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GPU Architecture Shading Units GPU Clock GPU Boost Clock Memory Capacity Memory Type Memory Speed Memory Bus Width Memory Bandwidth Texture Mapping Unit (TMU)Render Output Unit (ROP)Pixel Fill Rate Texture Fill Rate Floating Point Per Second DirectX OpenGL Max GPU Temprature Graphics Card Power Rise of the Tomb Raider Shadow of the Tomb Raider The Witcher 3 Metro Exodus Battlefield 1 Far Cry 5 Assassin's Creed Unity Resident Evil 2

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GPU Architecture The smaller GPU, the better performance

28 nm

14 nm

Shading Units The more Cores, the faster data are processed by the GPU

1792

2304

GPU Clock The higher the clock, the more instructions the GPU can execute per second

827 MHz

26% higher

1120 MHz

GPU Boost Clock The Boost clock helps GPU to get more performance

933 MHz

26% higher

1266 MHz

Memory Capacity The VRAM capacity is used most for Anti Aliasing, Textures and Screen resolution

3 GB

8 GB

Memory Type

GDDR5

Memory Speed The faster Memory, the faster Read/Write operations of the data

5 Gbps

38% higher

8 Gbps

Memory Bus Width The Wider Memory Bus, the more data can flow without waiting

384 bit

256 bit

Memory Bandwidth The more bandwidth, the faster data transfers between GPU and VRAM

240 GB/s

6% higher

256 GB/s

Texture Mapping Unit (TMU) The more Texture Mapping Units, the faster Texture Fill Rate

112

144

Render Output Unit (ROP) The more Rander Output Units, the faster Pixel Fill Rate

Pixel Fill Rate Indicates how many Pixels GPU can draw per second

30 GP/s

27% higher

41 GP/s

Texture Fill Rate Indicates how many Textures can be mapped per second

105 GT/s

42% higher

182 GT/s

Floating Point Per Second The more Floating Point Operations per second the better performance of the GPU

3 Flop/s

6 Flop/s

DirectX

OpenGL

Max GPU Temprature The maximum GPU temprature allowed by manufacturer

194 °F

Graphics Card Power Typical power consumption of the graphic card board

200 Watts

25% lower

150 Watts

Rise of the Tomb Raider Settings Max, 1440p

31 fps

18% higher

38 fps

Shadow of the Tomb Raider Settings Max, 1440p

32 fps

11% higher

36 fps

The Witcher 3 Settings Max, 1440p

27 fps

34% higher

41 fps

Metro Exodus Settings Max, 1440p

28 fps

24% higher

37 fps

Battlefield 1 Settings Max, 1440p

27 fps

29% higher

38 fps

Far Cry 5 Settings Max, 1440p

25 fps

32% higher

37 fps

Assassin's Creed Unity Settings Max, 1440p

25 fps

4% higher

26 fps

Resident Evil 2 Settings Max, 1440p

31 fps

46% higher

57 fps

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2.6/10 Score 2997

Radeon RX 480 8GB 8Gbps 256-bit 150W Desktop Graphic card

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GPU Architecture	14 nm vs 28 nm	GPU architecture size is (14nm) 50% smaller
Shading Units	2304 vs 1792	(512) 22% more Shader Processing Units
GPU Clock	1120 MHz vs 827 MHz	Clock speed is (293MHz) 26% higher
GPU Boost Clock	1266 MHz vs 933 MHz	Boost clock speed is (333MHz) 26% higher
Memory Capacity	8 GB vs 3 GB	(5GB) 63% more VRAM Capacity
Memory Speed	8 Gbps vs 5 Gbps	Transfer speed of the memory is (3Gbps) 38% faster
Memory Bandwidth	256 GB/s vs 240 GB/s	Memory bandwidth is (16GB/s) 6% faster
Texture Mapping Unit (TMU)	144 vs 112	(32) 22% more Texture Mapping Units
Pixel Fill Rate	41 GP/s vs 30 GP/s	Pixel Fill Rate is (11GP/s) 27% faster
Texture Fill Rate	182 GT/s vs 105 GT/s	Texel Fill Rate is (77GT/s) 42% faster
Floating Point Per Second	6 Flop/s vs 3 Flop/s	(3Flop/s) 50% more Floating Point Operations per minute
Graphics Card Power	150 Watts vs 200 Watts	Power consumption is (50Watts) 25% lower
Rise of the Tomb Raider	38 fps vs 31 fps	Rise of the Tomb Raider - 1440p: (7fps) 18% more frames per second
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	36 fps vs 32 fps	Shadow of the Tomb Raider - 1440p: (4fps) 11% more frames per second
The Witcher 3	41 fps vs 27 fps	The Witcher 3 - 1440p: (14fps) 34% more frames per second
Metro Exodus	37 fps vs 28 fps	Metro Exodus - 1440p: (9fps) 24% more frames per second
Battlefield 1	38 fps vs 27 fps	Battlefield 1 - 1440p: (11fps) 29% more frames per second
Far Cry 5	37 fps vs 25 fps	Far Cry 5 - 1440p: (12fps) 32% more frames per second
Assassin's Creed Unity	26 fps vs 25 fps	Assassin's Creed Unity - 1440p: (1fps) 4% more frames per second
Resident Evil 2	57 fps vs 31 fps	Resident Evil 2 - 1440p: (26fps) 46% more frames per second

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