GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 4G
vs
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 560 OC 2G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 4G has 2304 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.27 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 5.83 TFLOPS.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 560 OC 2G has 1024 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.20 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 2.19 TFLOPS.

GPU

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 4G is equipped with a graphics chip of the Ellesmere architecture, which has 36 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card GIGABYTE Radeon RX 560 OC 2G is based on the GCN 4 architecture and is equipped with 16 execution units.
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 4G GPU GIGABYTE Radeon RX 560 OC 2G
AMD Radeon RX 480 Based on AMD Radeon RX 560 (16 CU)
Polaris 10 XT GPU Chip Polaris 21 XT
Ellesmere Architecture GCN 4
36 Streaming Multiprocessors 16
2304 Shader 1024
32 Render Output Units 16
144 Texture Units 64
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 4G is equipped with a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 560 OC 2G has a 2 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.

4 GB Memory Size 2 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
224 GB/s Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 4G has a turbo clock of 1.266 GHz. The turbo frequency of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 560 OC 2G is 1.199 GHz.

1.120 GHz Base Clock 1.199 GHz
1.266 GHz Boost Clock 1.199 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.19 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 4G 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 100 °C.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 560 OC 2G is equipped with a PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 97 °C.

150 W TDP 75 W
-- TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 97 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 4G are cooled with a Air cooling.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 560 OC 2G is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 80 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 4G supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 560 OC 2G supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

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

Featureset

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 4G supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_0.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 560 OC 2G supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 5120x2880
12_0 DirectX 12
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
Addressable LED LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

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.

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

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 4G is 40 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 560 OC 2G is 40 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

232 mm Length 170 mm
116 mm Height 115 mm
40 mm Width 29 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 8

Additional data

Manufactured using the 14 nanometer process, GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 4G was released in Q2/2016.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 560 OC 2G published in Q2/2017 is manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers.

GV-RX480WF2-4GD Part-no GV-RX560OC-2GD
Q2/2016 Release date Q2/2017
199 $ (Reference) Launch Price 99 $ (Reference)
14 nm Structure size 14 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

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)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 560 OC 2G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 560 OC 2G
2 GB GDDR5
11 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 560 OC 2G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 560 OC 2G
2 GB GDDR5
32 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 560 OC 2G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 560 OC 2G
2 GB GDDR5
42 fps (avg)

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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