AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 vs AMD Radeon RX 480

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 and AMD Radeon RX 480 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D 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), 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).

AMD Radeon RX Vega 7

AMD Radeon RX 480

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 7

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 26% higher boost clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1266 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 14 nm
Around 11% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1069 vs 966

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 Jan 2020 vs 29 June 2016
Boost clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1266 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 14 nm
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1069 vs 966

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 480

5.1x more pipelines: 2304 vs 448
3.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 39538 vs 11203

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	2304 vs 448
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	39538 vs 11203

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 480

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

1069

966

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

11203

39538

Name	AMD Radeon RX Vega 7	AMD Radeon RX 480
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1069	966
Geekbench - OpenCL	11203	39538
PassMark - G3D Mark		8578
PassMark - G2D Mark		774
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

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX Vega 7	AMD Radeon RX 480
Essentials
Architecture	Vega	GCN 4.0
Code name	Vega Raven Ridge	Ellesmere
Launch date	7 Jan 2020	29 June 2016
Place in performance rating	1317	360
Type	Laptop	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	1600 MHz	1266 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	448	2304
Compute units		36
Core clock speed		1120 MHz
Floating-point performance		5.8 TFLOPs
GPU Power		110 Watt
Stream Processors		2304
Texture fill rate		182.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		150 Watt
Transistor count		5,700 million
API support
DirectX	12.1	12
Mantle
OpenCL		2.0
OpenGL		4.5
Vulkan
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x HDMI, 3x 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
Length		241 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)		500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		4 GB
Memory bandwidth		224 GB/s
Memory bus width		256 bit
Memory clock speed		7000 MHz
Memory type		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