AMD Radeon RX 580 (32 CU) vs GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 8G

Comparison of GPU cores for GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 8G and AMD Radeon RX 580 (32 CU) graphics cards. The GPU core data contains the number of blocks (in the AMD documentation these blocks are called Shader Engine (SE), while Nvidia calls them Graphics Processing Clusters (GPC), words are different, the essence is the same) and ROP/TMUs (Raster Processing Units). These characteristics have a great influence on the GPU computing power.

• 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

The values comparison for the amount, type and speed of memory, along with the bandwidth in the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 8G and AMD Radeon RX 580 (32 CU) GPUs. A sufficiently large amount of graphics memory with high frequency and adequate bandwidth positively affects the speed of high resolution texture processing.

• 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

Let's compare the base and maximum frequency of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 8G and AMD Radeon RX 580 (32 CU) graphics cards. These values are not displayed in the BIOS, but can be viewed with the help of diagnostic utilities such as GPU-Z or Everest.

• Base Clock
  1.120 GHz 1.168 GHz
• Boost Clock
  1.290 GHz+ 2 % 1.284 GHz
• Avg (Game) Clock
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Comparison of the thermal design power of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 8G and AMD Radeon RX 580 (32 CU) GPUs. The TDP number determines the maximum power consumption of your graphics card. The specifications for computer ventilation and power supply are often based on the TDP numbers and should be optimized for it.

• TDP
  150 W 150 W

In this section, we'll explore what functions the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 8G and AMD Radeon RX 580 (32 CU) GPUs have. In addition, we have added ray tracing support to achieve the proper simulation of light rays and shadows. The list can vary slightly depending on the manufacturer.

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

Let's compare how GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 8G and AMD Radeon RX 580 (32 CU) support popular codecs h264, VP8, h265 / HEVC, VP9 and AV1. The availability of such video codecs helps reduce the load on the graphics card during the playback or creation of videos. This has a positive effect on reducing power consumption and heat generation by the GPU.

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

Here you can find information about the type (for desktops or laptops) and architecture of GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 8G and AMD Radeon RX 580 (32 CU), along with the sales starting time and the price at that moment. We provide a link to the GPU specifications directly from its manufacturer.

• 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