AMD Radeon RX 480 vs ATI FireMV 2260

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 480 and ATI FireMV 2260 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX 480

ATI FireMV 2260

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 480

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 87% higher core clock speed: 1120 MHz vs 600 MHz
76x more texture fill rate: 182.3 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
57.6x more pipelines: 2304 vs 40
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 55 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 256 MB
7x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
73.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8632 vs 117
Around 59% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 778 vs 488

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 June 2016 vs 1 January 2008
Core clock speed	1120 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	182.3 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2304 vs 40
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8632 vs 117
PassMark - G2D Mark	778 vs 488

Reasons to consider the ATI FireMV 2260

8.3x better floating-point performance: 48 gflops vs 5.8 TFLOPs
10x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 150 Watt

Floating-point performance	48 gflops vs 5.8 TFLOPs
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 480
GPU 2: ATI FireMV 2260

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8632

117

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

778

488

Name	AMD Radeon RX 480	ATI FireMV 2260
PassMark - G3D Mark	8632	117
PassMark - G2D Mark	778	488
Geekbench - OpenCL	39037
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11172
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11172
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4164

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 480	ATI FireMV 2260
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	TeraScale
Code name	Ellesmere	RV620
Design	Radeon RX 400 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	29 June 2016	1 January 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$229
Place in performance rating	340	308
Price now	$299.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	39.12
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1266 MHz
Compute units	36
Core clock speed	1120 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	5.8 TFLOPs	48 gflops
GPU Power	110 Watt
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	2304	40
Stream Processors	2304
Texture fill rate	182.3 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	181 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	4x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support	n / a
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	241 mm	168 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12	10.1
Mantle
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2
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