GPU Comparison
RADEON
AMD Radeon RX 480
CORE STATE
Ellesmere
VRAM
8 GB
CLOCK SPEED
1266 MHz
TDP
150 W
BUS WIDTH
256 bit
ARCHITECTURE
GCN 4.0
PROCESS
14 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2016
VS
RADEON
Radeon RX 580 2048SP
CORE STATE
Polaris 20
VRAM
4 GB
CLOCK SPEED
1284 MHz
TDP
150 W
BUS WIDTH
256 bit
ARCHITECTURE
GCN 4.0
PROCESS
14 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2018
PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS
3dmark_3dmark_steel_nomad_dx12
geekbench_metal
geekbench_opencl
geekbench_vulkan
DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS
SPECIFICATION
RX 480
RX 580 2048SP
Core Specs
Shading Units
2,304
2,048
-11.1%
Shaders
2,304
2,048
-11.1%
TMUs
144
128
-11.1%
ROPs
32
32
0.0%
Compute Units
36
32
-11.1%
Clocks
Base Clock
1120 MHz
1168 MHz
Boost Clock
1266 MHz
1284 MHz
Memory Clock
2000 MHz
8 Gbps effective
1750 MHz
7 Gbps effective
Memory
Memory Size
8 GB
4 GB
VRAM (MB)
8,192
4,096
-50.0%
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Bus
256 bit
256 bit
Bandwidth
256.0 GB/s
224.0 GB/s
Cache
L1 Cache
16 KB (per CU)
16 KB (per CU)
L2 Cache
2 MB
2 MB
Performance
Pixel Rate
40.51 GPixel/s
41.09 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
182.3 GTexel/s
164.4 GTexel/s
FP32 (TFLOPS)
5.834 TFLOPS
5.259 TFLOPS
FP64 (TFLOPS)
364.6 GFLOPS (1:16)
328.7 GFLOPS (1:16)
FP16 (TFLOPS)
5.834 TFLOPS (1:1)
5.259 TFLOPS (1:1)
Power
TDP
150 W
150 W
TDP (W)
150
150
0.0%
Suggested PSU
450 W
450 W
Power Connectors
1x 6-pin
1x 8-pin
Architecture
Architecture
GCN 4.0
GCN 4.0
GPU Name
Ellesmere
Polaris 20
Generation
Arctic Islands
(RX 400)
Polaris
(RX 500)
Process Size
14 nm
14 nm
Transistors
5,700 million
5,700 million
Die Size
232 mm²
232 mm²
Foundry
GlobalFoundries
GlobalFoundries
Density
24.6M / mm²
24.6M / mm²
API Support
DirectX
12 (12_0)
12 (12_0)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Vulkan
1.3
1.3
OpenCL
2.1
2.1
Shader Model
6.7
6.7
Physical
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
Length
240 mm
9.4 inches
241 mm
9.5 inches
Height
95 mm
3.7 inches
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Outputs
1x HDMI 2.0b3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x DVI1x HDMI 2.0b3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Other
Launch Price
229 USD
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Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Predecessor
Pirate Islands
Arctic Islands
Successor
Polaris
Vega