RTX A3000 Mobile vs Radeon RX 480

Place in performance ranking	230	154
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	11.40	no data
Architecture	Polaris (2016−2019)	Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name	Polaris 10 Ellesmere	GA104
GCN generation	4th Gen	no data
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	29 June 2016 (8 years ago)	12 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$229	no data
Current price	$174 (0.8x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2304	4096
Compute units	36	no data
Core clock speed	1120 MHz	1080 MHz
Boost clock speed	1266 MHz	1560 MHz
Number of transistors	5,700 million	17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	130 Watt (60 - 115 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	182.3	237.6
Floating-point performance	5,834 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon RX 480 and RTX A3000 Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). 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	no data	large
Bus support	n/a	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	241 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	no data
Bridgeless CrossFire	1	no data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	12 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz	14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	336.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
Eyefinity	1	no data
HDMI	2.0	no data
DisplayPort support	1.4HDR	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration	n/a	no data
CrossFire	1	no data
Enduro	n/a	no data
FRTC	1	no data
FreeSync	+	no data
HD3D	n/a	no data
LiquidVR	1	no data
PowerTune	+	no data
TressFX	1	no data
TrueAudio	n/a	no data
ZeroCore	+	no data
UVD	+	no data
VCE	+	no data

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.4	6.6
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	3.0
Vulkan	+	1.2
Mantle	n/a	no data
CUDA	no data	8.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. 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.

RX 480 22.33

RTX A3000 Mobile 32.65
+46.2%

RTX A3000 Mobile outperforms Radeon RX 480 by 46% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

RX 480 17919

RTX A3000 Mobile 25990
+45%

RTX A3000 Mobile outperforms Radeon RX 480 by 45% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

RX 480 39552

RTX A3000 Mobile 71308
+80.3%

RTX A3000 Mobile outperforms Radeon RX 480 by 80% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

RX 480 12186

RTX A3000 Mobile 19710
+61.7%

RTX A3000 Mobile outperforms Radeon RX 480 by 62% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

RX 480 72213
+141%

RTX A3000 Mobile 29996

Radeon RX 480 outperforms RTX A3000 Mobile by 141% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	82 −19.5%	98 +19.5%
1440p	57 +29.5%	44 −29.5%
4K	36 −27.8%	46 +27.8%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

35−40

no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	58	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40	no data
Battlefield 5	70−75	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45−50	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	35−40	no data
Far Cry 5	50−55	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	55−60	no data
Forza Horizon 4	100	no data
Hitman 3	45−50	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	85−90	no data
Metro Exodus	93	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	60−65	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	75−80	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	65−70	no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	49	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40	no data
Battlefield 5	48	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45−50	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	35−40	no data
Far Cry 5	50−55	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	31	no data
Forza Horizon 4	95−100	no data
Hitman 3	45−50	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	85−90	no data
Metro Exodus	39	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	60−65	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	75−80	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	78	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	65−70	no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45−50	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	35−40	no data
Far Cry 5	45	no data
Forza Horizon 4	77	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	85−90	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	75−80	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	44	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	65−70	no data

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

60−65

no data

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	65	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	50	no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21−24	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	27−30	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16	no data
Far Cry 5	35−40	no data
Forza Horizon 4	40−45	no data
Hitman 3	24−27	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	45−50	no data
Metro Exodus	50	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	45−50	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	16−18	no data

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

35−40

no data

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	31	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	21	no data
Hitman 3	16−18	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27	no data

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	17	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6	no data
Far Cry 5	15	no data
Forza Horizon 4	30−35	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27	no data
Metro Exodus	26	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−11	no data

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

18−20

no data

This is how RX 480 and RTX A3000 Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX A3000 Mobile is 20% faster in 1080p
RX 480 is 30% faster in 1440p
RTX A3000 Mobile is 28% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	22.33	32.65
Recency	29 June 2016	12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	12 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	130 Watt