Comparing GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 8G vs AMD Radeon RX 580 (32 CU)

gpu GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 8G item

• GPU Chip
  Polaris 10 XT (Ellesmere) Polaris 20 XL
• Execution units
  36 32
• Shader
  2304 2048
• Render Output Units
  32 32
• Texture Units
  144 128

• Memory Size
  4 GB 4 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR5 GDDR5
• Memory Clock
  2.000 GHz 1.75 GHz
• Memory Speed
  8 Gbps 7 Gbps
• Memory Bandwith
  256 GB/s 224 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  256 bit 256 bit

• Base Clock
  1.120 GHz 1.168 GHz
• Boost Clock
  1.266 GHz 1.284 GHz
• Avg (Game) Clock
  --

• TDP
  150 W 150 W

• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12_0 12
• Raytracing
  No No
• DLSS / FSR
  Yes Yes

• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  No Decode
• VP9
  No Decode
• AV1
  No No

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 3.0 x 16 PCIe 3.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q2/2016 Q4/2018
• Launch Price
  199 $ (Reference) 229 $
• Structure size
  14 nm 14 nm