The first gaming performance results of AMD's Radeon RX 480 graphics card have been leaked by Videocardz. The performance results were originally posted by CD-Action (A Polish magazine) but have since been removed due to NDA. The performance results show us what to expect in terms of gaming performance from AMD's 14 nm FinFET based Polaris 10 GPUs which will be launching tomorrow.

AMD Radeon RX 480 GamingPerformance compared to GM204 and Tonga. (Image Credits: Videocardz)

AMD Radeon RX 480 Gaming Performance Leaked - Faster Than Overclocked Tonga XT GPU, On Par With Overclocked GTX 970s

The Radeon RX 480 will be based on the full Polaris 10 GPU which features 2304 unified shaders based on the GCN 4.0 architecture. The Radeon RX 480 comes with 144 Texture Mapping Units and 32 ROPs which deliver a texture fill rate of 182.3 GTexel/s and Pixel Fillrate of 40.5 GPixel/s at a clock speed of 1266.0 MHz.

The RX 480 graphics card will be available in two variants, a 4 GB model with a price of $199 US and a 8 GB model with a price of $229 US. The GDDR5 memory on both variants will be clocked at 8 GB/s (2.0 GHz clock), effectively delivering a cumulative bandwidth of 256 GB/s along a 256-bit interface. Based on the 14nm Finfet technology, the graphics card features a 150W TDP and powered by a single 6-Pin connector. Display outputs for the RX 480 include three DP 1.4 and a single HDMI 2.0b port.

With such specifications, we should expect performance somewhere between the Radeon R9 390 and GTX 980 graphics card. Well that seems to be the case as the stock Radeon RX 480 is able to beat an overclocked Radeon R9 380X in high resolution gaming in all three titles tested by the Polish website. The games that have were part of the testing included Witcher 3, World of Tanks and Metro Last Light Redux.

AMD Polaris GCN 4.0 GPU Lineup: