NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) vs AMD Radeon R9 M485X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) and AMD Radeon R9 M485X 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)

  • 2.2x more core clock speed: 1607 MHz vs 723 MHz
  • 3x more texture fill rate: 277.3 GTexel / s vs 92.54 GTexel / s
  • Around 25% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 2048
  • 3x better floating-point performance: 8,873 gflops vs 2,961 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 39% lower typical power consumption: 180 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • 4.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 15549 vs 3661
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 887 vs 417
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1607 MHz vs 723 MHz
Texture fill rate 277.3 GTexel / s vs 92.54 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2560 vs 2048
Floating-point performance 8,873 gflops vs 2,961 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 180 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 15549 vs 3661
PassMark - G2D Mark 887 vs 417

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M485X

  • 500x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 10 GB/s
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz vs 10 GB/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M485X

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
15549
3661
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
887
417
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) AMD Radeon R9 M485X
PassMark - G3D Mark 15549 3661
PassMark - G2D Mark 887 417
Geekbench - OpenCL 55525
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 150.103
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2036.763
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 14.035
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 27.417
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 819.934
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3343
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3343
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 7537

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) AMD Radeon R9 M485X

Essentials

Architecture Pascal GCN 3.0
Code name GP104 Amethyst
Launch date 27 May 2016 15 May 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $599
Place in performance rating 272 274
Price now $439.99
Type Desktop Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 43.72

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1733 MHz
Core clock speed 1607 MHz 723 MHz
CUDA cores 2560
Floating-point performance 8,873 gflops 2,961 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 94 °C
Pipelines 2560 2048
Texture fill rate 277.3 GTexel / s 92.54 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 180 Watt 250 Watt
Transistor count 7,200 million 5,000 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVI, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort No outputs
G-SYNC support
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Length 10.5" (26.7 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 8-pin None
Width 2-slot
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 320 GB / s 160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 10 GB/s 5000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
GPU Boost
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
ShadowWorks
SLI
Virtual Reality
VR Ready
Enduro