Xe DG1 (iDG1LP) Mobile vs Radeon RX 480

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	247	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	15.62	no data
Power efficiency	10.29	no data
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	Gen. 12 Xe (2020)
GPU code name	Ellesmere	iDG1LPDEV
GCN generation	4th Gen	no data
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	29 June 2016 (8 years ago)	1 March 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$229	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2304	96
Compute units	36	no data
Core clock speed	1120 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1266 MHz	1500 MHz
Number of transistors	5,700 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	182.3	no data
Floating-point processing power	5.834 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	32	no data
TMUs	144	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus support	n/a	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	no data
Length	241 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	no data
Bridgeless CrossFire	+	-

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	3 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	no data
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 data
Eyefinity	+	-
HDMI	2.0	-
DisplayPort support	1.4HDR	-

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration	n/a	-
CrossFire	+	-
Enduro	n/a	-
FRTC	+	-
FreeSync	+	-
HD3D	n/a	-
LiquidVR	+	-
PowerTune	+	-
TressFX	+	-
TrueAudio	n/a	-
ZeroCore	+	-
UVD	+	-
VCE	+	-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	no data
Shader Model	6.4	no data
OpenGL	4.5	no data
OpenCL	2.0	no data
Vulkan	+	-
Mantle	n/a	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	29 June 2016	1 March 2020
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	3 GB

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