AMD Radeon RX 480 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800S

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 480 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800S videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX 480

NVIDIA GeForce 9800S

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 480

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 11 month(s) later
9.5x more texture fill rate: 182.3 GTexel / s vs 19.2 billion / sec
36x more pipelines: 2304 vs 64
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 65 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
8.8x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 800 MHz
13.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8629 vs 636
Around 82% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 778 vs 427

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 June 2016 vs 15 July 2008
Texture fill rate	182.3 GTexel / s vs 19.2 billion / sec
Pipelines	2304 vs 64
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8629 vs 636
PassMark - G2D Mark	778 vs 427

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800S

Around 34% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1120 MHz
33.1x better floating-point performance: 192 gflops vs 5.8 TFLOPs
2x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 150 Watt

Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 1120 MHz
Floating-point performance	192 gflops vs 5.8 TFLOPs
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 480
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800S

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8629

636

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

778

427

Name	AMD Radeon RX 480	NVIDIA GeForce 9800S
PassMark - G3D Mark	8629	636
PassMark - G2D Mark	778	427
Geekbench - OpenCL	39117
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	103.851
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	769.541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	7.593
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	67.879
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	597.772
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11172
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11172
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4162

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 480	NVIDIA GeForce 9800S
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Tesla
Code name	Ellesmere	G94
Design	Radeon RX 400 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	29 June 2016	15 July 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$229
Place in performance rating	340	343
Price now	$299.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	39.12
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1266 MHz
Compute units	36
Core clock speed	1120 MHz	1500 MHz
Floating-point performance	5.8 TFLOPs	192 gflops
GPU Power	110 Watt
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	2304	64
Stream Processors	2304
Texture fill rate	182.3 GTexel / s	19.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	505 million
CUDA cores		64
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	VGAHDMISingle Link DVI
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF + HDA
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support	n / a
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	241 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12	10.0
Mantle
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
Enduro
FreeSync
FRTC
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HD3D
HDMI 2.0b
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready
ZeroCore
CUDA
SLI