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AMD Radeon RX 480

AMD Radeon RX 480
Representative ASUS product image. Board design, dimensions and power limits can vary by model.Source coverage for this specification group is incomplete.

At a glance

Launch date
Architecture
Polaris
Compute Units
36
Memory
4 GB GDDR52 published configurations
Board power
150 W

Hardware specifications

Compute

Compute Units
36
Stream Processors
2,304

Clocks

Base clock
1,120 MHz
Boost clock
1,266 MHz

Memory

Configuration 1 Capacity
4 GB
Configuration 1 Memory type
GDDR5
Configuration 1 Bus width
256-bit
Configuration 1 Bandwidth
224 GB/s
Configuration 2 Capacity
8 GB
Configuration 2 Memory type
GDDR5
Configuration 2 Bus width
256-bit

Power

Board power
150 W
Recommended PSU
500 W

Physical

Display connectors
DisplayPort 1.4 HDR and HDMI 4K60 support

Before you buy

Fit and power planning

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Board power
150 W
Recommended PSU
500 W
Display connectors
DisplayPort 1.4 HDR and HDMI 4K60 support

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Measured evidence

Market and rendering evidence

Historical launch pricing for AMD Radeon RX 480 preserves source terms such as USD, MSRP and SEP. It is shown separately from one workload-specific community benchmark.

Historical launch price

Initial launch status
Verified
Currency
USD
Verified date
Event kind
Initial launch
Event date
Market
United States
Scope
4 GB $199
Price basis
SEP (suggested e-tail price)
Source wording
SEP $199 USD (4GB); SEP $239 (8GB)
Scope
8 GB $239
Price basis
SEP (suggested e-tail price)
Source wording
SEP $199 USD (4GB); SEP $239 (8GB)

Source

AMD Launches the Radeon Rebellion With the Radeon RX 480 Graphics Card, Available Now

AMD - Published - Retrieved

Blender Cycles rendering

Not enough compatible Blender 4.5 data

Backend
HIP
Confidence
Missing
Submission count
0 submissions
Cohort
Blender 4.5.0 on Windows using HIP across the standard Blender Benchmark scenes

This is a Cycles rendering community median in estimated samples per minute. It is not gaming FPS or an overall GPU rating.

Open Blender Open Data source

Retrieved

Open Blender Open Data methodology

Evidence record

Sources and verification

Specifications for AMD Radeon RX 480 were checked against the linked source material. Last verified .

Confirmed worldwide availability on 2016-06-29. AMD uses the historical label Typical Board Power (Desktop); the structured enum uses Board power. The 8 GB row omits raw bandwidth. The ASUS image is a representative 4 GB partner board.

Where to buy

AMD Radeon RX 480

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MSI RX 480 Gaming X 8G

Part number: Radeon RX 480 GAMING X 8G

Linked variant: 8 GB GDDR5

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