GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480
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GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 Benchmark and Specs

Here we show you benchmarks and technical data for the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480. The graphics card is based on the AMD Radeon RX 480 (Ellesmere) and has 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a memory bandwidth of 256 GB/s. The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 has 36 execution units with 2304 shaders.
FP32
5.83TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.27GHz
Memory
8GB GDDR5
TDP
150 W

Technical details

GPU

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 has 2304 shaders and 36 execution units. The graphics card thus achieves a theoretical FP32 computing power of 5.83 TFLOPS.

GPU Chip
Polaris 10 XT (Ellesmere)
Streaming Multiprocessors
36
Shader
2304
Render Output Units
32
Texture Units
144

Memory

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 can use 8 GB graphics memory of the type GDDR5. The graphics card thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 256 GB/s on a 256 bit wide memory interface.

Memory Size
8 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
Memory Clock
2.000 GHz
Memory Speed
8.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
256 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit

Clock Speeds

The base clock frequency of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 is 1.120 GHz. A high clock frequency (even in turbo mode) can greatly increase the speed of a graphics card.

Base Clock
1.120 GHz
Boost Clock
1.266 GHz
Overclocking
Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 is 150 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin connector.

TDP
150 W
Tjunction max
100 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 has a total of 1 Radial fans to cool the graphics processor and graphics memory.

Fan-Type
Radial
Fan 1
1 x 65 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be connected to the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480.

Max. Displays
4
HDCP
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4a

Featureset

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 has a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels. The graphics card supports the DirectX 12_0 standard.

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

Supported Video Codecs

The video codecs accelerated in hardware by the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 reduce the processor load and ensure lower energy consumption.

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

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 is 240 mm long and 112 mm high. With a width of 37 mm, the graphics card requires 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

Length
240 mm
Height
112 mm
Width
37 mm
Width (Slots)
2 PCIe-Slots
SFF-Ready
No

Additional data

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 made in 14 nm was published in Q2/2016 for 199 $.

GPU Interface
PCIe 3.0 x 16
Release date
Q2/2016
Launch Price
199 $ (Reference)
Structure size
14 nm
Part-no
GV-RX480D5-8GD-B
Documents
data sheet
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480
1.120 GHz · 8 GB · 150 W TDP
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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 Rank 4,194 / 5,255

  1. GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480GIGABYTE Radeon RX 4808 GB GDDR5
    42,694
  2. AMD Radeon RX 480AMD Radeon RX 480Average of gpu group
    42,694

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan Rank 4,110 / 5,233

  1. GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480GIGABYTE Radeon RX 4808 GB GDDR5
    45,619
  2. AMD Radeon RX 480AMD Radeon RX 480Average of gpu group
    45,619

Geekbench 6 - Metal Rank 582 / 750

  1. GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480GIGABYTE Radeon RX 4808 GB GDDR5
    41,864
  2. AMD Radeon RX 480AMD Radeon RX 480Average of gpu group
    41,864

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