Radeon 500 series explained
| Radeon 500 Series |
| Codename: | Polaris |
| Architecture: | GCN 1st gen
GCN 3rd gen
GCN 4th gen |
| Fab: | TSMC 28 nm (CMOS)
Samsung/GloFo 14 nm (FinFET)
Samsung/GloFo 12 nm (FinFET) |
| Transistors1: | 690M (Banks) 28 nm |
| Transistors2: | 1.550M (Weston) 28 nm |
| Transistors3: | 2.200M (Lexa) 14 nm |
| Transistors4: | 3.000M (Baffin) 14 nm |
| Transistors5: | 3.000M (Polaris 21) 14 nm |
| Transistors6: | 5.700M (Polaris 20) 14 nm |
| Transistors7: | 5.700M (Polaris 30) 12 nm |
| Openglversion: | OpenGL 4.5 (4.6 Windows 7+ and Adrenalin 18.4.1+)[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] |
| Vulkanapi: | Vulkan 1.3 (GCN 4th gen) or Vulkan 1.2[6]
SPIR-V |
| Openclversion: | OpenCL 2.1 |
| Predecessor: | Radeon 400 series |
| Support Status: | GCN 4 cards supported |
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.[7] 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.[8] [9]
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.[10] 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.[11]
- 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
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.3 Release Notes . . 2018-04-20.
- Web site: AMDGPU-PRO Driver for Linux Release Notes . 2016 . 2018-04-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161211115150/https://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/AMDGPU-PRO-Driver-for-Linux-Release-Notes.aspx . 2016-12-11 . live.
- Web site: Mesamatrix . mesamatrix.net . 2018-04-22.
- Web site: RadeonFeature . . 2018-04-20.
- Web site: AMD Adrenalin 18.4.1 Graphics Driver Released (OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.1.70) - Geeks3D . www.geeks3d.com. May 2018 .
- Web site: AMD Open Source Driver for Vulkan . . 2022-04-27.
- Web site: AMD launches Radeon RX 500 series - VideoCardz.com . 18 April 2017.
- News: AMD Announces the Radeon RX 500 Series: Polaris Refreshed, Starting Today . Smith . Ryan . 2017-04-18.
- News: AMD launches Radeon RX 500 family of graphics cards . Neowin . 2017-08-28 . en.
- Web site: Radeon Technologies Group - January 2016 - AMD Polaris Architecture . Guru3d.com.
- Web site: Radeon RX 480 Graphics Card . . August 19, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160807084131/https://www.amd.com/en-gb/products/graphics/radeon-rx-series/radeon-rx-480 . August 7, 2016 . dead.
