AMD Radeon RX 480 has become the focal point among the latest graphic processing units (GPUs), particularly with its supply surpassing both Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 and GTX 1070. AMD already shipped review samples of its latest GPU to the press, allowing reviewers to publish only the external parts of the card.
However, different leaks have hit the web, revealing specifications and many benchmarks that show that Radeon RX 480 provides performance standards similar to Radeon R9 Fury and GeForce GTX 980, according to TechFrag. The card is built using the latest 14nm FinFET process and it is based on the Polaris 10 Ellesmere XT GPU.
The RX 480 sport 36 Compute Units, 144 TMUs, 2304 Shader Processing Units, and 32 ROPs. Furthermore, the GPU comes with GDDR5 memory by Samsung over a 256-bit bus interface, offering a cumulative bandwidth of 256 GB/s.
AMD's Radeon RX 480 is clocked at 1266 MHz, while memory is clocked at actual 2000 MHz, or GDDR5-effective 8 GHz. It is reported that that GPU crank out up to 5.83 TFLOPS of compute functionality.
On the other hand, new CrossFire levels posted at Chiphell show that the Radeon RX 480 core clocks could be increased by 22 MHz to 1288 MHz. with regard to the GPU-Z graphs, the clocks are very stable when the cards are pushed to their temperature limits, with the primary CF card hitting 87 °C and the secondary 82 °C.
Besides the temperature resilience, YouTube user GGPC (Good Gaming PC) posted benchmark clips displaying the AMD Radeon RX 480 running video games complete with frame counters. Some of the game on the RX 480 include "The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt," "Doom," "Overwatch," "Counter-Strike: GO," and "Grand Theft Auto V." The card's performance is considerably steady similar to that of a GTX 980.
The developer is set to release the Radeon RX 480 on Wednesday, June 29. The card comes in two variants, with the 4 GB model going for $199 and the 8 GB variant priced at $229. AIB custom cards are set to launch later, and they will be more expensive.
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