{"id":207526,"date":"2017-04-21T15:32:59","date_gmt":"2017-04-21T13:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=207526"},"modified":"2017-04-21T15:34:36","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T13:34:36","slug":"amd-radeon-rx-500-vs-rx-400-graphics-cards-south-african-pricing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/hardware\/207526-amd-radeon-rx-500-vs-rx-400-graphics-cards-south-african-pricing.html","title":{"rendered":"AMD Radeon RX 500 vs RX 400 graphics cards – South African pricing"},"content":{"rendered":"

AMD has launched its Radeon RX 500-series graphics cards, refreshing its Polaris GPU line-up.<\/p>\n

The cards are aimed at the market segment occupied by AMD’s Radeon RX 400-series graphics cards.<\/p>\n

AMD’s new generation of mid-range cards are built on the same architecture and 14nm manufacturing process as the RX 400 series, which have been out for less than a year.<\/p>\n

We compared the specifications, performance, and South African pricing of the two graphics card line-ups, below.<\/p>\n

Specifications and Pricing<\/h3>\n
\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\n
Card<\/div>\n<\/th>\n
Cores<\/th>\nBase Clock<\/th>\nBoost Clock<\/th>\nMemory<\/th>\nBandwidth<\/th>\nTDP<\/th>\nPrice<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
\n
Radeon RX 500 Series<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RX 580<\/strong><\/td>\n2,304<\/td>\n1,257MHz<\/td>\n1,340MHz<\/td>\n8GB GDDR5<\/td>\n256GB\/s<\/td>\n185W<\/td>\nR4,389<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RX 570<\/strong><\/td>\n2,048<\/td>\n1,168MHz<\/td>\n1,244MHz<\/td>\n4GB GDDR5<\/td>\n224GB\/s<\/td>\n150W<\/td>\nR3,203<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RX 560<\/strong><\/td>\n1,024<\/td>\n1,175MHz<\/td>\n1,275MHz<\/td>\n2GB\/4GB GDDR5<\/td>\n112GB\/s<\/td>\n80W<\/td>\n$99<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RX 550<\/strong><\/td>\n640<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n1,287MHz<\/td>\n2GB\/4GB GDDR5<\/td>\n112GB\/s<\/td>\n50W<\/td>\n$79<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
Radeon RX 400 Series<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RX 480<\/strong><\/td>\n2,304<\/td>\n1,120MHz<\/td>\n1,266MHz<\/td>\n4GB\/8GB GDDR5<\/td>\n256GB\/s<\/td>\n150W<\/td>\nR4,389<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RX 470<\/strong><\/td>\n2,048<\/td>\n926MHz<\/td>\n1,206MHz<\/td>\n4GB\/8GB GDDR5<\/td>\n211GB\/s<\/td>\n120W<\/td>\nR3,393<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RX 460<\/strong><\/td>\n896<\/td>\n1,090MHz<\/td>\n1,200MHz<\/td>\n2GB\/4GB GDDR5<\/td>\n112GB\/s<\/td>\n75W<\/td>\nR2,254<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Performance<\/h3>\n

We used information from AnandTech’s benchmark database<\/a><\/strong> to compare the performance and value of the two graphics card ranges.<\/p>\n

Benchmark data for the RX 560 and RX 550 were not available at the time of writing, and the comparison focuses on the two higher-end cards from each generation.<\/p>\n

Average FPS was calculated using benchmark data from eight modern games running at a resolution of 1,920 x 1,080.<\/p>\n

The price was divided by the average frames per second to output a price-per-FPS value score – with a lower number indicating better value for money.<\/p>\n

Graphics card pricing was sourced from Rebel Tech<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\n
Card<\/div>\n<\/th>\n
Average FPS<\/th>\nPrice<\/th>\nPrice-per-FPS (Lower is better)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
RX 580<\/strong><\/td>\n66.5<\/td>\nR4,389<\/td>\n66<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RX 570<\/strong><\/td>\n60.1<\/td>\nR3,203<\/td>\n53<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RX 480<\/strong><\/td>\n64.5<\/td>\nR4,389<\/td>\n68<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RX 470<\/strong><\/td>\n57.3<\/td>\nR3,393<\/td>\n59<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

From the benchmark data, it is apparent that AMD’s Radeon RX 500-series graphics cards offer better performance at the same price when compared to the previous-generation cards.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0pricing and performance comparison makes it difficult to justify buying a Radeon RX 400-series card in South Africa, unless the price begins to fall.<\/p>\n

The Radeon RX 460 continues to be a good-value low-end GPU, but it is set to be outshined by the imminent launch of the Radeon RX 560 and RX 550.<\/p>\n

Now read:\u00a0AMD Ryzen 5 vs Intel Core i5 \u2013 South African pricing<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AMD has launched its Radeon RX 500-series graphics cards, refreshing its Polaris GPU line-up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341028,"featured_media":207530,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[577,79,35,41384,42688,42690],"class_list":["post-207526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hardware","tag-amd","tag-comparison","tag-headline","tag-radeon","tag-rx-400","tag-rx-500"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207526"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341028"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207526"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":207698,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207526\/revisions\/207698"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}