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ASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX 580 vs AMD Radeon RX 480

ASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX 580
ASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX 580 8 GB GDDR5 · 1.36 GHz · 185 W Speed index 5/100

The ASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX 580 has 2304 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.36 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 5.68 TFLOPS.

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

The AMD 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 480 is 2.6 % faster than the ASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX 580.

ASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX 580AMD Radeon RX 480
Speed index
5/100
5/100
FP32
5.68 TFLOPS
5.83 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.36 GHz
1.27 GHz
Memory Size
8 GB GDDR5
8 GB GDDR5
Memory bandwidth
256 GB/s
256 GB/s
TDP
185 W
150 W
Launch Price
229 $
199 $

GPU

GPUASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX 580AMD Radeon RX 480
Based onAMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU)AMD Radeon RX 480
GPU ChipPolaris 20 XTPolaris 10 XT
Streaming Multiprocessors3636
Shader23042304
Render Output Units3232
Texture Units144144
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The ASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX 580 is equipped with a graphics chip of the GCN 4 architecture, which has 36 streaming multiprocessors.

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

Memory

MemoryASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX 580AMD Radeon RX 480
Memory Size8 GB8 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR5
Memory Clock2.000 GHz2.000 GHz
Memory Speed8.0 Gbps8.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth256 GB/s256 GB/s
Memory Interface256 bit256 bit
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The ASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX 580 is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.000 GHz clocks.

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

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX 580AMD Radeon RX 480
Base Clock1.257 GHz1.120 GHz
Boost Clock1.360 GHz1.266 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock1.34 GHz--
OverclockingYesYes
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The ASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX 580 has a turbo clock of 1.360 GHz. The turbo frequency of the AMD Radeon RX 480 is 1.266 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX 580AMD Radeon RX 480
TDP185 W150 W
Tjunction max90 °C100 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 8-Pin1 x 6-Pin
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The ASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX 580 has 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 90 °C.

The AMD 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 & FansASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX 580AMD Radeon RX 480
Fan-TypeAxialRadial
Fan 13 x 90 mm1 x 65 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB--
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the ASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX 580 are cooled with a Air cooling.

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

Connectivity

ConnectivityASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX 580AMD Radeon RX 480
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.22.2
HDMI2x HDMI 2.0b1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort2x DP 1.43x DP 1.4a
DVI1--
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The ASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX 580 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

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

Featureset

FeaturesetASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX 580AMD Radeon RX 480
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX1212_0
RaytracingNoNo
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDAddressable LEDNo LED lighting
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The ASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX 580 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12.

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

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX 580AMD Radeon RX 480
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8DecodeNo
VP9DecodeNo
AV1NoNo
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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

DimensionsASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX 580AMD Radeon RX 480
Length298 mm240 mm
Height134 mm95 mm
Width52 mm35 mm
Width (Slots)3 Slots2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The ASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX 580 is 52 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the AMD Radeon RX 480 is 52 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX 580AMD Radeon RX 480
GPU InterfacePCIe 3.0 x 16PCIe 3.0 x 16
Release dateQ2/2018Q2/2016
Launch Price229 $199 $
Structure size14 nm14 nm
Part-noAREZ-STRIX-RX580-8G-GAMING--
Documents--data sheet
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Manufactured using the 14 nanometer process, ASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX 580 was released in Q2/2018.

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

Benchmark results

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 ASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX 580 +0.7 %

  1. 43,000
  2. 42,694

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan AMD Radeon RX 480 +13.4 %

  1. 40,241
  2. 45,619

Geekbench 6 - Metal ASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX 580 +1.5 %

  1. 42,492
  2. 41,864

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