In the gpu comparison between the Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 8G G5 LE and the AMD Radeon RX 480, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 8G G5 LE is 3.9 % faster than the AMD Radeon RX 480.
The Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 8G G5 LE is based on the AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU) and has 2304 texture shaders and 36 execution units.
AMD Radeon RX 480 is based on AMD Radeon RX 480, which has 2304 shaders and 36 execution units.
Memory
Memory
Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 8G G5 LE
AMD Radeon RX 480
Memory Size
8 GB
8 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Clock
2.000 GHz
2.000 GHz
Memory Speed
8.0 Gbps
8.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
256 GB/s
256 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
256 bit
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The Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 8G G5 LE has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 256 GB/s.
The AMD Radeon RX 480 can access 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 256 GB/s.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 8G G5 LE
AMD Radeon RX 480
Base Clock
1.257 GHz
1.120 GHz
Boost Clock
1.450 GHz
1.266 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 8G G5 LE clocks in the base with up to 1.257 GHz. The base frequency of the AMD Radeon RX 480 is 1.120 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 8G G5 LE
AMD Radeon RX 480
TDP
235 W
150 W
Tjunction max
90 °C
100 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin
1 x 6-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 8G G5 LE is 235 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connector.
The AMD Radeon RX 480 has a TDP of 150 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 8G G5 LE
AMD Radeon RX 480
Fan-Type
Axial
Radial
Fan 1
2 x 95 mm
1 x 65 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
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The Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 8G G5 LE has a total of 2 Axial fans.
The AMD Radeon RX 480 has 1 Radial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 8G G5 LE
AMD Radeon RX 480
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
2x HDMI 2.0b
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
2x DP 1.4
3x DP 1.4a
DVI
1
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In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 8G G5 LE.
The AMD Radeon RX 480 supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 8G G5 LE
AMD Radeon RX 480
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12
12_0
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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The Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 8G G5 LE supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the AMD Radeon RX 480 is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 8G G5 LE
AMD Radeon RX 480
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
No
VP9
Decode
No
AV1
No
No
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.
Dimensions
Dimensions
Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 8G G5 LE
AMD Radeon RX 480
Length
260 mm
240 mm
Height
135 mm
95 mm
Width
43 mm
35 mm
Width (Slots)
3 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 8G G5 LE is 260 mm long, 135 mm high and 43 mm wide.
The AMD Radeon RX 480 is 240 mm long, 95 mm high and 35 mm wide.
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 Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 8G G5 LE +10.3 %
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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