AMD Radeon RX 480 (Laptop) videocard review
Radeon RX 480 (Laptop) videocard released by AMD; release date: 4 August 2016. At the time of release, the videocard cost $450. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on GCN 4.0 microarchitecture codenamed Ellesmere.
Core clock speed - 1120 MHz. Boost clock speed - 1266 MHz. Texture fill rate - 155.1 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 2304. Floating-point performance - 5.8 TFLOPs. Manufacturing process technology - 14 nm. Transistors count - 5,700 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 150 Watt.
Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 4 GB. Memory bus width - 256 bit. Memory clock speed - 7000 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 224 GB/s. Shared memory - 0.
Specifications (specs)
Essentials |
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| Architecture | GCN 4.0 |
| Code name | Ellesmere |
| Design | Radeon RX 400 Series |
| GCN generation | 4th Gen |
| Launch date | 4 August 2016 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $450 |
| Place in performance rating | not rated |
| Price now | $299.99 |
| Type | Desktop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 30.62 |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1266 MHz |
| Compute units | 36 |
| Core clock speed | 1120 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 5.8 TFLOPs |
| GPU Power | 110 Watt |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm |
| Pipelines | 2304 |
| Stream Processors | 2304 |
| Texture fill rate | 155.1 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 150 Watt |
| Transistor count | 5,700 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs |
| VGA | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bridgeless CrossFire | |
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) |
| Laptop size | large |
| Recommended system power (PSU) | 500 Watt |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 |
| Vulkan | |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 224 GB/s |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit |
| Memory clock speed | 7000 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 |
Technologies |
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| 4K H264 Decode | |
| 4K H264 Encode | |
| AMD Eyefinity | |
| AMD Radeon™ Chill | |
| AMD Radeon™ ReLive | |
| CrossFire | |
| FreeSync | |
| H265/HEVC Decode | |
| H265/HEVC Encode | |
| HDMI 4K Support | |
| PowerTune | |
| TrueAudio | |
| Unified Video Decoder (UVD) | |
| Video Code Engine (VCE) | |
| Virtual Super Resolution (VSR) | |
| VR Ready | |
| ZeroCore | |
