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Best Bench: 53% AMD(1002 0B37)
Worst Bench: 35% Asus(1043 04FB)

Poor: 35% Great: 53%

SPEED RANK: 136^th / 713

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Best Bench: 54% MSI(1462 3160)
Worst Bench: 43% MSI(1462 3160)

Poor: 43% Great: 54%

SPEED RANK: 132^nd / 713


Effective 3D Speed Effective 3D Gaming GPU Speed		45.7 %			49.1 %	Slightly faster effective speed. +7%


Lighting Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)	56.3 fps		60.4 fps	Slightly better lighting effects. +7%
Reflection Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)	59.8 fps		70.3 fps	Better reflection handling. +18%
MRender Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere)	61.5 fps		66.6 fps	Slightly faster multi rendering. +8%
Gravity Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy)	65.2 fps	Slightly faster NBody calculation. +7%	61.2 fps


Lighting Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)	66.9 fps		67.8 fps	+1%
Reflection High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)	62.6 fps		94.9 fps	Much better peak reflection handling. +52%
MRender Render target array GShader (Sphere)	64.7 fps		69.7 fps	Slightly faster peak multi rendering. +8%
Gravity NBody particle system (Galaxy)	75.5 fps	Faster peak NBody calculation. +14%	66.5 fps


CSGO Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	154 Fps		156 Fps	+1%
Fortnite Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	92 Fps		94 Fps	+2%
PUBG Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	59 Fps		63 Fps	Slightly Better PUBG Fps. +6%
GTAV Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	55 Fps	+4%	53 Fps
LoL Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	160 Fps	+2%	156 Fps
Overwatch Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	95 Fps		97 Fps	+2%
BF1 Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	75 Fps	Better BF1 Fps. +21%	62 Fps
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	53 Fps	Better The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Fps. +11%	48 Fps
Minecraft Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	158 Fps		189 Fps	Better Minecraft Fps. +19%
DOTA 2 Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	126 Fps	+4%	121 Fps
WoW Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	68 Fps	Slightly Better WoW Fps. +7%	63 Fps
WoT Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	101 Fps	+3%	97 Fps

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.08 %		0.25 %	Hugely higher market share. +212%
Value Value For Money	144 %	Hugely better value. +148%	58.2 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	66 %		70 %	Slightly more popular. +6%
Price Price (score)	$75	Much cheaper. +62%	$200


Age Newest	101 Months	More recent. +17%	122 Months
Parallax Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)	92.2 fps	Much better peak texture detail. +36%	67.7 fps
Splatting Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)	46.5 fps		58.3 fps	Faster peak complex splatting. +25%
Parallax Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)	80.6 fps	Much better texture detail. +32%	61 fps
Splatting Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)	44.4 fps		53.6 fps	Faster complex splatting. +21%

The RX 480 is the first graphics card to feature AMD’s new 14nm Polaris architecture. The card is due for release on June 29 (in four days time). We don’t have all the details yet but the RX 480 is rumoured to have an MSRP of $199 and it will likely perform on a par with the Nvidia GTX 970. At present we only have one benchmark so although the performance figures are provisional the RX 480 and GTX 970 do appear to be closely matched. If further tests validate these results and the cards retail at the MSRP of $199, then the new RX 480 will effectively improve graphics card price/performance ratios by a whopping 23%, something that has not happened since the release of the Maxwell based Nvidia GTX 970 nearly two years ago. In addition to better price/performance for the current generation of games, the RX 480 also offers relatively strong DX12 support. ^{[Jun '16 GPUPro]}

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The Nvidia GTX 970 is a game changer in terms of performance per watt and value for money. The GTX 970 is based on Nvidia's ground-breaking Maxwell architecture which delivers considerable clock for clock performance gains over Kepler, its predecessor. Comparing the GTX 970 and 780 Ti shows that the two cards offer comparable performance yet the new GTX 970 costs nearly half as much! Unsurprisingly Nvidia are discontinuing the 780 Ti as it's now largely redundant. These price to performance gains typically occur once or twice a decade and although the new Maxwell architecture will improve down the line with the release of the Ti/Titan versions, at the moment the 970 offers the best value for money on the market by miles. Since this summary was originally written AMD have slashed prices and older Nvidia models (780/780 Ti/770) have also been hugely discounted. See the latest value for money rankings here. ^{[Jul '15 GPUPro]}

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