Comparing GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 8G vs MSI Radeon RX 570 Gaming X 4G

gpu GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 8G item

• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 480 AMD Radeon RX 570
• 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 Speed
  8 Gbps 1.75 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  256 GB/s 224 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  256 bit 256 bit

• Base Clock
  1.120 GHz 1.178 GHz+ 1 %
• Boost Clock
  1.266 GHz 1.293 GHz+ 4 %
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

• TDP
  150 W 150 W
• PCIe-Power
  1 x 8-Pin 1 x 8-Pin

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Fan 1
  2 x 80 mm 2 x 100 mm
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Noise (Idle)
  -- 0 dB / Silent

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  2.2 2.2
• HDMI Ports
  1x HDMI v2.0b 2x HDMI v2.0b
• DP Ports
  3x DP v1.4a 2x DP v1.4
• DVI Ports
  1 1

• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 5120x2880
• DirectX
  12_0 12
• Raytracing
  No No
• DLSS / FSR
  Yes No
• LED
  Addressable LED MSI Mystic Light

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

• Length
  232 mm 276 mm
• Height
  116 mm 142 mm
• Width
  40 mm 39 mm
• Width (Slots)
  2 PCIe-Slots 2 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- 778 g

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 3.0 x 16 PCIe 3.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q2/2016 Q4/2017
• Structure size
  14 nm 14 nm
• Part-no
  GV-RX480WF2-8GD --
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet