Radeon HD 6480G vs R5 (Bristol Ridge)

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R5 (Bristol Ridge) and Radeon HD 6480G, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

R5 (Bristol Ridge)
2016
12 Watt
2.43
+268%

R5 (Bristol Ridge) outperforms HD 6480G by a whopping 268% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking8371183
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.771.32
ArchitectureGCN 1.2/2.0 (2015−2016)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameBristol RidgeSumo
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 June 2016 (8 years ago)14 June 2011 (13 years ago)

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 cores384240
Core clock speedno data444 MHz
Boost clock speed800 MHzno data
Number of transistors3100 Million1,178 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)12-45 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rateno data5.328
Floating-point processing powerno data0.2131 TFLOPS
ROPsno data4
TMUsno data12

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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
Interfaceno dataIGP

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 typeno dataSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amountno dataSystem Shared
Memory bus width64/128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speedno dataSystem Shared
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 dataNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (FL 12_0)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Modelno data5.0
OpenGLno data4.4
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkan-N/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

R5 (Bristol Ridge) 2.43
+268%
HD 6480G 0.66

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

R5 (Bristol Ridge) 1720
+268%
HD 6480G 467

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD11
+450%
2−3
−450%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
Battlefield 5 3−4 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Far Cry 5 4
+300%
1−2
−300%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
+450%
2−3
−450%
Hitman 3 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%
Horizon Zero Dawn 20−22
+81.8%
10−12
−81.8%
Metro Exodus 1−2 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 7
+600%
1−2
−600%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−12
+83.3%
6−7
−83.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+23.3%
30−33
−23.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
Battlefield 5 3−4 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Far Cry 5 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
+450%
2−3
−450%
Hitman 3 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%
Horizon Zero Dawn 20−22
+81.8%
10−12
−81.8%
Metro Exodus 1−2 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−12
+83.3%
6−7
−83.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 13
+30%
10−11
−30%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+23.3%
30−33
−23.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Far Cry 5 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
+450%
2−3
−450%
Hitman 3 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%
Horizon Zero Dawn 20−22
+81.8%
10−12
−81.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−12
+83.3%
6−7
−83.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+30%
10−11
−30%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+23.3%
30−33
−23.3%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Hitman 3 7−8
+16.7%
6−7
−16.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 14−16
+600%
2−3
−600%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 0−1 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 1−2 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%

This is how R5 (Bristol Ridge) and HD 6480G compete in popular games:

  • R5 (Bristol Ridge) is 450% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the R5 (Bristol Ridge) is 600% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • R5 (Bristol Ridge) is ahead in 34 tests (97%)
  • there's a draw in 1 test (3%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.43 0.66
Recency 1 June 2016 14 June 2011
Chip lithography 28 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 35 Watt

R5 (Bristol Ridge) has a 268.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 14.3% more advanced lithography process, and 191.7% lower power consumption.

The Radeon R5 (Bristol Ridge) is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6480G in performance tests.


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