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Graphics card overview

Radeon RX 480

AMD

Radeon RX 480

8192 Mb GDDR5 Released 29 Jun 2016 DESKTOP
Radeon RX 480

Core configuration

GPUEllesmere
ArchitectureAMD_GCN_1_3
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs2304 : 144 : 32
Raytracing Coresnone
Performance5834.00 GFLOPs

Memory configuration

Memory Size8192 Mb
Memory Bus Width256 bit
Memory Speed2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective
Memory Bandwidth256.00 Gb/s

Summary

Relative performance

Performance summary, based on benchmarks charts.

The Radeon RX 480 is a graphics card released by AMD on 29 Jun 2016. The graphics card houses the Ellesmere die, based on the AMD_GCN_1_3 architecture which packs 5,700 million transistors on a 14 nm, 232 mm² die.

Radeon RX 480 pros and cons

  • Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
  • Supports FreeSync
  • Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
  • Supports TrueAudio
  • Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Specifications

Compared to similar performing cards
Radeon RX 480 Radeon RX 480 Radeon RX 6500 XT Radeon RX 6500 XT Compare Radeon RX 5500 XT Radeon RX 5500 XT Compare Radeon RX 580 Radeon RX 580 Compare Radeon RX 570 Radeon RX 570 Compare
Shader units 2304 1024 1408 2304 2048
ROPs 32 32 32 32 32
Graphics processor Ellesmere Navi 24 Navi 14 Ellesmere Ellesmere
Process size 14 nm 6 nm 7 nm 14 nm 14 nm
Memory 8192 Mb GDDR5 (2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective)		 4096 Mb GDDR6 (2250 MHz
18 Gbps effective)		 4096 Mb GDDR6 (1750 MHz
14000 MHz effective)		 8192 Mb GDDR5 (2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective)		 4096 Mb GDDR5 (1650 MHz
6600 MHz effective)
Memory bus width 256 bit 64 bit 128 bit 256 bit 256 bit
Memory bandwidth 256.00 Gb/s 144.00 Gb/s 224.00 Gb/s 256.00 Gb/s 211.20 Gb/s
Release date 29 Jun 2016 19 Jan 2022 12 Dec 2019 1 Apr 2017 1 Apr 2017

Benchmarks

Hitman III

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT 105
  • Radeon RX 580 87
  • Radeon RX 480 81
  • Radeon RX 570 78

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT 64
  • Radeon RX 580 55
  • Radeon RX 480 52
  • Radeon RX 570 50

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

  • Radeon RX 580 31
  • Radeon RX 480 29
  • Radeon RX 570 29

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

  • Radeon RX 580 43
  • Radeon RX 6500 XT 40
  • Radeon RX 480 40
  • Radeon RX 570 39

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT 31
  • Radeon RX 580 30
  • Radeon RX 480 28
  • Radeon RX 570 27
  • Radeon RX 6500 XT 21

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT 17
  • Radeon RX 580 17
  • Radeon RX 480 15
  • Radeon RX 570 15

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT 66
  • Radeon RX 6500 XT 64
  • Radeon RX 580 59
  • Radeon RX 480 54
  • Radeon RX 570 52

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT 43
  • Radeon RX 6500 XT 40
  • Radeon RX 580 38
  • Radeon RX 480 35
  • Radeon RX 570 34

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT 22
  • Radeon RX 580 19
  • Radeon RX 570 17
  • Radeon RX 480 17

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT 60
  • Radeon RX 580 52
  • Radeon RX 480 49
  • Radeon RX 570 47

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT 39
  • Radeon RX 580 36
  • Radeon RX 480 33
  • Radeon RX 570 32
  • Radeon RX 6500 XT 13

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT 18
  • Radeon RX 580 17
  • Radeon RX 570 15
  • Radeon RX 480 15

FPS (higher is better)