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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT vs GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT 16 GB GDDR6 · 2.25 GHz · 300 W Speed index 17/100

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT has 4608 shader units and these clock a maximum of 2.25 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 20.74 TFLOPS.

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 8 GB GDDR5 · 1.27 GHz · 150 W Speed index 5/100

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 has 2304 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.27 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 5.83 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT is 256 % faster than the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480.

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XTGIGABYTE Radeon RX 480
Speed index
17/100
5/100
FP32
20.74 TFLOPS
5.83 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
2.25 GHz
1.27 GHz
Memory Size
16 GB GDDR6
8 GB GDDR5
Memory bandwidth
512 GB/s
256 GB/s
TDP
300 W
150 W
Launch Price
799 $
199 $

GPU

GPUAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTGIGABYTE Radeon RX 480
Based onAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAMD Radeon RX 480
GPU ChipNavi 21 XTPolaris 10 XT
Streaming Multiprocessors7236
Shader46082304
Render Output Units12832
Texture Units288144
Raytracing Cores72--
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The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT is equipped with a graphics chip of the RDNA 2 architecture, which has 72 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 is based on the Ellesmere architecture and is equipped with 36 execution units.

Memory

MemoryAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTGIGABYTE Radeon RX 480
Memory Size16 GB8 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR5
Memory Clock2.000 GHz2.000 GHz
Memory Speed16.0 Gbps8.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth512 GB/s256 GB/s
Memory Interface256 bit256 bit
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The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT is equipped with a 16 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.000 GHz clocks.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 has a 8 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.000GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTGIGABYTE Radeon RX 480
Base Clock1.825 GHz1.120 GHz
Boost Clock2.250 GHz1.266 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock2.02 GHz--
OverclockingYesYes
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The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT has a turbo clock of 2.250 GHz. The turbo frequency of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 is 1.266 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTGIGABYTE Radeon RX 480
TDP300 W150 W
TDP (up)345 W--
Tjunction max100 °C100 °C
PCIe-Power2 x 8-Pin1 x 6-Pin
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The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT has 2 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 100 °C.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 100 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTGIGABYTE Radeon RX 480
Fan-TypeAxialRadial
Fan 13 x 80 mm1 x 65 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB--
Noise (Load)37 dB--
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT are cooled with a Air cooling.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTGIGABYTE Radeon RX 480
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.32.2
HDMI1x HDMI 2.11x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort2x DP 1.4a3x DP 1.4a
USB-C1--
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The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTGIGABYTE Radeon RX 480
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX12_2 (Ultimate)12_0
RaytracingYesNo
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDNon addressable LEDNo LED lighting
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The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_0.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTGIGABYTE Radeon RX 480
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8Decode / EncodeNo
VP9Decode / EncodeNo
AV1DecodeNo
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This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Dimensions

DimensionsAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTGIGABYTE Radeon RX 480
Length270 mm240 mm
Height120 mm112 mm
Width--37 mm
Width (Slots)3 Slots2 Slots
Weight1,503 g--
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 is -- and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTGIGABYTE Radeon RX 480
GPU InterfacePCIe 4.0 x 16PCIe 3.0 x 16
Release dateQ4/2020Q2/2016
Launch Price799 $199 $
Structure size7 nm14 nm
Part-no--GV-RX480D5-8GD-B
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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Manufactured using the 7 nanometer process, AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT was released in Q4/2020.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 published in Q2/2016 is manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers.

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 AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT +398.8 %

  1. 9,213
  2. 1,847

Port Royal (Raytracing)

  1. 9,462
  2. no data

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

  1. 3,527
  2. no data

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)

  1. 59 fps (avg)
  2. no data

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. 68 fps (avg)
  2. no data

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. 102 fps (avg)
  2. no data

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)

  1. 32 fps (avg)
  2. no data

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. 64 fps (avg)
  2. no data

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. 112 fps (avg)
  2. no data

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 AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT +264.0 %

  1. 155,408
  2. 42,694

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT +240.7 %

  1. 155,418
  2. 45,619

Geekbench 6 - Metal AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT +366.3 %

  1. 195,225
  2. 41,864

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