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AMD logo Radeon RX 480
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AMD logo Radeon HD 5850

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General information Radeon RX 480 Radeon HD 5850
Launched Q2 2016 Q3 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD AMD
Motherboard Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory 8192 MB 0 % 2048 MB 75 %
Core Clock 1266 MHz 0 % 765 MHz 39.6 %
Effective Clock 8400 MHz 0 % 1125 MHz 86.6 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 11
OpenGL OpenGL 4.5 OpenGL 4.4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 W 0.7 % 151 W 0 %
Length 310 mm 0 % 264 mm 14.8 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 2 33.3 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
SLI 4-way 0 % 2-way 50 %
Performance Radeon RX 480 Radeon HD 5850
Overall Score 47211 0 % 22612 52.1 %
Future Proof 46 % 0 % 21 % 54.3 %
Benchmark Score 22289 0 % 5113 77.1 %
2D Benchmark Score 776.4 0 % 400.4 48.4 %
Average DirectX performance 65.7 FPS 0 % 18.5 FPS 71.9 %
DirectX 9 performance 121.1 FPS 0 % 47 FPS 61.2 %
DirectX 10 performance 42.8 FPS 0 % 13.9 FPS 67.4 %
DirectX 11 performance 57.5 FPS 0 % 13 FPS 77.5 %
DirectX 12 performance 41.3 FPS 0 % 0 FPS 100 %
Graphic card computing 3584.1 operations/s 0 % 941.7 operations/s 73.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon RX 480, Radeon HD 5850.

Average frames per second Radeon RX 480 Radeon HD 5850
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 106.0 FPS 41.4 FPS
High settings 190.8 FPS 74.5 FPS
Medium settings 228.9 FPS 89.4 FPS
Low settings 320.5 FPS 125.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 60.9 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game Grand Theft Auto V for Radeon RX 480, Radeon HD 5850.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon RX 480 Radeon HD 5850
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 78.7 FPS 36.5 FPS
High settings 141.7 FPS 65.8 FPS
Medium settings 170.0 FPS 78.9 FPS
Low settings 238.0 FPS 110.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 53.6 %
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