AMD Radeon RX 480 vs ATI FirePro RG220

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 480 and ATI FirePro RG220 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 FirePro RG220

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 480

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2.2x more core clock speed: 1120 MHz vs 500 MHz
45.6x more texture fill rate: 182.3 GTexel / s vs 4 GTexel / s
28.8x more pipelines: 2304 vs 80
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 55 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
4.4x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
25.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8629 vs 335
Around 41% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 778 vs 552

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 June 2016 vs 1 May 2008
Core clock speed	1120 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	182.3 GTexel / s vs 4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2304 vs 80
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8629 vs 335
PassMark - G2D Mark	778 vs 552

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro RG220

13.8x better floating-point performance: 80 gflops vs 5.8 TFLOPs
4.3x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 150 Watt

Floating-point performance	80 gflops vs 5.8 TFLOPs
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 480
GPU 2: ATI FirePro RG220

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8629

335

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

778

552

Name	AMD Radeon RX 480	ATI FirePro RG220
PassMark - G3D Mark	8629	335
PassMark - G2D Mark	778	552
Geekbench - OpenCL	39051
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 FirePro RG220
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	TeraScale
Code name	Ellesmere	RV711
Design	Radeon RX 400 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	29 June 2016	1 May 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$229
Place in performance rating	340	251
Price now	$299.99
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	39.12
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1266 MHz
Compute units	36
Core clock speed	1120 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	5.8 TFLOPs	80 gflops
GPU Power	110 Watt
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	2304	80
Stream Processors	2304
Texture fill rate	182.3 GTexel / s	4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	242 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x DMS-59
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
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	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
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