AMD Radeon RX 480 vs AMD Radeon RX 580G

What is the difference between AMD Radeon RX 480 and AMD Radeon RX 580G. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Radeon RX 480

Radeon RX 580G

Graphics Processor (GPU)

Ellesmere	GPU Name	Polaris 20
Polaris 10 XT (215-0876184)	Model number	Polaris 20 XTX (215-0910038)
GCN 4.0	Architecture	GCN 4.0
GlobalFoundries	Foundry	GlobalFoundries
14 nm	Process Size	14 nm
5,700 million	Transistors	5,700 million
232 mm²	Die Size	232 mm²

Graphics Card

Jun 29th, 2016	Release Date	Oct 15th, 2018
Arctic Islands (RX 400)	Family	Polaris (RX 500)
Active	Production	Active
Pirate Islands	Predecessor	Arctic Islands
PCIe 3.0 x16	Bus Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16

Memory

8 GB	Memory Size	8 GB
GDDR5	Memory Type	GDDR5
256 bit	Memory Bus	256 bit
256.0 GB/s	Bandwidth	256.0 GB/s

Performance

40.51 GPixel/s	Pixel fillrate	42.56 GPixel/s
182.3 GTexel/s	Texture fillrate	191.5 GTexel/s
5.834 TFLOPS (1:1)	FP16 (half) performance	6.129 TFLOPS (1:1)
5.834 TFLOPS	FP32 (float) performance	6.129 TFLOPS
364.6 GFLOPS (1:16)	FP64 (double) performance	383.0 GFLOPS (1:16)

Clock Speeds

1120 MHz	Base Clock	1257 MHz
1266 MHz	Boost Clock	1330 MHz
2000 MHz 8 Gbps effective	Memory Clock	2000 MHz 8 Gbps effective

Render Config

2304	Shading Units	2304
144	TMUs	144
32	ROPs	32
36	Compute Units	36
16 KB (per CU)	L1 Cache	16 KB (per CU)
2 MB	L2 Cache	2 MB

Board Design

Dual-slot	Slot Width	Dual-slot
240 mm 9.4 inches	Length	241 mm 9.5 inches
150 W	Thermal design power (TDP)	185 W
450 W	Suggested PSU	450 W
1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort	Display Connectors	1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1x 6-pin	Power Connectors	1x 8-pin
C940, D009-47	Board Number	C940, D009-04

API support

12 (12_0)	DirectX	12 (12_0)
4.6	OpenGL	4.6
2.1	OpenCL	2.1
1.2	Vulkan	1.2
6.4	Shader Model	6.4