AMD Radeon RX 480 Mobile: specs and benchmarks

Summary

AMD started Radeon RX 480 Mobile sales 1 August 2016 at a recommended price of $450. This is Polaris architecture notebook card based on 14 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at gamers. 8 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 8 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 256.0 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is card attached via MXM-B (3.0) interface. Power consumption is at 100 Watt.

General info

Of Radeon RX 480 Mobile's architecture, market segment and release date.

Place in performance rating	366
Value for money	3.66
Architecture	Polaris (2016−2019)
GPU code name	Polaris
Market segment	Laptop
Release date	1 August 2016 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$450
Price now	$577 (1.3x MSRP)	of 49999 (A100 SXM4)

Technical specs

Radeon RX 480 Mobile's general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Radeon RX 480 Mobile's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2304	of 18432 (AD102)
Boost clock speed	1077 MHz	of 2903 (Radeon Pro W6600)
Number of transistors	5,700 million	of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	of 4 (H100 PCIe)
Thermal design power (TDP)	100 Watt	of 900 (Tesla S2050)
Texture fill rate	155.1	of 939.8 (H100 SXM5)
Floating-point performance	4,963 gflops	of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo)

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Information on Radeon RX 480 Mobile's compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)

Memory

Parameters of memory installed on Radeon RX 480 Mobile: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors don't have dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	of 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory bus width	256 Bit	of 19000 (GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB)
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz	of 21000 (GeForce RTX 3090 Ti)
Memory bandwidth	256.0 GB/s	of 14400 (Radeon R7 M260)
Shared memory	-

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on Radeon RX 480 Mobile. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference video cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model.

Display Connectors

No outputs

API support

APIs supported by Radeon RX 480 Mobile, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	6.4
OpenGL	4.6
OpenCL	2.0
Vulkan	1.2.131

Benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance of Radeon RX 480 Mobile. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.

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Overall score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Game benchmarks

Let's see how good Radeon RX 480 Mobile is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

10−12

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−12
Battlefield 5	10−12
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12
Far Cry 5	10−12
Far Cry New Dawn	10−12
Forza Horizon 4	10−12
Hitman 3	10−12
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−12
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−12

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−12
Battlefield 5	10−12
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12
Far Cry 5	10−12
Far Cry New Dawn	10−12
Forza Horizon 4	10−12
Hitman 3	10−12
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12
Metro Exodus	10−12
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−12
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−12

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−12
Battlefield 5	10−12
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12
Far Cry 5	10−12
Far Cry New Dawn	10−12
Forza Horizon 4	10−12
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−12

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12
Hitman 3	10−12
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12
Metro Exodus	10−12
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−12
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−12
Battlefield 5	10−12
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12
Far Cry 5	10−12
Far Cry New Dawn	10−12
Forza Horizon 4	10−12
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−12

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12
Hitman 3	10−12
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12
Metro Exodus	10−12
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−12
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−12
Battlefield 5	10−12
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12
Far Cry 5	10−12
Far Cry New Dawn	10−12
Forza Horizon 4	10−12
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−12

Relative perfomance

Overall Radeon RX 480 Mobile performance compared to nearest competitors among notebook video cards.

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