Radeon 500 series

From HandWiki
Short description: Series of graphics cards by AMD
Radeon 500 Series
AMD Radeon logo 2019.png
AMD Radeon RX 590.png
AMD Radeon RX 590, the flagship card of the RX 500 series
Release dateApril 18, 2017 (7 years ago) (2017-04-18)
CodenamePolaris
ArchitectureGCN 1st gen
GCN 3rd gen
GCN 4th gen
Transistors
  • 690M (Banks) 28 nm
  • 1.550M (Weston) 28 nm
  • 2.200M (Lexa) 14 nm
  • 3.000M (Baffin) 14 nm
  • 3.000M (Polaris 21) 14 nm
  • 5.700M (Polaris 20) 14 nm
  • 5.700M (Polaris 30) 12 nm
Fabrication processTSMC 28 nm (CMOS)
Samsung/GloFo 14 nm (FinFET)
Samsung/GloFo 12 nm (FinFET)
Cards
Entry-level
  • Radeon 520
  • Radeon 530
  • Radeon 535
  • Radeon 540
  • Radeon 540X
  • Radeon 550X
  • Radeon RX 540
  • Radeon RX 540X
  • Radeon RX 550
  • Radeon RX 550X
  • Radeon RX 560
  • Radeon RX 560X
Mid-range
  • Radeon RX 570
  • Radeon RX 570X
  • Radeon RX 580
  • Radeon RX 580X
  • Radeon RX 590
API support
Direct3D
OpenCLOpenCL 2.1[1]
OpenGLOpenGL 4.5 (4.6 Windows 7+ and Adrenalin 18.4.1+)[2][3][4][5][6]
VulkanVulkan 1.3 (GCN 4th gen) or Vulkan 1.2[7]
SPIR-V
History
PredecessorRadeon 400 series
Successor

The Radeon 500 series is a series of graphics processors developed by AMD. These cards are based on the fourth iteration of the Graphics Core Next architecture, featuring GPUs based on Polaris 30, Polaris 20, Polaris 11, and Polaris 12 chips.[8] Thus the RX 500 series uses the same microarchitecture and instruction set as its predecessor, while making use of improvements in the manufacturing process to enable higher clock rates.[9][10]

Third-generation GCN chips are produced on a 28 nm CMOS process. Polaris (fourth-generation GCN) chips (except for Polaris 30) are produced on a 14 nm FinFET process, developed by Samsung Electronics and licensed to GlobalFoundries.[11] Polaris 30 chips are produced on a 12 nm FinFET process, developed by Samsung and GlobalFoundries.

Chipset table

  • Supported display standards are: DisplayPort 1.4 HBR, HDMI 2.0b, HDR10 color.[12]
  • Dual-Link DVI-D and DVI-I at resolutions up to 4096×2304 are also supported, despite ports not being present on the reference cards.
  • VGA-Ports at resolutions up to 2048x1536 are also supported, despite ports not being present on the reference cards, though VGA ports are mostly found on cards sold in Eastern Asia exclusively.
Sapphire RX 580 Nitro Edition

Desktop and laptop

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.4.3 Release Notes". AMD. https://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/Radeon-Software-Crimson-ReLive-Edition-17.4.3-Release-Notes.aspx. 
  2. "AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.3 Release Notes". AMD. https://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/AMD_Radeon_Software_Crimson_Edition_16.3.aspx. 
  3. "AMDGPU-PRO Driver for Linux Release Notes". 2016. https://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/AMDGPU-PRO-Driver-for-Linux-Release-Notes.aspx. 
  4. "Mesamatrix". mesamatrix.net. https://mesamatrix.net/. 
  5. "RadeonFeature". X.Org Foundation. https://www.x.org/wiki/RadeonFeature/. 
  6. "AMD Adrenalin 18.4.1 Graphics Driver Released (OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.1.70) - Geeks3D". May 2018. https://www.geeks3d.com/20180501/amd-adrenalin-18-4-1-graphics-driver-released-opengl-4-6-vulkan-1-1-70/. 
  7. "AMD Open Source Driver for Vulkan". GPUOpen. https://gpuopen.com/gaming-product/amd-open-source-driver-for-vulkan/. 
  8. "AMD launches Radeon RX 500 series - VideoCardz.com". 18 April 2017. https://videocardz.com/68586/amd-launches-radeon-rx-500-series. 
  9. Smith, Ryan. "AMD Announces the Radeon RX 500 Series: Polaris Refreshed, Starting Today". http://www.anandtech.com/show/11280/amd-announces-the-radeon-rx-500-series-polaris. 
  10. "AMD launches Radeon RX 500 family of graphics cards" (in en). Neowin. https://www.neowin.net/news/amd-launches-radeon-rx-500-family-of-graphics-cards. 
  11. "Radeon Technologies Group - January 2016 - AMD Polaris Architecture". http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/radeon-technologies-group-january-2016-amd-polaris-architecture,1.html. 
  12. "Radeon RX 480 Graphics Card". AMD. https://www.amd.com/en-gb/products/graphics/radeon-rx-series/radeon-rx-480.