Radeon RX 500 series

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Short description: Series of graphics cards by AMD
AMD Radeon RX 500 series
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AMD Radeon RX 590, the flagship card of the RX 500 series.
Release date18 April 2017; 7 years ago (18 April 2017)
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-levelRadeon RX 540
Radeon RX 540X
Radeon RX 550
Radeon RX 550X
Radeon RX 560
Radeon RX 560X
Mid-rangeRadeon RX 570
Radeon RX 570X
Radeon RX 580
Radeon RX 580X
Radeon RX 590
API support
Direct3D
  • Direct3D 12.0 (feature level 12 0) [1]
  • Shader Model 6.4
OpenCLOpenCL 2.0[1]
OpenGLOpenGL 4.5 (4.6 Windows 7+ and Adrenalin 18.4.1+)[2][3][4][5][6]
VulkanVulkan 1.3 (GCN 2nd gen and newer)[7] or Vulkan 1.0 (GCN 1st gen)
SPIR-V
History
PredecessorRadeon RX 400 series
Successor

The Radeon RX 500 series is a series of graphics cards made 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

Saphire RX 580 Nitro Edition.
  • 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.

Desktop and laptop

Radeon feature matrix

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". 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.