Radeon RX 580 OEM vs HD 6480G

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1180not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.30no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameSumoEllesmere
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date14 June 2011 (13 years ago)29 June 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$229

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores2402304
Core clock speed444 MHz1120 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1266 MHz
Number of transistors1,178 million5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology32 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate5.328182.3
Floating-point processing power0.2131 TFLOPS5.834 TFLOPS
ROPs432
TMUs12144

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfaceIGPPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data241 mm
WidthIGP2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeSystem SharedGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared8 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared256 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared2000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data256.0 GB/s
Shared memory+-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model5.06.4
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.22.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 June 2011 29 June 2016
Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 150 Watt

HD 6480G has 328.6% lower power consumption.

RX 580 OEM, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 6480G and Radeon RX 580 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.


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