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Average Bench: 45.7% (129th of 704)

Based on 261,163 user benchmarks.  Device: 1002 67DF Models: Radeon (TM) RX 480 Graphics, AMD Radeon (TM) RX 480, Radeon(TM) RX 480, ASUS Radeon (TM) RX 480

The RX 480 is the first graphics card to feature AMD’s new 14nm Polaris architecture. The card is due for release on June 29 (in four days time). We don’t have all the details yet but the RX 480 is rumoured to have an MSRP of $199 and it will likely perform on a par with the Nvidia GTX 970. At present we only have one benchmark so although the performance figures are provisional the RX 480 and GTX 970 do appear to be closely matched. If further tests validate these results and the cards retail at the MSRP of $199, then the new RX 480 will effectively improve graphics card price/performance ratios by a whopping 23%, something that has not happened since the release of the Maxwell based Nvidia GTX 970 nearly two years ago. In addition to better price/performance for the current generation of games, the RX 480 also offers relatively strong DX12 support. [Jun '16 GPUPro]

Poor: 35%Average: 45.7% Great: 53%

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Below average average bench

The AMD RX 480 averaged 54.3% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat) 56.3fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 65.2fps

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD RX 480 is just 17.2%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD RX 480 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 59.8fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 80.6fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 261,163 samples)
Rank 12945.7%
Min Avg Max
40.6 Lighting 56.3 66.9
55.2 Reflection 59.8 62.6
60.8 Parallax 80.6 92.2
45.8% 65.5 fps
Min Avg Max
57.4 MRender 61.5 64.7
47 Gravity 65.2 75.5
41.9 Splatting 44.4 46.5
45.4% 57 fps
User Benchmarks Bench 3D DX9 3D DX10 3D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Asus(1043 04FB)
CLim: 1310 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.20.27.09
46.2% Average
Lighting 56.1
Reflection 61.3
Parallax 81.5
46% 66.3 fps
MRender 64
Gravity 68.3
Splatting 45.6
47% 59.3 fps
AMD(1002 0B37)
CLim: 1266 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 22.20.27.09
41.3% Average
Lighting 50
Reflection 60.4
Parallax 73.4
41% 61.3 fps
MRender 59.8
Gravity 55.3
Splatting 44.1
42% 53.1 fps
AMD(1002 0B37)
CLim: 1266 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 23.9.2
41.2% Average
Lighting 50.2
Reflection 58.3
Parallax 75.1
41% 61.2 fps
MRender 60.8
Gravity 52.6
Splatting 43.5
42% 52.3 fps
XFX(1682 9480)
CLim: 1328 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 23.9.2
40.6% Average
Lighting 47.2
Reflection 62.7
Parallax 72.2
38% 60.7 fps
MRender 64.4
Gravity 57.1
Splatting 46
45% 55.8 fps
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 64,062,410 GPUs tested.

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Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price (MSRP ≈ $240 @ launch in Jun '16)
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Sapphire(174B E347) 23% 49% ± 3%
Sapphire RX 480 8GB NITRO+
11260-07-20G
AmazonUS $2344 years
Sapphire RX 480 4GB NITRO+
11260-02-20G
AmazonUS $3002 months
Sapphire RX 480 4GB NITRO+
100406NT+4GOCL
Sapphire RX 480 8GB NITRO+
11260-01-20G
AmazonUS $2503 years
XFX(1682 9480) 21% 45% ± 5%
XFX RX 480 8GB 1328 MHz
RX-480M8BBA6
XFX RX 480 8GB 1288 MHz
RX480M8BFA6
XFX RX 480 8GB LED 1288 MHz
RX-480P8DFA6
EbayUS $1705 months
AmazonUS $3385 years
XFX RX 480 8GB XXX 1288 MHz
RX-480P836BM
EbayUS $1507 months
AmazonUS $7495 years
XFX RX 480 8GB Black 1338 MHz
RX-480P8DBA6
EbayUS $1705 months
XFX RX 480 4GB RS
RX-480P4JFC6
XFX RX 480 8GB RS XXX 1288 MHz
RX-480P8LFB6
MSI(1462 3413) 12% 48% ± 5%
MSI RX 480 8GB Gaming X
Radeon RX 480 GAMING X 8G
AmazonUS $2953 years
MSI RX 480 4GB Gaming X
Radeon RX 480 GAMING X 4G
AmazonUS $2902 years
AMD(1002 0B37) 8% 41% ± 5%
Sapphire RX 480 8GB
21260-00-20G
XFX RX 480 4GB 1266 MHz
RX-480M4BFA6
Sapphire RX 480 4GB
21260-01-20G
MSI RX 480 8GB
Radeon RX 480 8G
EbayUS $1644 mins
MSI(1462 3415) 5% 47% ± 3%
MSI RX 480 8GB Armor OC
RX 480 ARMOR 8G OC
MSI RX 480 4GB Armor OC
RX 480 ARMOR 4G OC
Sapphire(174B E353) 4% 48% ± 5%
PowerColor(148C 2372) 4% 44% ± 5%
PowerColor RX 480 8GB Red Devil
AXRX480 8GBD5-3DH/OC
Asus(1043 04FB) 4% 46% ± 4%
Asus RX 480 8GB ROG STRIX OC
STRIX-RX480-O8G-GAMING
AmazonUS $3103 years
EbayUS $1,20020 months
Gigabyte(1458 22D0) 3% 48% ± 4%
Asus(1043 04FD) 3% 42% ± 3%
Asus(1043 0501) 3% 40% ± 4%
Dell(1028 1005) 2% 40% ± 2%
MSI(1462 809E) 2% 37% ± 3%
Gigabyte(1458 22D4) 2% 43% ± 2%
Asus(1043 0505) 1% 40% ± 3%
Asus(1043 04A8) 1% 43% ± 1%
Asus RX 480 8GB
RX480-8G
PwrHis(1787 A480) 1% 49% ± 2%
Sapphire(174B E354) 1% 40% ± 1%
Gigabyte(1458 22E8) 1% 46% ± 3%
HP(103C 82FC) 0% 36% ± 6%
HP(103C 840E) 0% 44% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 22DF) 0% 48% ± 0%
HP(103C 82F5) 0% 42% ± 6%
HP(103C 5166) 0% 41% ± 0%
Dell(1028 1701) 0% 36% ± 0%
AMD(1002 0480) 0% 41% ± 0%
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Gaming 35%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 75%
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Workstation
Workstation 28%
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Motherboard: MSI B250M BAZOOKA (MS-7A70) - $135

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel  $160Bench 64%, 234,266 samples1,349x
Core i7-7700Intel  $205Bench 76%, 256,717 samples646x
Core i5-7500Intel  $121Bench 67%, 149,467 samples392x
GPU
RX 480AMD  $150Bench 46%, 261,163 samples1x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $70Bench 103%, 951,591 samples86x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $50Bench 105%, 762,998 samples82x
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston  $90Bench 71%, 105,079 samples78x
RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL  $35Bench 71%, 98,777 samples134x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples112x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples76x
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 Comments

GPUPro
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1,628

Official site www.amd.com/...

Added 7 years ago.
USA-User
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9,514

Liked (edit your comment) Add link

2 months ago.

CAN-User
Avatar level
4,818

Good

7 months ago.

Really decent bang for your buck, still decent for gaming in 2021, some of the blower fans are a little loud, so i wont give it 5 stars, but price to performance, as well as a big features list, earns it the other 4

RUS-User
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4,650

Excellent

3 years ago.

Not realy expensive, but god in performance

FRA-User
Avatar level
4,463

Excellent

11 months ago.

a bit overheating but still good

NLD-User
Avatar level
3,398

Excellent

4 months ago.

It's really fast sure, but the 1060 is faster and a little cheaper. I would go for the 1060 6gb gaming x!

MYS-User
Avatar level
3,163

Poor

2 years ago.

For Medium gaming But Overprice

ARG-User
Avatar level
3,144

Good

30 days ago.

Best prices for good performance!

COL-User
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2,894

Excellent

2 years ago.

got one cheap, no regrets. Good used bang for your buck.

DNK-User
Avatar level
2,146

Excellent

6 months ago.

I have it in my PC and it gets my though my gaming expierence every day. No complaints. Good Bank for the Buck

LVA-User
Avatar level
1,656

Good

1 month ago.

cheap and has great performance

GPUPro
Avatar level
1,628

Very good

7 years ago.

ECU-User
Avatar level
1,225

Poor

5 years ago.

XFX GTR running 1400MHZ with just increased power limit (50%) 2150Mem

CRI-User
Avatar level
1,184

Good

22 months ago.

1080p and 2k monster. Nothing else to say. Get it if you dont have the buck to get anything from nVidia.

MLT-User
Avatar level
636

Good

5 years ago.

Best card for the money/future right now for who does not want to spend over $300 for a graphics card. Stock and availability is currently low but will be fixed on September. Will outperform a higher priced GTX 1060 in DX12 and Vulcan games by 20fps but tends to slightly drag itself behind in DX11 and OpenGL games due to very recent driver support. AMD cards tend to improve by 25% in DX11 and OpenGL after 6 months of driver maturity just like the previous x80 cards. Crossfire support is available unlike the GTX 1060 and if you want similar performance for slightly less money, get the 4GB version.

colorgram
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450

Outstanding

6 years ago.

best GPU of 2016. insanely inexpensive and powers my guangzhou sports sedan. 7 liters. 900HP. insane traction. just great

CosminD83
Avatar level
198

Terrible

5 years ago.

With updated drivers, RX 480 shines. Especially in DX12.

Foxbit
Avatar level
34

Excellent

5 years ago.

Great bargain and price

LuchoJ7ZT5
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30

Excellent

3 years ago.

La tengo y a dia de hoy se mueve muy bien el los juegos, tanto en ultra como en alto

mizare
Avatar level
24

Good

3 years ago.

yes

Aurelleah
Avatar level
22

Outstanding

6 years ago.

An outstanding GPU. I got one to benchmark in the 99th percentile. Super quiet, 30% fan speed at 75c and inaudible while gaming. I got the sapphire nitro+

serebit
Avatar level
18

Excellent

6 years ago.

Can run most modern AAA games at 1080p 60fps on max settings.

PCmaster
Avatar level
10

Excellent

5 years ago.

very nice budget card ♥

ArcaneHex
Avatar level
8

Excellent

6 years ago.

Great GPU does what i want

garet
Avatar level
8

Outstanding

6 years ago.

Really fast. Runs most modern games on ultra graphics, unless bottlenecked by cpu.

Vilanas
Avatar level
8

Excellent

6 years ago.

Nitro+ 4gb from Sapphire. Runs cool and silent. Better power efficiency if undervolted. I'm very satisfied with my purchase.

freddingo
Avatar level
8

Excellent

4 years ago.

Best bang for the buck from the Radeon line. Superseded by the 580 and 570 which maintained a solid value, but this was the granddaddy that started the trend. Great mid-tier card and the budget king.

wladelw
Avatar level
6

Excellent

6 years ago.

best graphics card I ever had, tho needed some tunning as Sapphire tuned it to be silent over power. Undervolted by -65mV, powerlimit increased to +39% and tuned fan speed so card never reaches 78 degrees, because at that temperature card throttle down gpu frequency...After all of this it is beast yet bit less power hungry :D

Video Tutorial  www.youtube.com/...

How I tunned my Sapphire card to get better perfomance :)

andreidavis
Avatar level
6

Excellent

6 years ago.

Very good card for 1080p 60fps, would go for 1070 for anything more

Seth
Avatar level
6

Excellent

4 years ago.

Great card!

JiMiKi
Avatar level
6

Good

4 years ago.

Good performance at a low price.

maniaque
Avatar level
4

Excellent

4 years ago.

awesome card almost same than rx 580

paul2weird
Avatar level
4

Excellent

3 years ago.

It has its problems.. But I love it. rx 480 xfx black edition 8gb. :)

movieguy21
Avatar level
2

Good

5 years ago.

Good GPU, runs games well, can't beat the price. Only complaint is that it gets hot at times, but that usually doesn't affect performance.

ZombieComp
Avatar level
2

Excellent

4 years ago.

Can't beat the price to performance now that the card is two years old. Picked it up for $112 with free shipping on the 4gb model.

4Ghz
Avatar level
2

Excellent

3 years ago.

Good performance for price, even after years

iqbalhisham93
Avatar level
2

Good

3 years ago.

Great performance for a mid range card back in 2016

Stefan456789
Avatar level
2

Excellent

3 years ago.

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