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AMDGCN 4.0Released 2016Pricing last updated Apr 26, 2026

Radeon RX 480

Ellesmere | GDDR5 | 8 GB | 8 GB

This page collects the current price snapshot, longer-term used-price history, and the imported spec sheet for this GPU in one place.

Used min
$39.99
Latest imported floor price.
Used median
$55.52
Current midpoint of qualified sales.
Performance
5
5.83 TFLOPS
Qualified sales
2
Latest snapshot Apr 26, 2026

Used Price History

The long-term chart tracks how the price distribution has changed across repeated snapshots in GPU Desktop Prices.

3 snapshots
Median line25th-75th percentile band
$36.79$46.77$56.76$66.74$76.722026-04-212026-04-212026-04-26

Current Percentile Snapshot

This chart compares the latest used-price percentiles currently stored on the GPU row itself.

2 qualifying sales
$39.99
Min
$47.75
25th
$55.52
Median
$63.28
75th
$71.04
Max

GPU Information

Imported data from GPU Desktop, grouped into a readable spec sheet.

Identity

Brand
AMD
Model
Radeon RX 480
Variant
Ellesmere | GDDR5 | 8 GB
GPU name
Ellesmere
Architecture
GCN 4.0
Release date
Jun 29, 2016
Release year
2016
Production status
Active
GPU ID
amd-radeon-rx-480-ellesmere-gddr5-8-gb-2016

Pricing

MSRP
$229
Used minimum
$39.99
Used 25th percentile
$47.75
Used median
$55.52
Used 75th percentile
$63.28
Used max
$71.04
Current new price
-
Qualified sales count
2
Launch price raw
229 USD
Current price raw
-

Memory and Bus

Memory size
8 GB
Memory type
GDDR5
Memory bus
256-bit
Bandwidth
256 GB/s
Bus interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe lanes
16
Process
14 nm

Clocks and Compute

GPU clock
-
Base clock
1,120 MHz
Boost clock
1,266 MHz
Game clock
-
Shading units
2,304
TMUs
144
ROPs
32
RT cores
-
Tensor cores
-
FP32 throughput
5.83 TFLOPS
Relative performance
5

Physical

Slot width
Dual-slot
Length
240 mm
Board power
150 W
Power connectors
1x 6-pin
Outputs
1x HDMI 2.0b 3x DisplayPort 1.4a

APIs and Source

DirectX
12 (12_0)
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.3
Source file
amd2016.json
Row ID
474
Latest snapshot
Apr 26, 2026
Latest snapshot sample
2

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