A few weeks ago before going on vacation I took a look at the Sapphire RX 480 8GB Nitro and was impressed with its performance. Well as these things normally go, with that being the second RX 480 to come into the office, I did spend some time with both the Sapphire and our original reference RX 480 on the test bench to test out Crossfire performance. Sadly, I hadn’t had a chance to take a look at the numbers until today, though. So today let’s see how the RX 480’s perform in Crossfire for those wondering if picking up a second RX 480 in the future will be worth in.
Product Names: Sapphire RX 480 8GB Nitro and AMD’s Reference RX 480 8GB
Written by: Wes
Testing by: Wes
Amazon Links: Sapphire RX 480 8GB Nitro and AMD’s Reference RX 480 8GB
Links to our original Reviews
Sapphire RX 480 8GB Nitro Specifications | |
GPU |
2304 stream Processors 14 nm FinFET 4th generation Graphics Core Next (GCN) Up to 1342 MHz Engine Boost Clock |
Interface | PCI-Express 3.0 |
Memory |
256 bit Memory Bus GDDR5 Memory Type 2000 MHz Memory Clock 8192 MB Size |
Displays | Maximum 4 Outputs |
Output |
1x DL-DVI-D 2x HDMI 2.0b 2x DisplayPort 1.4 |
API |
OpenGL® 4.5 OpenCL 2.0 DirectX® 12 Vulkan™ 1.0 Shader Model 5.1 |
Feature |
AMD CrossFire (bridgeless) AMD PowerTune AMD ZeroCore Power Technology AMD FreeSync Technology AMD Eyefinity AMD Tress FX technology AMD Liquid VR technology AMD TrueAudio Next technology AMD HD3D Technology Universal Video Decoder (UVD) XConnect™ technology Dolby® TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio™ Support High Dynamic Range (HDR) support 16K Hours Capacitor Black Diamond 4 Chokes Intelligent Fan Control III 10 mm Heat Pipe Dual BIOS NITRO Glow RGB LED lights NITRO Boost VR Friendly |
Cooling |
Dual-X 95 mm fans Two ball bearing NITRO Free Flow redesigned airflow NITRO FanSafe and Fan Health Check SAPPHIRE Fan Service SAPPHIRE Quick Connect system |
Form Factor |
2 Slots Occupied, ATX 240 X 120 X 42 Dimension /mm |
Power Consumption | 225W |
OS |
Windows 10 Windows 8/8.1 Windows 7 |
System Requirement |
500 Watt Power Supply (Suggestion) 1 x 8-pin AUX Power Connector CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive for installing software |
AMD Reference Specifications | |
Architecture | Polaris |
Compute Units | 36 |
Stream Processors | 2304 |
Clock Speeds (Boost / Base) | 1266 MHz / 1120 MHz |
Peak Performance | Up to 5.8 TFLOPS |
Memory Size | 4/8 GB |
Memory Bandwidth | 224 GB/s or higher |
Memory Interface | 256 bit |
Memory Type | GDDR5 |
Board Power | 150W |
AMD FreeSyncTM Technology | Yes |
DirectX® 12 Support | Yes |
VulkanTM Support | Yes |
VR Premium | Yes |
DisplayPort Version | 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready |