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General information Radeon RX 480 Radeon HD 3870 X2
Launched Q2 2016 Q4 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD AMD
Motherboard Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory 8192 MB 0 % 512 MB 93.8 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 10.1
OpenGL OpenGL 4.5 OpenGL 3.3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 W 9.1 % 165 W 0 %
Performance Radeon RX 480 Radeon HD 3870 X2
Overall Score 47211 0 % 13534 71.3 %
Future Proof 46 % 0 % 16 % 65.2 %
Benchmark Score 22289 0 % 1832 91.8 %
2D Benchmark Score 782.7 0 % 222.7 71.6 %
Average DirectX performance 65.8 FPS 0 % 5.5 FPS 91.6 %
DirectX 9 performance 121.4 FPS 0 % 20.1 FPS 83.5 %
DirectX 10 performance 42.6 FPS 0 % 2 FPS 95.3 %
DirectX 11 performance 58.3 FPS 0 % 0 FPS 100 %
DirectX 12 performance 40.9 FPS 0 % 0 FPS 100 %
Graphic card computing 3602.2 operations/s 0 % 0 operations/s 100 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon RX 480, Radeon HD 3870 X2.

Average frames per second Radeon RX 480 Radeon HD 3870 X2
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 106.1 FPS 19.8 FPS
High settings 191.0 FPS 35.6 FPS
Medium settings 229.2 FPS 42.7 FPS
Low settings 320.9 FPS 59.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 81.4 %

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 3870 X2.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon RX 480 Radeon HD 3870 X2
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 79.1 FPS 20.8 FPS
High settings 142.3 FPS 37.5 FPS
Medium settings 170.8 FPS 45.0 FPS
Low settings 239.1 FPS 63.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 73.6 %
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