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    GeForce GTX 480 vs Radeon R9 380X

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 480 and Radeon R9 380X. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce GTX 480 and Radeon R9 380X. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.
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    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 480 Radeon R9 380X
    Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 190 Watt
    Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors 6-pin & 8-pin
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 4 GB
    Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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    • GeForce GTX 480 has 31% more power consumption, than Radeon R9 380X.
    • GeForce GTX 480 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R9 380X uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
    • GeForce GTX 480 has 1532 GB more memory, than Radeon R9 380X.
    • Both cards are used in Desktops.
    • GeForce GTX 480 is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon R9 380X - with GCN 3.0.
    • GeForce GTX 480 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 380X - by 28 nm process technology.
    • Radeon R9 380X is 211 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 480.
    • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 480 is 878 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 380X.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 21−24 35−40
    ultra / 1080p 12−14 21−24
    QHD / 1440p 6−7 16−18
    4K / 2160p 5−6 10−11
    low / 720p 40−45 60−65
    medium / 1080p 24−27 40−45
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 380X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 68% more, than GeForce GTX 480.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 480 Radeon R9 380X
    Architecture Fermi GCN 3.0
    Code name GF100 Antigua
    Type Desktop Desktop
    Release date 7 December 2010 19 November 2015
    Pipelines 480 2048
    Core clock speed 700 MHz
    Boost Clock 970 MHz
    Transistor count 3,100 million 5,000 million
    Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 42 billion/sec 124.2
    Floating-point performance 1,345.0 gflops 3,973 gflops
    Length 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm) 221 mm
    Memory bus width 384 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1848 MHz (3696 data rate) 970 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 177.4 GB/s 182.4 GB/s
    Shared memory -
    DirectX 12 (11_0)
    Shader Model 5.1 6.3
    OpenGL 4.2 4.5
    OpenCL 1.1 2.0
    Vulkan N/A +
    CUDA +
    Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.58 kh/s
    FreeSync +
    CUDA cores 480
    Bus support 16x PCI-E 2.0 PCIe 3.0
    Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
    SLI options +
    Multi monitor support +
    HDMI + +
    HDCP +
    Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
    Audio input for HDMI Internal
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 117 Mh/s
    Eyefinity +
    HD3D +
    PowerTune +
    TrueAudio +
    ZeroCore +
    Mantle +
    Design reference
    Bridgeless CrossFire +
    Number of Eyefinity displays 6
    DisplayPort support +
    CrossFire +
    VCE +
    DDMA audio +
    Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.89 Gh/s
    Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 20.63 Mh/s
    Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 175 Sol/s
    Compute units 32
    Form factor full height / full length
    High bandwidth memory (HBM) -
    LiquidVR +
    FRTC +
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