AMD Radeon RX 570X vs AMD Radeon RX 480

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 570X 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: 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, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX 570X

AMD Radeon RX 480

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 570X

Videocard is newer: launch date 91 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 4% higher core clock speed: 1168 MHz vs 1120 MHz
873.5x more texture fill rate: 159.23 GTexel/s vs 182.3 GTexel / s
Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 150 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB

Launch date	3 April 2108 vs 29 June 2016
Core clock speed	1168 MHz vs 1120 MHz
Texture fill rate	159.23 GTexel/s vs 182.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 150 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 480

Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1266 MHz vs 1244 MHz
Around 13% higher pipelines: 2304 vs 2048
Around 14% better floating-point performance: 5.8 TFLOPs vs 5.1 TFLOPs
Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11172 vs 8697
Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11172 vs 8697
Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3719 vs 3101
Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3719 vs 3101
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 778 vs 750
4.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8629 vs 1923

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	1266 MHz vs 1244 MHz
Pipelines	2304 vs 2048
Floating-point performance	5.8 TFLOPs vs 5.1 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11172 vs 8697
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11172 vs 8697
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3719 vs 3101
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3719 vs 3101
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361 vs 3345
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361 vs 3345
PassMark - G2D Mark	778 vs 750
PassMark - G3D Mark	8629 vs 1923
Geekbench - OpenCL	39077 vs 38939

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 570X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 480

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8697

11172

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8697

11172

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3101

3719

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3101

3719

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3345

3361

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3345

3361

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

750

778

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1923

8629

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

38939

39077

Name	AMD Radeon RX 570X	AMD Radeon RX 480
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8697	11172
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8697	11172
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3101	3719
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3101	3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3345	3361
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3345	3361
PassMark - G2D Mark	750	778
PassMark - G3D Mark	1923	8629
Geekbench - OpenCL	38939	39077
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 RX 570X	AMD Radeon RX 480
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 4.0
Code name	Polaris 20	Ellesmere
Design	Radeon RX 500X Series	Radeon RX 400 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2108	29 June 2016
Place in performance rating	337	340
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$229
Price now		$299.99
Value for money (0-100)		39.12
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1244 MHz	1266 MHz
Compute units	32	36
Core clock speed	1168 MHz	1120 MHz
Floating-point performance	5.1 TFLOPs	5.8 TFLOPs
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	2048	2304
Pixel fill rate	39.81 GP/s
Render output units	32
Stream Processors	2048	2304
Texture fill rate	159.23 GTexel/s	182.3 GTexel / s
Texture Units	128
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	5,700 million
GPU Power		110 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Eyefinity
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	241 mm	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support		n / a
Recommended system power (PSU)		500 Watt
API support
DirectX	12	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Mantle
OpenCL		2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	224 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	7000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
Enduro
FRTC
HD3D
HDMI 2.0b
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready
ZeroCore