AMD Radeon RX 560 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 560 XT and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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 560 XT

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 39% higher core clock speed: 973 MHz vs 700 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 250 Watt
3.6x more memory clock speed: 6600 MHz vs 1848 MHz (3696 data rate)
2.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 31293 vs 13144

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 March 2019 vs 26 March 2010
Core clock speed	973 MHz vs 700 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 250 Watt
Memory clock speed	6600 MHz vs 1848 MHz (3696 data rate)
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	31293 vs 13144

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 560 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

31293

13144

Name	AMD Radeon RX 560 XT	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480
Geekbench - OpenCL	31293	13144
PassMark - G3D Mark		4108
PassMark - G2D Mark		444
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		34.483
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		706.104
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		4.245
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		30.405
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		106.875
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		5110
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3658
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3320
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		5110
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3658
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3320
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 560 XT	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Fermi
Code name	Ellesmere	GF100
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	13 March 2019	26 March 2010
Place in performance rating	749	752
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Price now		$71.99
Value for money (0-100)		61.35
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1073 MHz
Core clock speed	973 MHz	700 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	3,100 million
CUDA cores		480
Floating-point performance		1,345.0 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Pipelines		480
Texture fill rate		42 billion / sec
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI
DisplayPort count	3
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	241 mm	10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	6-pin & 8-pin
Bus support		16x PCI-E 2.0
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options		2-way, 3-way
API support
DirectX	12.0	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.2
Memory
Memory clock speed	6600 MHz	1848 MHz (3696 data rate)
Maximum RAM amount		1536 MB
Memory bandwidth		177.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		384 Bit
Memory type		GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectX 11		DirectX 11
SLI