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Premium VR Experiences
Radeon™ RX 480 graphics cards with Polaris Architecture and AMD LiquidVR™ technology deliver beau fully rich
and immersive VR experiences with advanced comfort and effortless compa bility with leading VR headsets.1

Gamer Optimized
Powerful Async shaders and new geometry capabili es enable
unique support for DirectX® 12 and Vulkan™ in the best version of
Graphics Core Next yet. Get incredibly smooth and low-latency
gaming at virtually any framerate with Radeon FreeSync™
technology2. Stream and record your favorite games up to 4K, H.265,
60 FPS with virtually no performance impact4.

“Future Ready” Technologies

Polaris architecture precisely combines the latest FinFET 14
process technology and AMD’s advanced power, ga ng and
clocking technologies to deliver a superior cool and quiet
gaming experience. Enjoy gaming features that dynamically
op mize sound volumes based on actual temperature and
workloads. Watch strikingly sharp, colorful, and vivid HDR-
ready games and movies thanks to a brand new display engine
and HDR-ready capabili es.

Game-Changing Control
Push your hardware to the limits with Radeon™ Wa Man
(formerly AMD Overdrive™) for a whole new level of customiza on
and per state control over clocks, voltages, and temperature3.
Radeon So ware drivers enable the ul mate in performance,
features and stability and will improve with future up-to-the-
minute enhancements, updates and op miza ons.

RADEON™ RX 480 GRAPHICS

GCN ARCHITECTURE 4th Genera on

COMPUTE UNITS 36

STREAM PROCESSORS 2304

CLOCK SPEEDS (BOOST / BASE) 1266 MHz / 1120 MHz

PEAK PERFORMANCE Up to 5.8 TFLOPS

MEMORY CLOCK SPEED (MHZ) 1750 or higher

MEMORY BANDWIDTH 224 GB/s or higher

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MEMORY INTERFACE 256 bit

MEMORY TYPE GDDR5

TYPICAL BOARD POWER 150W

RADEON FREESYNC™ TECHNOLOGY Yes

DIRECTX® 12 SUPPORT Yes

VULKAN™ SUPPORT Yes

VIRTUAL SUPER RESOLUTION Yes

HDMI VERSION 2.0

DISPLAYPORT VERSION 1.4 HDR Ready

AMD EYEFINITY TECHNOLOGY (MAXIMUM DISPLAYS) 5 Up to 6 displays with DisplayPort MST hub

FOOTNOTES

1. Users will need to obtain a VR headset compa ble with AMD’s GPU technologies and AMD LiquidVR™ technology. See www.amd.com/liquidvr for more informa on. GRT-6
2. Radeon FreeSync™ technology is designed to eliminate stu ering and/or tearing in games and videos by locking a display’s refresh rate to the frame rate of the graphics card. AMD FreeSync™ technology
compa ble monitor and a compliant Radeon™ GPU and/or AMD A-Series APU are required. A list of supported hardware and compa ble monitors is available at www.amd.com/freesync. Check with your
component or system manufacturer for specific capabili es. GD-67
3. AMD’s product warranty does not cover damages caused by overclocking, even when overclocking is enabled via AMD hardware
4. HEVC accelera on is subject to inclusion/installa on of compa ble HEVC players
5. AMD Eyefinity technology supports mul ple monitors on an enabled graphics card. Supported display quan ty, type and resolu on vary by model and board design; confirm specifica ons with
manufacturer before purchase. To enable more than two displays, or mul ple displays from a single output, addi onal hardware such as DisplayPort™-ready monitors or DisplayPort 1.2 MST-enabled hubs
may be required. A maximum of two ac ve adapters is recommended for consumer systems. See www.amd.com/eyefinityfaq for full details.

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