Radeon R7 Graphics vs HD 7480D

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1166not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.76no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 3 (2010−2013)GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code nameScrapper LiteSpectre
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date2 October 2012 (12 years ago)11 January 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$53 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores128512
Core clock speed723 MHz720 MHz
Boost clock speed800 MHz980 MHz
Number of transistors1,303 million2,410 million
Manufacturing process technology32 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate6.40031.36
Floating-point processing power0.2048 TFLOPS1.004 TFLOPS
ROPs48
TMUs832

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).

InterfaceIGPIGP
WidthIGPIGP

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 SharedSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amountSystem SharedSystem Shared
Memory bus widthSystem SharedSystem Shared
Memory clock speedSystem SharedSystem Shared
Shared memory+no data

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 outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model5.06.0
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.22.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 October 2012 11 January 2014
Chip lithography 32 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 15 Watt

R7 Graphics has an age advantage of 1 year, a 14.3% more advanced lithography process, and 333.3% lower power consumption.

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