AMD Radeon RX 480
vs
ASRock Radeon RX 6800 XT Phantom Gaming 16GB OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The AMD Radeon RX 480 is based on the AMD Radeon RX 480 (Ellesmere) and has 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

The ASRock Radeon RX 6800 XT Phantom Gaming 16GB OC is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (RDNA 2) and has 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

GPU

The AMD Radeon RX 480 has the Polaris 10 XT graphics chip installed, which is based on the Ellesmere architecture.

The ASRock Radeon RX 6800 XT Phantom Gaming 16GB OC is based on the graphics chip Navi 21 XT, which comes from the RDNA 2 architecture.
AMD Radeon RX 480 GPU ASRock Radeon RX 6800 XT Phantom Gaming 16GB OC
AMD Radeon RX 480 Based on AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Polaris 10 XT GPU Chip Navi 21 XT
Ellesmere Architecture RDNA 2
36 Streaming Multiprocessors 72
2304 Shader 4608
32 Render Output Units 128
144 Texture Units 288
0 Raytracing Cores 72

Memory

The graphics memory of the AMD Radeon RX 480 clocks at 2.000 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 8.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the ASRock Radeon RX 6800 XT Phantom Gaming 16GB OC is 16.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.000 GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 16 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 16.0 Gbps
256 GB/s Memory bandwidth 512 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.120 GHz Base Clock 1.875 GHz
1.266 GHz Boost Clock 2.310 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 2.07 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The AMD Radeon RX 480 is powered by 1 x 6-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 150 W.

The ASRock Radeon RX 6800 XT Phantom Gaming 16GB OC has 3 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 300 W (Reference).

150 W TDP 300 W (Reference)
-- TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 3 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The AMD Radeon RX 480 is equipped with a total of 1 Radial main fans.

The ASRock Radeon RX 6800 XT Phantom Gaming 16GB OC has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 65 mm Fan 1 3 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 35 dB

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the AMD Radeon RX 480.

The ASRock Radeon RX 6800 XT Phantom Gaming 16GB OC supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the AMD Radeon RX 480 it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the ASRock Radeon RX 6800 XT Phantom Gaming 16GB OC is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_0 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED Addressable LED

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 Decode
No VP8 Decode / Encode
No VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The AMD Radeon RX 480 is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The ASRock Radeon RX 6800 XT Phantom Gaming 16GB OC needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

240 mm Length 330 mm
95 mm Height 140 mm
35 mm Width 56 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 1784 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The AMD Radeon RX 480 has been manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers since Q2/2016.

The ASRock Radeon RX 6800 XT Phantom Gaming 16GB OC came on the market in Q1/2023 and will have a structure width of 7 nanometers manufactured.

-- Part-no RX6800XT PG 16GO
Q2/2016 Release date Q1/2023
199 $ (Reference) Launch Price 649 $ (Reference)
14 nm Structure size 7 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

Geekbench 6 - Metal

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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