The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 8G has the Polaris 10 XT graphics chip installed, which is based on the Ellesmere architecture.
The AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT is based on the graphics chip Navi 23 XT, which comes from the RDNA 2 architecture.
Memory
Memory
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 8G
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
Memory Size
4 GB
8 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Memory Clock
2.000 GHz
2.000 GHz
Memory Speed
8.0 Gbps
16.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
256 GB/s
256 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
128 bit
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The graphics memory of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 8G clocks at 2.000 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 8.0 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT is 16.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.000 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 8G
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
Base Clock
1.120 GHz
1.968 GHz
Boost Clock
1.290 GHz
2.589 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
--
2.36 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 8G
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
TDP
150 W
160 W
Tjunction max
100 °C
100 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin
1 x 8-Pin
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 8G is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 150 W.
The AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 160 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 8G
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 80 mm
1
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
--
0 dB
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 8G is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.
The AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT has 1 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 8G
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.3
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0b
1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4a
3x DP 1.4a
DVI
1
--
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 8G.
The AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 8G
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_0
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
No
Yes
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
Addressable LED
No LED lighting
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With the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 8G it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 8G
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
No
Decode / Encode
VP9
No
Decode / Encode
AV1
No
Decode
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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.
Dimensions
Dimensions
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 8G
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
Length
232 mm
--
Height
116 mm
--
Width
40 mm
--
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 8G is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.
The AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 8 Lanes interface.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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