amd
Brand8GB GDDR5
Memory2304
Cores256 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon RX 480
amd
Brand4GB GDDR6
Memory1408
Cores224 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
AMD Radeon RX 480
Radeon RX 480
$229 • Jun 2016
Radeon RX 5500 XT
$169 • Dec 2019
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 480 | AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 150 W | 130 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1266 MHz | 1845 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 256 GB/s | 224 GB/s |
| Process Size | 14nm | 7nm |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | RDNA 1.0 |
| Shading Units | 2304 | 1408 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 144 | 88 |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 128-bit |
| Memory Clock | 2000 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 40.51 GPixel/s | 59.04 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 256 GTexel/s | 224 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 5.834 GFLOPS | 5.196 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 2.00 MB | 2.00 MB |
| Die Size | 232 mm² | 158 mm² |
| Transistors | 5700 Million | 6400 Million |
| Required PSU | 450 W | 300 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| DirectX | 12 | 12.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | GlobalFoundries | TSMC |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
AMD Radeon RX 480
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
AMD Radeon RX 480
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
AMD Radeon RX 480
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
AMD Radeon RX 480
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks
AMD Radeon RX 480
AMD • 8GB GDDR5
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
AMD • 4GB GDDR6
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