Radeon RX 480 mobile vs Radeon RX 570X

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon RX 480 mobile and Radeon RX 570X, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the Radeon RX 480 mobile stacks up against Radeon RX 570X, check out specs charts below.

Radeon RX 480 mobile is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon RX 480 mobile is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon RX 480 mobile here:

Main Specs

  Radeon RX 480 mobile Radeon RX 570X
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 120 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon RX 570X has 20% more power consumption, than Radeon RX 480 mobile.
  • Radeon RX 480 mobile is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon RX 570X uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon RX 480 mobile and Radeon RX 570X have maximum RAM of 8 GB.
  • Radeon RX 480 mobile is used in Laptops, and Radeon RX 570X - in Desktops.
  • Radeon RX 480 mobile is build with Polaris architecture, and Radeon RX 570X - with GCN 4.0.
  • Radeon RX 480 mobile and Radeon RX 570X are manufactured by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 480 mobile is 1000 MHz higher, than Radeon RX 570X.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 12−14 9−10
ultra / 1080p 7−8 5−6
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 27−30 21−24
medium / 1080p 14−16 10−12
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 480 mobile in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 33% more, than Radeon RX 570X.

Full Specs

  Radeon RX 480 mobile Radeon RX 570X
Architecture Polaris GCN 4.0
Code name Polaris Polaris 20
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 1 August 2016 11 April 2018
Pipelines 2304 2048
Core clock speed 1168 MHz
Boost Clock 1077 MHz 1244 MHz
Transistor count 5,700 million 5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 155.1 159.2
Floating-point performance 4,963 gflops 5,095 gflops
Length 241 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 8000 MHz 7000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 256.0 GB/s 224.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (12_0) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 6.4 6.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.2.131
Laptop size large
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