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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)

AMD Radeon R9 M485X

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: 15536 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	15536 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

15536

3661

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

887

417

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)	AMD Radeon R9 M485X
PassMark - G3D Mark	15536	3661
PassMark - G2D Mark	887	417
Geekbench - OpenCL	55523
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	273	275
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