GIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G (rev. 1.0)
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AMD Radeon RX 480

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G (rev. 1.0) has 2304 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.36 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 5.66 TFLOPS.

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.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G (rev. 1.0) 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.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G (rev. 1.0) 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.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G (rev. 1.0) has a turbo clock of 1.355 GHz. The turbo frequency of the AMD Radeon RX 480 is 1.266 GHz.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G (rev. 1.0) 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.

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G (rev. 1.0) are cooled with a Air cooling.

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

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G (rev. 1.0) 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.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G (rev. 1.0) supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12.

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

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.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G (rev. 1.0) is 40 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the AMD Radeon RX 480 is 40 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Manufactured using the 14 nanometer process, GIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G (rev. 1.0) was released in Q4/2017.

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