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AMD logo Radeon RX 480
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AMD logo Radeon HD 6970

AMD Radeon RX 480 logo AMD Radeon HD 6970 logo
General information Radeon RX 480 Radeon HD 6970
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 % 880 MHz 30.5 %
Effective Clock 8400 MHz 0 % 1425 MHz 83 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 11
OpenGL OpenGL 4.5 OpenGL 4.4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 W 40 % 250 W 0 %
Length 310 mm 0 % 297 mm 4.2 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 3 0 %
Case Slots 2 33.3 % 3 0 %
SLI 4-way 0 % 4-way 0 %
Performance Radeon RX 480 Radeon HD 6970
Overall Score 47211 0 % 27068 42.7 %
Future Proof 46 % 0 % 21 % 54.3 %
Benchmark Score 22289 0 % 7327 67.1 %
2D Benchmark Score 776.4 0 % 432.9 44.3 %
Average DirectX performance 65.7 FPS 0 % 27.3 FPS 58.4 %
DirectX 9 performance 121.1 FPS 0 % 68.3 FPS 43.6 %
DirectX 10 performance 42.8 FPS 0 % 20.1 FPS 53.1 %
DirectX 11 performance 57.5 FPS 0 % 20.9 FPS 63.6 %
DirectX 12 performance 41.3 FPS 0 % 0 FPS 100 %
Graphic card computing 3584.1 operations/s 0 % 1487.5 operations/s 58.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon RX 480, Radeon HD 6970.

Average frames per second Radeon RX 480 Radeon HD 6970
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 106.0 FPS 52.8 FPS
High settings 190.8 FPS 95.0 FPS
Medium settings 228.9 FPS 114.0 FPS
Low settings 320.5 FPS 159.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 50.2 %

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 6970.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon RX 480 Radeon HD 6970
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 78.7 FPS 44.2 FPS
High settings 141.7 FPS 79.5 FPS
Medium settings 170.0 FPS 95.4 FPS
Low settings 238.0 FPS 133.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 43.9 %
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