Radeon RX 480 Overview

Radeon RX 480
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 29 Jun 2016
Radeon RX 480

Core Configuration

GPU Ellesmere
Architecture AMD_GCN_1_3
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs 2304 : 144 : 32
Raytracing Cores none
Performance 5834.00 GFLOPs

Memory Configuration

Memory Size 8192 Mb
Memory Bus Width 256 bit
Memory Speed 2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective
Memory Bandwidth 256.00 Gb/s

Summary

Relative performance

  • GeForce RTX 4090
    684%
  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    629%
  • GeForce RTX 4080 16 GB
    584%
  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    560%
  • GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
    495%
  • Radeon RX 6950 XT
    494%
  • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
    477%
  • GeForce RTX 3090
    446%
  • Radeon RX 6900 XT
    435%
  • GeForce RTX 4070
    414%
  • GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
    411%
  • Radeon RX 6800 XT
    404%
  • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
    403%
  • GeForce RTX 3080
    382%
  • Radeon RX 6800
    360%
  • Radeon RX 6750 XT
    341%
  • GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
    324%
  • GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
    300%
  • GeForce RTX 3070
    299%
  • Radeon RX 6700 XT
    298%
  • GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
    278%
  • GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
    272%
  • GeForce RTX 2080 Super
    252%
  • Radeon RX 7600
    246%
  • Radeon RX 6650 XT
    244%
  • Geforce GTX TITAN Xp
    238%
  • GeForce RTX 2080
    234%
  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    227%
  • GeForce RTX 2070 Super
    224%
  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    223%
  • Radeon VII
    219%
  • GeForce RTX 3060
    214%
  • Radeon RX 5700
    208%
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    207%
  • GeForce RTX 2070
    194%
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    193%
  • Radeon RX 6600
    182%
  • Radeon RX Vega 64
    179%
  • Radeon RX 5600 XT
    172%
  • GeForce RTX 2060
    169%
  • GeForce GTX 1080
    163%
  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    162%
  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    159%
  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    147%
  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    134%
  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    133%
  • GeForce GTX 1070
    130%
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
    128%
  • Radeon RX 590
    120%
  • GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
    120%
  • GeForce GTX 1660
    120%
  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    119%
  • Radeon R9 390X
    109%
  • Radeon R9 FURY X
    108%
  • Radeon RX 580
    108%
  • Radeon RX 480
    100%
  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    99%
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    99%
  • Radeon R9 FURY
    99%
  • GeForce GTX 980
    97%
  • Radeon RX 570
    97%
  • Radeon R9 Nano
    97%
  • Radeon RX 470
    89%
  • Radeon RX 6400
    83%
  • GeForce GTX 970
    82%
  • GeForce GTX 1650
    77%
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    64%
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    57%

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 480Radeon RX 6500 XTRadeon RX 5500 XTRadeon RX 580Radeon RX 570
Radeon RX 480Radeon RX 6500 XTRadeon RX 5500 XTRadeon RX 580Radeon RX 570
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Shader units23041024140823042048
ROPs3232323232
Graphics processorEllesmereNavi 24Navi 14EllesmereEllesmere
Process size14 nm6 nm7 nm14 nm14 nm
Memory8192 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 width256 bit64 bit128 bit256 bit256 bit
Memory bandwidth256.00 Gb/s144.00 Gb/s224.00 Gb/s256.00 Gb/s211.20 Gb/s
Release date29 Jun 201619 Jan 202212 Dec 20191 Apr 20171 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)