Fire Strike Score
- 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics test score
- 3DMark 11 Performance GPU benchmark score
Passmark score
3DMark Cloud Gate GPU benchmark score
3DMark Fire Strike Score
3DMark Fire Strike Graphics test score
3DMark 11 Performance GPU benchmark score
Description
The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 480 8GB video card is based on the Polaris architecture. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture. The first has 5700 million transistors. The second is 5200 million. Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 480 8GB has a transistor size of 14 nm versus 28.
The base clock speed of the first video card is 1208 MHz versus 1127 MHz for the second.
Let's move on to memory. Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 480 8GB has 8 GB. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 has 8 GB installed. The bandwidth of the first video card is 256 Gb/s versus 224.4 Gb/s of the second.
FLOPS of Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 480 8GB is 6. At NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4.92.
Goes to tests in benchmarks. In the Passmark benchmark, Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 480 8GB scored 8698 points. And here is the second card 10752 points. In 3DMark, the first model scored 12264 points. Second 12349 points.
In terms of interfaces. The first video card is connected using PCIe 3.0 x16. The second is PCIe 3.0 x16. Video card Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 480 8GB has Directx version 12. Video card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 -- Directx version - 12.1.
Regarding cooling, Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 480 8GB has 150W heat dissipation requirements versus 165W for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980.
Why NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 is better than Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 480 8GB
- 3DMark Fire Strike Score 10395 против 9925 , more on 5%
- 3DMark 11 Performance GPU benchmark score 18035 против 16804 , more on 7%
- 3DMark Vantage Performance test score 39808 против 36269 , more on 10%
- 3DMark Ice Storm GPU benchmark score 385809 против 308382 , more on 25%
- Unigine Heaven 3.0 test score 132 против 124 , more on 6%
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 480 8GB vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980: highlights
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FAQ
How does the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 480 8GB processor perform in benchmarks?
Passmark Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 480 8GB scored 8698 points. The second video card scored 10752 points in Passmark.
What FLOPS do video cards have?
FLOPS Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 480 8GB is 6 TFLOPS. But the second video card has FLOPS equal to 4.92 TFLOPS.
What power consumption?
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 480 8GB 150 Watt. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 165 Watt.
How fast are Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 480 8GB and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980?
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 480 8GB operates at 1208 MHz. In this case, the maximum frequency reaches 1342 MHz. The clock base frequency of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 reaches 1127 MHz. In turbo mode it reaches 1216 MHz.
What kind of memory do graphics cards have?
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 480 8GB supports GDDR5. Installed 8 GB of RAM. Throughput reaches 256 GB/s. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 works with GDDR5. The second one has 4 GB of RAM installed. Its bandwidth is 256 GB/s.
How many HDMI connectors do they have?
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 480 8GB has 2 HDMI outputs. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 is equipped with 1 HDMI outputs.
What power connectors are used?
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 480 8GB uses There is no data. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 is equipped with There is no data HDMI outputs.
What architecture are video cards based on?
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 480 8GB is built on Polaris. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 uses the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
What graphics processor is being used?
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 480 8GB is equipped with Polaris 10 Ellesmere. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 is set to GM204.
How many PCIe lanes
The first graphics card has 16 PCIe lanes. And the PCIe version is 3. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 16 PCIe lanes. PCIe version 3.
How many transistors?
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 480 8GB has 5700 million transistors. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 has 5200 million transistors