AMD Radeon 520 vs AMD Radeon RX 480

AMD Radeon 520
AMD Radeon RX 480 $239
320 Shaders
1GB GDDR5
1030MHz
2304 Shaders
8GB GDDR5
1266MHz
FP32
0.66 TFLOPS
FP32
5.83 TFLOPS
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FP16
5.83 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
1.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
Unknown
TDP
150W
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Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
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OCT Metal N/A
0%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
GCN 1
Architecture
GCN 4
Family
Radeon RX 500
Family
Radeon R 400
Codename
Hainan
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Variant
Banks Pro
Codename
Ellesmere
Polaris 10
Variant
Polaris 10 XT
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
4/18/2017
Release Date
6/29/2016
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
GlobalFoundries
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Fabrication Node
14LPP
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Die Size
56 mm²
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Die Size
232 mm²
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Transistor Count
690 Million
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Transistor Count
5.7 Billion
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Transistor Density
12.32M/mm²
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Transistor Density
24.57M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
320 Shaders
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Shading Units
2304 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
20 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
144 TMUs
Render Output Units
4 ROPs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
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Compute Units
5 CUs
Compute Units
36 CUs
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1030MHz
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1120MHz Base
1266MHz
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FP16
5.83 TFLOPS
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FP32
0.66 TFLOPS
FP32
5.83 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.04 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.36 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
4.12 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
40.512 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
20.6 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
182.304 GTexel/s
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L1
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16KB/CU
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L1
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16KB/CU
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L2
128KB Shared
L2
2MB Shared
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1GB
GDDR5
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8GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
64Bit
Bus Width
256Bit
Clock
1125MHz
Transfer Rate
4.5GT/s
Bandwidth
36GB/s
Clock
2000MHz
Transfer Rate
8GT/s
Bandwidth
256GB/s
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TDP
Unknown
TDP
150W
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1x DVI-I Dual-Link
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1x DisplayPort 1.2
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3x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.0
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Max Resolution
4096x2160
Max Resolution
5120x2880
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
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Variable Refresh Rate
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FreeSync
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
3
Multi Monitor Support
3
Content Protection
HDCP 1.4
Content Protection
HDCP 2.2
No Encoders
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Model
VCE 3.0
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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No Decoders
Model
UVD 6.3
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
JPEG
VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
11_1
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_0
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.3
Shader Model
6.5
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GFX
6
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Shader Model
6.7
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GFX
8
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1x Fan
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1x Fan
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Power Connectors
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1x 6-Pin
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Slots Required
1.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
8
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
CrossFire XDMA
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Height
95 mm (3.74 in)
Width
240 mm (9.45 in)
Depth
35 mm (1.38 in)
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