AMD Radeon Pro W5700X vs AMD Radeon RX 480

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W5700X and AMD Radeon RX 480 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon Pro W5700X

AMD Radeon RX 480

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W5700X

Around 11% higher core clock speed: 1243 MHz vs 1120 MHz
Around 47% higher boost clock speed: 1855 MHz vs 1266 MHz
1524.4x more texture fill rate: 277.9 GTexel/s vs 182.3 GTexel / s
Around 11% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 2304
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 14 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 4 GB
2x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 7000 MHz
Around 12% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 43810 vs 39057
Around 48% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 16573 vs 11172
Around 48% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 16573 vs 11172
Around 36% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1060 vs 778
2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 17591 vs 8629

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1243 MHz vs 1120 MHz
Boost clock speed	1855 MHz vs 1266 MHz
Texture fill rate	277.9 GTexel/s vs 182.3 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2560 vs 2304
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 14 nm
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 7000 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	43810 vs 39057
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	16573 vs 11172
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	16573 vs 11172
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3364 vs 3361
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3364 vs 3361
PassMark - G2D Mark	1060 vs 778
PassMark - G3D Mark	17591 vs 8629

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 480

Around 37% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 205 Watt

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 205 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3719 vs 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3719 vs 3714

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W5700X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 480

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

43810

39057

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

16573

11172

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

16573

11172

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3714

3719

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3714

3719

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3364

3361

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3364

3361

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1060

778

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

17591

8629

Name	AMD Radeon Pro W5700X	AMD Radeon RX 480
Geekbench - OpenCL	43810	39057
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	16573	11172
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	16573	11172
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3714	3719
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3714	3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3364	3361
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3364	3361
PassMark - G2D Mark	1060	778
PassMark - G3D Mark	17591	8629
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		103.851
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		769.541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		7.593
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		67.879
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		597.772
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		4164

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro W5700X	AMD Radeon RX 480
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 1.0	GCN 4.0
Code name	Navi 10	Ellesmere
Launch date	Q3'2020	29 June 2016
Place in performance rating	146	340
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Design		Radeon RX 400 Series
GCN generation		4th Gen
Launch price (MSRP)		$229
Price now		$299.99
Value for money (0-100)		39.12
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1855 MHz	1266 MHz
Compute units	40	36
Core clock speed	1243 MHz	1120 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	14 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	17.79 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	9.5 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2560	2304
Pixel fill rate	123.5 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	277.9 GTexel/s	182.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	205 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	10300 million	5,700 million
Floating-point performance		5.8 TFLOPs
GPU Power		110 Watt
Stream Processors		2304
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x Thunderbolt 3, 1x HDMI	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	12 inches (305 mm)	241 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt	500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
Width	Dual-slot
Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support		n / a
API support
DirectX	12.1	12
OpenCL	2.0	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Mantle
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	448 GB/s	224 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	7000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
Enduro
FreeSync
FRTC
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HD3D
HDMI 2.0b
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready
ZeroCore