AMD Radeon RX 480
VS
AMD Radeon RX 6800
AMD Radeon RX 480
VS
AMD Radeon RX 6800

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon RX 480 and AMD Radeon RX 6800. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

153
Place in performance rating
12
49.01
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Polaris
Architecture
Navi / RDNA2
Ellesmere
Code name
no data
Desktop
Type
no data
29 June 2016 (5 years ago)
Release date
18 November 2020 (1 year ago)
$229
Launch price (MSRP)
$579
$480 (2.1x MSRP)
Price now
$1594 (2.8x MSRP)
reference
Design
no data
4th Gen
GCN generation
no data
23.23
Value for money
17.88
Polaris 10 Ellesmere
GPU code name
Navi 21
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon RX 480 and AMD Radeon RX 6800 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

2304
Pipelines
no data
1120 MHz
Core clock speed
1815 MHz
1266 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
5,700 million
Transistor count
no data
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
7 nm
150 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
182.3
Texture fill rate
505.2
5,834 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
36
Compute units
no data
2304
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3840
1266 MHz
Boost clock speed
2105 MHz
5,700 million
Number of transistors
26,800 million
150 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
250 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon RX 480 and AMD Radeon RX 6800.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
241 mm
Length
267 mm
1x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
2x 8-pin
n/a
Bus support
no data
1
Bridgeless CrossFire
no data

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Radeon RX 480 and AMD Radeon RX 6800 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR6
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
16 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
2000 MHz
Memory clock speed
16000 MHz
224 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
512.0 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon RX 480 and AMD Radeon RX 6800, the size and number of monitors.

1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
1
Eyefinity
no data
2.0
HDMI
+
1.4HDR
DisplayPort support
no data

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon RX 480 and AMD Radeon RX 6800 is the additional functionality.

n/a
AppAcceleration
no data
1
CrossFire
no data
1
FRTC
no data
+
FreeSync
no data
n/a
HD3D
no data
1
LiquidVR
no data
+
PowerTune
no data
1
TressFX
no data
n/a
TrueAudio
no data
+
ZeroCore
no data
+
VCE
no data
n/a
Enduro
no data
+
UVD
no data
+
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon RX 480 and AMD Radeon RX 6800. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

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

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon RX 480 and AMD Radeon RX 6800 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon RX 480 or AMD Radeon RX 6800 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon RX 480
AMD Radeon RX 6800
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon RX 480
AMD Radeon RX 6800
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon RX 480
AMD Radeon RX 6800
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon RX 480 104 65.8 51.6 32.3 17.2
AMD Radeon RX 6800
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon RX 480
AMD Radeon RX 6800
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 480

Cheaper ($480 (2.1x MSRP) vs $1594 (2.8x MSRP))

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 6800

38.58% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (7 nm vs 14 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (16 GB vs 4 GB)

More memory bandwidth (512.0 GB/s vs 224 GB/s)

So, AMD Radeon RX 480 or AMD Radeon RX 6800?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon RX 6800 .

AMD Radeon RX 480 versus AMD Radeon RX 6800 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Radeon RX 480
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