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 |