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AMD Radeon RX 480
- Graphics Processor
- Ellesmere
- Cores
- 2304
- TMUs
- 144
- ROPs
- 32
- Memory Size
- 8 GB
- Memory Type
- GDDR5
- Bus Width
- 256 bit
GPU
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Recommended Gaming Resolutions:
- 1600x900
- 1920x1080
- 2560x1440
The Radeon RX 480 is a performance-segment graphics card by AMD, launched on June 29th, 2016. Built on the 14 nm process, and based on the Ellesmere graphics processor, in its Polaris 10 XT variant, the card supports DirectX 12. This ensures that all modern games will run on Radeon RX 480. The Ellesmere graphics processor is an average sized chip with a die area of 232 mm² and 5,700 million transistors. It features 2304 shading units, 144 texture mapping units, and 32 ROPs. AMD has paired 8 GB GDDR5 memory with the Radeon RX 480, which are connected using a 256-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 1120 MHz, which can be boosted up to 1266 MHz, memory is running at 2000 MHz (8 Gbps effective).
Being a dual-slot card, the AMD Radeon RX 480 draws power from 1x 6-pin power connector, with power draw rated at 150 W maximum. Display outputs include: 1x HDMI 2.0b, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a. Radeon RX 480 is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 3.0 x16 interface. The card's dimensions are 240 mm x 95 mm x 35 mm, and it features a dual-slot cooling solution. Its price at launch was 229 US Dollars.
Being a dual-slot card, the AMD Radeon RX 480 draws power from 1x 6-pin power connector, with power draw rated at 150 W maximum. Display outputs include: 1x HDMI 2.0b, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a. Radeon RX 480 is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 3.0 x16 interface. The card's dimensions are 240 mm x 95 mm x 35 mm, and it features a dual-slot cooling solution. Its price at launch was 229 US Dollars.
Graphics Processor
Graphics Card
- Release Date
- Jun 29th, 2016
- Generation
-
Arctic Islands
(RX 400)
- Predecessor
- Pirate Islands
- Successor
- Polaris
- Production
- Active
- Launch Price
- 229 USD
- Bus Interface
- PCIe 3.0 x16
- Reviews
- 86 in our database
Relative Performance
Based on TPU review data: "Performance Summary" at 1920x1080, 4K for 2080 Ti and faster.
Clock Speeds
- Base Clock
- 1120 MHz
- Boost Clock
- 1266 MHz
- Memory Clock
-
2000 MHz
8 Gbps effective
Memory
- Memory Size
- 8 GB
- Memory Type
- GDDR5
- Memory Bus
- 256 bit
- Bandwidth
- 256.0 GB/s
Render Config
- Shading Units
- 2304
- TMUs
- 144
- ROPs
- 32
- Compute Units
- 36
- L1 Cache
- 16 KB (per CU)
- L2 Cache
- 2 MB
Theoretical Performance
- Pixel Rate
- 40.51 GPixel/s
- Texture Rate
- 182.3 GTexel/s
- FP16 (half)
- 5.834 TFLOPS (1:1)
- FP32 (float)
- 5.834 TFLOPS
- FP64 (double)
- 364.6 GFLOPS (1:16)
Board Design
- Slot Width
- Dual-slot
- Length
- 240 mm
9.4 inches
- Width
- 95 mm
3.7 inches
- Height
- 35 mm
1.4 inches
- TDP
- 150 W
- Suggested PSU
- 450 W
- Outputs
- 1x HDMI 2.0b
3x DisplayPort 1.4a
- Power Connectors
- 1x 6-pin
- Board Number
- C940,
109-D00947-00_02
Graphics Features
- DirectX
- 12 (12_0)
- OpenGL
- 4.6
- OpenCL
- 2.1
- Vulkan
- 1.3
- Shader Model
- 6.7
Ellesmere GPU Notes
| Generation: Arctic Islands Codename: Polaris 10/20/30 Old Codename: Cozumel / Hawaii Refresh Graphics/Compute: GFX8 (gfx803) Display Core Engine: 11.2 Unified Video Decoder: 6.3 Video Compression Engine: 3.4 System DMA: 3.0.0 CLRX: GCN 1.2.0 Latest Drivers: Windows 7: 64-bit: AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 22.6.1 64-bit: Radeon™ Pro Software for Enterprise 21.Q1.1 Windows 8.1: 64-bit: Radeon Software: Crimson ReLive Edition 17.4.4 / 17.7.1 Windows 10 / 11: 64-bit: AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.3.1 (23.19.12) 64-bit: AMD Software: PRO Edition 22.Q4 |
Retail boards based on this design (69)
| Name | GPU Clock | Boost Clock | Memory Clock | Other Changes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1120 MHz | 1266 MHz | 2000 MHz | ||
| 1120 MHz | 1266 MHz | 1750 MHz | 4 GB, 242 mm/9.5 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort | |
| 1120 MHz | 1266 MHz | 2000 MHz | 242 mm/9.5 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort | |
| 1120 MHz | 1300 MHz | 1750 MHz | 4 GB, 242 mm/9.5 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort | |
| 1120 MHz | 1305 MHz | 2000 MHz | 242 mm/9.5 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort | |
| 1120 MHz | 1266 MHz | 2000 MHz | ||
| 1120 MHz | 1266 MHz | 2000 MHz | 298 mm/11.7 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort | |
| 1120 MHz | 1310 MHz | 2000 MHz | 298 mm/11.7 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort | |
| 1120 MHz | 1266 MHz | 2000 MHz | ||
| 1120 MHz | 1266 MHz | 1750 MHz | 4 GB, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort | |
| 1120 MHz | 1279 MHz | 2000 MHz | 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort | |
| 1278 MHz | 1330 MHz | 1750 MHz | 4 GB, 282 mm/11.1 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort | |
| 1278 MHz | 1330 MHz | 2000 MHz | 282 mm/11.1 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort | |
| 1278 MHz | 1290 MHz | 2000 MHz | 282 mm/11.1 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort | |
| 1120 MHz | 1266 MHz | 2000 MHz | ||
| 1120 MHz | 1266 MHz | 2000 MHz | ||
| 1120 MHz | 1290 MHz | 1750 MHz | 4 GB, 232 mm/9.1 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort | |
| 1120 MHz | 1290 MHz | 2000 MHz | 232 mm/9.1 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort | |
| 1120 MHz | 1266 MHz | 2000 MHz | ||
| 1120 MHz | 1266 MHz | 1750 MHz | 4 GB, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort | |
| 1120 MHz | 1288 MHz | 2000 MHz | ||
| 1120 MHz | 1288 MHz | 2000 MHz | 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort | |
| 1120 MHz | 1338 MHz | 2000 MHz | 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort | |
| 1120 MHz | 1266 MHz | 2000 MHz | ||
| 1120 MHz | 1320 MHz | 2000 MHz | 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort | |
| 1120 MHz | 1266 MHz | 2000 MHz | 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort | |
| 1120 MHz | 1266 MHz | 2000 MHz | 4 GB | |
| 1120 MHz | 1266 MHz | 2000 MHz | ||
| 1120 MHz | 1266 MHz | 1750 MHz | 4 GB, 269 mm/10.6 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort | |
| 1120 MHz | 1266 MHz | 2000 MHz | 4 GB, 269 mm/10.6 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort | |
| 1120 MHz | 1266 MHz | 2000 MHz | 269 mm/10.6 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort | |
| 1120 MHz | 1291 MHz | 1750 MHz | 4 GB, 269 mm/10.6 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort | |
| 1120 MHz | 1291 MHz | 2000 MHz | 269 mm/10.6 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort | |
| 1120 MHz | 1279 MHz | 1750 MHz | 4 GB, 276 mm/10.9 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort | |
| 1120 MHz | 1279 MHz | 2000 MHz | 276 mm/10.9 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort | |
| 1120 MHz | 1303 MHz | 1750 MHz | 4 GB, 276 mm/10.9 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort | |
| 1120 MHz | 1303 MHz | 2000 MHz | 276 mm/10.9 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort | |
| 1120 MHz | 1266 MHz | 2000 MHz | ||
| 1120 MHz | 1330 MHz | 2000 MHz | 310 mm/12.2 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort | |
| 1120 MHz | 1266 MHz | 1750 MHz | 4 GB, 255 mm/10 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort | |
| 1120 MHz | 1279 MHz | 2000 MHz | 255 mm/10 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort | |
| 1120 MHz | 1266 MHz | 1750 MHz | 4 GB, 255 mm/10 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort | |
| 1120 MHz | 1266 MHz | 1750 MHz | 4 GB | |
| 1120 MHz | 1266 MHz | 2000 MHz | ||
| 1202 MHz | 1306 MHz | 1750 MHz | 4 GB, 230 mm/9.1 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort | |
| 1202 MHz | 1306 MHz | 1750 MHz | 230 mm/9.1 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort | |
| 1208 MHz | 1306 MHz | 1750 MHz | 4 GB, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort | |
| 1208 MHz | 1276 MHz | 1750 MHz | 4 GB, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort | |
| 1208 MHz | 1342 MHz | 2000 MHz | 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort | |
| 1208 MHz | 1306 MHz | 2000 MHz | 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort | |
| 1208 MHz | 1276 MHz | 2000 MHz | 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort | |
| 1120 MHz | 1266 MHz | 1750 MHz | 4 GB | |
| 1120 MHz | 1266 MHz | 2000 MHz | ||
| 1120 MHz | 1266 MHz | 2000 MHz | ||
| 1120 MHz | 1288 MHz | 2000 MHz | ||
| 1120 MHz | 1338 MHz | 2000 MHz | 280 mm/11 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort | |
| 1120 MHz | 1288 MHz | 2000 MHz | 280 mm/11 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort | |
| 1120 MHz | 1266 MHz | 1750 MHz | 4 GB, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort | |
| 1120 MHz | 1266 MHz | 1750 MHz | 4 GB | |
| 1120 MHz | 1288 MHz | 2000 MHz | 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort | |
| 1120 MHz | 1288 MHz | 2000 MHz | 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort | |
| 1120 MHz | 1288 MHz | 2000 MHz | 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort | |
| 1120 MHz | 1266 MHz | 1750 MHz | 4 GB | |
| 1120 MHz | 1328 MHz | 2000 MHz | ||
| 1120 MHz | 1266 MHz | 2000 MHz | 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort | |
| 1120 MHz | 1288 MHz | 2000 MHz | ||
| 1120 MHz | 1266 MHz | 2000 MHz | 2x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort | |
| 1120 MHz | 1266 MHz | 2000 MHz | 250 mm/9.8 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort | |
| 1120 MHz | 1340 MHz | 2000 MHz | 250 mm/9.8 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort |
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