AMD Radeon RX 480 vs ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 480 and ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition 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 Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 480

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 79% higher core clock speed: 1120 MHz vs 625 MHz
18.2x more texture fill rate: 182.3 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 90 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
4.8x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1450 MHz
63x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8632 vs 137
Around 53% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 778 vs 507

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 June 2016 vs 24 January 2006
Core clock speed	1120 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	182.3 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 1450 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8632 vs 137
PassMark - G2D Mark	778 vs 507

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 150 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 480
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8632

137

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

778

507

Name	AMD Radeon RX 480	ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark	8632	137
PassMark - G2D Mark	778	507
Geekbench - OpenCL	39042
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 Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	R500
Code name	Ellesmere	R580
Design	Radeon RX 400 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	29 June 2016	24 January 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$229
Place in performance rating	340	293
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	625 MHz
Floating-point performance	5.8 TFLOPs
GPU Power	110 Watt
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	2304
Stream Processors	2304
Texture fill rate	182.3 GTexel / s	10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	384 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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 1.0 x16
Length	241 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12	9.0c
Mantle
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	46.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	1450 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