Radeon RX 480 Mobile vs RX 480
General info
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
Place in performance ranking | 229 | not rated |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Value for money | 11.80 | no data |
Architecture | Polaris (2016−2019) | Polaris (2016−2019) |
GPU code name | Polaris 10 Ellesmere | Polaris |
GCN generation | 4th Gen | no data |
Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
Design | reference | no data |
Release date | 29 June 2016 (7 years ago) | 1 August 2016 (7 years ago) |
Launch price (MSRP) | $229 | $450 |
Current price | $174 (0.8x MSRP) | $577 (1.3x MSRP) |
Value for money
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
Technical specs
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 | 2304 |
Compute units | 36 | no data |
Core clock speed | 1120 MHz | no data |
Boost clock speed | 1266 MHz | 1077 MHz |
Number of transistors | 5,700 million | 5,700 million |
Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 14 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 150 Watt | 100 Watt |
Texture fill rate | 182.3 | 155.1 |
Floating-point performance | 5,834 gflops | 4,963 gflops |
Size and compatibility
Information on Radeon RX 480 and Radeon RX 480 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 | MXM-B (3.0) |
Length | 241 mm | no data |
Width | 2-slot | no data |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | no data |
Bridgeless CrossFire | 1 | no data |
Memory
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 | GDDR5 |
Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 8 GB |
Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 8000 MHz | 8000 MHz |
Memory bandwidth | 224 GB/s | 256.0 GB/s |
Shared memory | - | - |
Video outputs and ports
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 |
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 support
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
DirectX | DirectX® 12 | 12 (12_0) |
Shader Model | 6.4 | 6.4 |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.6 |
OpenCL | 2.0 | 2.0 |
Vulkan | + | 1.2.131 |
Mantle | n/a | no data |
Advantages and disadvantages
Recency | 29 June 2016 | 1 August 2016 |
Cost | $229 | $450 |
Power consumption (TDP) | 150 Watt | 100 Watt |
We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 480 and Radeon RX 480 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon RX 480 is a desktop card while Radeon RX 480 Mobile is a notebook one.
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