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Side-by-side comparison of specifications and performance

Performance Comparison

AMD Radeon RX 480

81%
81%

AMD Radeon R9 FURY X

123%
123%
AMD Radeon R9 FURY X is approximately 42% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationAMD Radeon RX 480AMD Radeon R9 FURY X
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
Ellesmere
Fiji
CoresDifferent
2304
4096
TMUsDifferent
144
256
ROPsDifferent
32
64
Memory SizeDifferent
8 GB
4 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR5
HBM
Bus WidthDifferent
256 bit
4096 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 480AMD Radeon R9 FURY X
GPU NameDifferent
Ellesmere
Fiji
GPU VariantDifferent
Polaris 10 XT(215-0876184)
Fiji XT C8(215-0862040)
ArchitectureDifferent
GCN 4.0
GCN 3.0
FoundryDifferent
GlobalFoundries
TSMC
Process SizeDifferent
14 nm
28 nm
TransistorsDifferent
5,700 million
8,900 million
DensityDifferent
24.6M / mm²
14.9M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
232 mm²
596 mm²
Chip PackageDifferent
BGA-1401
N/A

Graphics Card

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 480AMD Radeon R9 FURY X
Release DateDifferent
Jun 29th, 2016
Jun 24th, 2015
GenerationDifferent
Arctic Islands(RX 400)
Pirate Islands(R9 300)
PredecessorDifferent
Pirate Islands
Volcanic Islands
SuccessorDifferent
Polaris
Arctic Islands
ProductionDifferent
Active
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
229 USD
649 USD
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
86 in our database
33 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 480AMD Radeon R9 FURY X
Base ClockDifferent
1120 MHz
N/A
Boost ClockDifferent
1266 MHz
N/A
Memory ClockDifferent
2000 MHz8 Gbps effective
500 MHz1000 Mbps effective
GPU ClockDifferent
N/A
1050 MHz

Memory

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 480AMD Radeon R9 FURY X
Memory SizeDifferent
8 GB
4 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR5
HBM
Memory BusDifferent
256 bit
4096 bit
BandwidthDifferent
256.0 GB/s
512.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 480AMD Radeon R9 FURY X
Shading UnitsDifferent
2304
4096
TMUsDifferent
144
256
ROPsDifferent
32
64
Compute UnitsDifferent
36
64
L1 Cache
16 KB (per CU)
16 KB (per CU)
L2 Cache
2 MB
2 MB

Theoretical Performance

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 480AMD Radeon R9 FURY X
Pixel RateDifferent
40.51 GPixel/s
67.20 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
182.3 GTexel/s
268.8 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)Different
5.834 TFLOPS (1:1)
8.602 TFLOPS (1:1)
FP32 (float)Different
5.834 TFLOPS
8.602 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
364.6 GFLOPS (1:16)
537.6 GFLOPS (1:16)

Board Design

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 480AMD Radeon R9 FURY X
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
240 mm9.4 inches
195 mm7.7 inches
HeightDifferent
95 mm3.7 inches
115 mm4.5 inches
WidthDifferent
35 mm1.4 inches
39 mm1.5 inches
TDPDifferent
150 W
275 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
450 W
600 W
OutputsDifferent
1x HDMI 2.0b3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x HDMI 1.4a3x DisplayPort 1.2
Power ConnectorsDifferent
1x 6-pin
2x 8-pin
Board NumberDifferent
C940, 109-D00947-00_02
109-C88037-00_04

Graphics Features

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 480AMD Radeon R9 FURY X
DirectX
12 (12_0)
12 (12_0)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
2.1
VulkanDifferent
1.3
1.2.170
Shader ModelDifferent
6.7
6.5

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