AMD Radeon RX 300 series
 | |
| Release date | 16 June 2015 |
|---|---|
| Codename |
Caribbean Islands[1] Sea Islands Volcanic Islands |
| Architecture |
GCN 1st gen GCN 2nd gen GCN 3rd gen |
| Cards | |
| Entry-level |
Radeon R5 330 Radeon R5 340 Radeon R7 340 Radeon R7 350 |
| Mid-range |
Radeon R7 360 Radeon R7 370 Radeon R9 380 Radeon R9 380X |
| High-end |
Radeon R9 390 Radeon R9 390X |
| Enthusiast |
Radeon R9 Nano Radeon R9 Fury Radeon R9 Fury X Radeon Pro Duo |
| API support | |
| Direct3D | |
| OpenCL | OpenCL 2.0 |
| OpenGL | OpenGL 4.5 |
| Vulkan |
Vulkan 1.0 SPIR-V |
| History | |
| Predecessor | Radeon R5/R7/R9 200 series |
| Successor | Radeon 400 series |
The Radeon R5/R7/R9 300 series is a series of Radeon graphics cards made by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). All of the GPUs of the series are produced in 28 nm format and use the Graphics Core Next (GCN) micro-architecture.
The GPUs are based on the Fiji architecture. Some of the cards of the series include the flagship AMD Radeon R9 Fury X along with the Radeon R9 Fury and Radeon R9 Nano,[2] which are the first GPUs to feature High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) technology which is faster and more power efficient[3] than current GDDR5 memory. However, the remaining GPUs in the series are based on previous generation GPUs with revised power management and therefore only feature GDDR5 memory. The Radeon 300 series cards including the R9 390X were released on June 18, 2015. The flagship device, the Fury X, was released on June 24, 2015, with the dual-GPU variant, the Radeon Pro Duo, being released on April 26, 2016.[4]
Micro-architecture and instruction set
The R9 380, along with the other enthusiast-level cards are the first cards to use the third and newest iteration of the GCN instruction set and micro-architecture. The other cards in the series feature first and second gen iterations of GCN. The table below details which GCN-generation each chip belongs to.
Ancillary ASICs
Any ancillary ASICs present on the chips are being developed independently of the core architecture and have their own version name schemes.
Multi-monitor support
The AMD Eyefinity branded on-die display controllers were introduced in September 2009 in the Radeon HD 5000 Series and have been present in all products since.[5]
AMD TrueAudio
AMD TrueAudio was introduced with the AMD Radeon Rx 200 Series, but can only be found on the dies of GCN 1.1 and later products.
Video acceleration
AMD's SIP core for video acceleration, Unified Video Decoder and Video Coding Engine, are found on all GPUs and are supported by AMD Catalyst and by the open-source Radeon graphics driver.
Frame limiter
A completely new feature to the lineup allows users to reduce power consumption by not rendering unnecessary frames. It will be user configurable.
LiquidVR support
LiquidVR is a technology that improves the smoothness of virtual reality. The aim is to reduce latency between hardware so that the hardware can keep up with the user's head movement, eliminating the motion sickness. A particular focus is on dual GPU setups where each GPU will now render for one eye individually of the display.
Virtual super resolution support
Originally introduced with the previous generation R9 285 and R9 290 series graphics cards, this feature allows users to run games with higher image quality by rendering frames at above native resolution. Each frame is then downsampled to native resolution. This process is an alternative to supersampling which is not supported by all games. Virtual super resolution is similar to Dynamic Super Resolution, a feature available on competing nVidia graphics cards, but trades flexibility for increased performance.[6]
Desktop products
| Model (Codename) |
Launch | Architecture (Fab) |
Transistors Die Size |
Core config[lower-alpha 1] | Clock rate | Fillrate[lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 3] | Memory | Processing power[lower-alpha 4] (GFLOPS) |
TDP (Watts) | Bus interface | API support (version) | Release Price (USD) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core (MHz) (Boost) |
Memory (MT/s) | Pixel (GP/s) (Boost) |
Texture (GT/s) (Boost) |
Size (MiB) | Bus width (bit) | Bus type | Bandwidth (GB/s) | Single (Boost) |
Double (Boost) |
Direct3D | OpenGL OpenCL |
Vulkan | ||||||||
| Radeon R5 330 (Oland Pro) |
May 6, 2015 | GCN 1st gen (28 nm) |
1040×106 90 mm2 |
320:20:8 | Unknown (855) |
1800 | 6.84 | 17.1 | 1024 2048 |
128 | DDR3 | 28.8 | (547.2) | 34.2 | 30 | PCIe 3.0 ×16 | 12.0 (11_1) | 4.5 2.0[lower-alpha 5] |
1.0 | OEM |
| Radeon R5 340 (Oland XT) |
May 6, 2015 | 384:24:8 | Unknown (825) |
1800 4500 |
6.6 | 19.8 | 1024 2048 |
128 | DDR3 GDDR5 |
72 | (633.6) | 39.6 | 75 | 12.0 (11_1) | OEM | |||||
| Radeon R7 340 (Oland XT) |
May 6, 2015 | 384:24:8 | 730 (780) |
1800 4500 |
5.8 | 17.5 | 1024 2048 4096 |
128 | DDR3 GDDR5 |
72 | 560.6 (599) |
35 | 75 | 12.0 (11_1) | OEM | |||||
| Radeon R7 350 (Oland XT) |
May 6, 2015 | 384:24:8 | 1000 (1050) |
1800 4500 |
8 | 24 | 1024 2048 |
128 | DDR3 GDDR5 |
72 | 768 (806.4) |
48 | 75 | 12.0 (11_1) | OEM | |||||
| Radeon R7 350 [8] (Cape Verde XTL) |
February 2016 | 1500×106 123 mm2 |
512:32:16 | 925 (-) |
4500 | 14.8 | 29.6 | 2048 | 128 | GDDR5 | 72 | 947.2 | 59.2 | 75 | PCIe 3.0 ×16 | 12.0 (11_1) | $89 | |||
| Radeon R7 360[9][10] (Bonaire Pro) |
June 18, 2015 | GCN 2nd gen (28 nm) |
2080×106 160 mm2 |
768:48:16 | 1050 (-) |
6500 | 16.8 | 50.4 | 2048 | 128 | GDDR5 | 104 | 1612.8 | 100.8 | 100 | 12.0 (12_0) | 4.5 2.0[lower-alpha 5] |
$109 | ||
| Radeon R9 360 (Bonaire Pro) |
May 6, 2015 | 768:48:16 | 1000 (1050) |
6500 | 16 | 48 | 2048 | 128 | GDDR5 | 104 | 1536 (1612.8) |
96 | 85 | 12.0 (12_0) | OEM | |||||
| Radeon R7 370[9] (Pitcairn Pro) |
June 18, 2015 | GCN 1st gen (28 nm) |
2800×106 212 mm2 |
1024:64:32 | 975 (-) |
5600 | 31.2 | 62.4 | 2048 4096 |
256 | GDDR5 | 179.2 | 1996.8 | 124.8 | 110 | 12.0 (11_1) | 4.5 2.0[lower-alpha 5] |
$149 $149+ | ||
| Radeon R9 370 (Curaçao Pro) |
May 6, 2015 | 1024:64:32 | 950 (975) |
5600 | 30.4 | 60.8 | 2048 4096 |
256 | GDDR5 | 179.2 | 1945.6 (1996.8) |
121.6 | 150 | 12.0 (11_1) | OEM | |||||
| Radeon R9 370X (Pitcairn XT) |
August 27, 2015 | 1280:80:32 | 1000 (-) |
5600 | 32 | 80 | 2048 4096 |
256 | GDDR5 | 179.2 | 2560 | 160 | 185 | 12.0 (11_1) | $179 $179+ | |||||
| Radeon R9 380 (Tonga Pro) |
May 6, 2015 | GCN 3rd gen (28 nm) |
5000×106 359 mm2 |
1792:112:32 | 918 (-) |
5500 | 29.4 | 102.8 | 4096 | 256 | GDDR5 | 176 | 3290 | 206.6 | 190 | 12.0 (12_0) | 4.5 2.0 |
OEM | ||
| Radeon R9 380[11] (Tonga Pro) |
June 18, 2015 | 1792:112:32 | 970 (-) |
5700 | 31.0 | 108.6 | 2048 4096 |
256 | GDDR5 | 182.4[lower-alpha 6] | 3476.5 | 217.3 | 190 | 12.0 (12_0) | $199 $199+ | |||||
| Radeon R9 380X[11] (Tonga XT) |
November 19, 2015 | 2048:128:32 | 970 (-) |
5700 | 31.0 | 124.2 | 4096 | 256 | GDDR5 | 182.4 | 3973.1 | 248.3 | 190 | 12.0 (12_0) | $229 | |||||
| Radeon R9 390[11] (Hawaii Pro) |
June 18, 2015 | GCN 2nd gen (28 nm) |
6200×106 438 mm2 |
2560:160:64 | 1000 (-) |
6000 | 64 | 160 | 8192 | 512 | GDDR5 | 384 | 5120 | 640 | 275 | 12.0 (12_0) | $329 | |||
| Radeon R9 390X[11] (Hawaii XT) |
June 18, 2015 | 2816:176:64 | 1050 (-) |
6000 | 67.2 | 184.8 | 8192 | 512 | GDDR5 | 384 | 5913.6 | 739.2 | 275 | 12.0 (12_0) | $429 | |||||
| Radeon R9 Fury[12] (Fiji Pro) |
July 14, 2015 | GCN 3rd gen (28 nm) |
8900×106 596 mm2 |
3584:224:64 | 1000 (-) |
1000 | 64 | 224 | 4096 | 4096 | HBM | 512 | 7168 | 448 | 275 | 12.0 (12_0) | $549 | |||
| Radeon R9 Nano[13] (Fiji XT) |
August 27, 2015 | 4096:256:64 | 1000 (-) |
64 | 256 | 8192 | 512 | 175 | 12.0 (12_0) | $649 | ||||||||||
| Radeon R9 Fury X[11][14] (Fiji XT) |
June 24, 2015 | 4096:256:64 | 1050 (-) |
67.2 | 268.8 | 8601.6 | 537.6 | 275 | 12.0 (12_0) | $649 | ||||||||||
| Radeon Pro Duo[15][16][17][18] (Fiji XT) |
April 26, 2016 | 2× 8900×106 2× 596 mm2 |
2× 4096:256:64 | 1000 (-) |
1000 | 128 | 512 | 2× 4096 | 2× 4096 | HBM | 512 | 16384 | 1024 | 350 | 12.0 (12_0) | $1499 | ||||
| Model (Codename) |
Launch | Architecture (Fab) |
Transistors Die Size |
Core config[lower-alpha 1] | Core (MHz) (Boost) |
Memory (MT/s) | Pixel (GP/s) (Boost) |
Texture (GT/s) (Boost) |
Size (MiB) | Bus width (bit) | Bus type | Band- width (GB/s) |
Single (Boost) |
Double (Boost) |
TDP (W) | Bus interface | Direct3D | OpenGL OpenCL |
Vulkan | Release Price (USD) |
| Clock rate | Fillrate[lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 3] | Memory | Processing power[lower-alpha 4] (GFLOPS) |
API support (version) | ||||||||||||||||
- 1 2 Unified Shaders : Texture Mapping Units : Render Output Units
- 1 2 Pixel fillrate is calculated as the number of Render Output Units multiplied by the base (or boost) core clock speed.
- 1 2 Texture fillrate is calculated as the number of Texture Mapping Units multiplied by the base (or boost) core clock speed.
- 1 2 Precision performance is calculated from the base (or boost) core clock speed based on a FMA operation. Double precision performance of Hawaii cards is 1/8 of single precision performance, for the other it is 1/16 of single precision performance.
- 1 2 3 The AMD OpenCL 2.0 driver is compatible with AMD graphics products based on GCN first generation products or higher.[7]
- ↑ The R9 380 utilizes loss-less color compression which can increase effective memory performance (relative to GCN 1st gen and 2nd gen cards) in certain situations.
Mobile products
| Model (Codename) |
Launch | Architecture (Fab) |
Core config[lower-alpha 1] | Clock rate | Fillrate[lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 3] | Memory | Processing power[lower-alpha 4] (GFLOPS) |
TDP (Watts) (GPU only) |
API support (version) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core (MHz) (Boost) |
Memory (MHz) | Pixel (GP/s) (Boost) |
Texture (GT/s) (Boost) |
Size (GB) | Bus width (bit) | Bus type | Bandwidth (GB/s) | Direct3D | OpenGL OpenCL |
Vulkan | ||||||
| Radeon R5 M330[19] (Exo Pro) |
2015 | GCN 1st gen (28 nm) |
320:20:8 | Unknown 1030 |
1000 | 8.2 | 20.6 | 2 4 |
64 | DDR3 | 14.4 16 |
659.2 | 18 | 12.0 | 4.3 1.2 |
1.0 |
| Radeon R5 M335[19] (Exo Pro) |
2015 | 320:20:8 | Unknown 1070 |
1100 | 8.6 | 21.4 | 2 4 |
64 | DDR3 | 17.6 | 684.8 | Unknown | ||||
| Radeon R7 M360[20] (Meso XT) |
2015 | 384:24:8 | Unknown 1125 |
1000 | 9 | 27 | 2 4 |
64 | DDR3 | 16 | 864 | Unknown | 12.0 | 4.3 1.2 |
1.0 | |
| Radeon R9 M365X[21] (Strato Pro) |
2015 | 640:40:16 | Unknown 925 |
1125 | 14.8 | 37 | 4 | 128 | GDDR5 | 72 | 1184 | 50 | 12.0 | 4.5 1.2 |
1.0 | |
| Radeon R9 M370X[21] (Strato Pro) |
May 2015 | 640:40:16 | 800 (-) |
1125 | 12.8 | 32 | 2 | 128 | GDDR5 | 72 | 1024 | 40–45 | ||||
| Radeon R9 M375[21] (Strato Pro) |
2015 | 640:40:16 | Unknown 1015 |
1100 | 16.2 | 40.6 | 4 | 128 | DDR3 | 35.2 | 1299.2 | Unknown | ||||
| Radeon R9 M375X[21] (Strato Pro) |
2015 | 640:40:16 | Unknown 1015 |
1125 | 16.2 | 40.6 | 4 | 128 | GDDR5 | 72 | 1299.2 | Unknown | ||||
| Radeon R9 M380[21] (Strato Pro) |
2015 | 640:40:16 | Unknown 900 |
1500 | 14.4 | 36 | 4 | 128 | GDDR5 | 96 | 1152 | Unknown | ||||
| Radeon R9 M385X[21] (Strato) |
2015 | GCN 2nd gen (28 nm) |
896:56:16 | Unknown 1100 |
1500 | 17.6 | 61.6 | 4 | 128 | GDDR5 | 96 | 1971.2 | ~75 | 12.0+ | 4.5 2.0 |
1.0 |
| Radeon R9 M390[21] (Pitcairn) |
June 2015 | GCN 1st gen (28 nm) |
1024:64:32 | Unknown 958 |
1365 | 30.7 | 61.3 | 2 | 256 | GDDR5 | 174.7 | 1962 | ~100 | 12.0 | 4.5 1.2 |
1.0 |
| Radeon R9 M390X[21] (Amethyst XT) |
2015 | GCN 3rd gen (28 nm) |
2048:128:32 | Unknown 723 |
1250 | 23.1 | 92.5 | 4 | 256 | GDDR5 | 160 | 2961.4 | 125 | 12.0+ | 4.5 2.0 |
1.0 |
| Radeon R9 M395[21] (Amethyst Pro) |
2015 | 1792:112:32 | Unknown 834 |
1365 | 26.6 | 93.4 | 2 | 256 | GDDR5 | 174.7 | 2989.0 | 125 | ||||
| Radeon R9 M395X[21] Amethyst XT) |
2015 | 2048:128:32 | Unknown 909 |
1365 | 29.1 | 116.3 | 4 | 256 | GDDR5 | 174.7 | 3723.3 | 125 | ||||
- ↑ Unified Shaders : Texture Mapping Units : Render Output Units
- ↑ Pixel fillrate is calculated as the number of ROPs multiplied by the base (or boost) core clock speed.
- ↑ Texture fillrate is calculated as the number of TMUs multiplied by the base (or boost) core clock speed.
- ↑ Precision performance is calculated from the base (or boost) core clock speed based on a FMA operation.
Graphics device drivers
AMD's proprietary graphics device driver "Catalyst"
AMD Catalyst is being developed for Microsoft Windows and Linux. As of July 2014, other operating systems are not officially supported. This may be different for the AMD FirePro brand, which is based on identical hardware but features OpenGL-certified graphics device drivers.
AMD Catalyst supports all features advertised for the Radeon brand.
Free and open-source graphics device driver "Radeon"
The free and open-source drivers are primarily developed on Linux and for Linux, but have been ported to other operating systems as well. Each driver is composed out of five parts:
- Linux kernel component DRM
- Linux kernel component KMS driver: basically the device driver for the display controller
- user-space component libDRM
- user-space component in Mesa 3D
- a special and distinct 2D graphics device driver for X.Org Server, which is finally about to be replaced by Glamor
The free and open-source "Radeon" graphics driver supports most of the features implemented into the Radeon line of GPUs.[22]
The free and open-source "Radeon" graphics device drivers are not reverse engineered, but based on documentation released by AMD.[23] These drivers still require proprietary microcode to operate DRM functions and some GPUs may fail to launch the X server if not available.
See also
References
- ↑ "AMD officially introduces Radeon 300 "Caribbean Islands" series - VideoCardz.com". videocardz.com.
- ↑ "AMD R9 390X and AMD Fury". tectomorrow.com.
- ↑ Moammer, Khalid. "HBM 3D Stacked Memory is up to 9X Faster Than GDDR5 – Coming With AMD Pirate Islands R9 300 Series". WCCF Tech. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
- ↑ "AMD's Upcoming Fiji Based Radeon Flagship Is "Fury", R9 390X Is Based On Enhanced Hawaii". WCCFtech.
- ↑ "AMD Eyefinity: FAQ". AMD. 2011-05-17. Retrieved 2014-07-02.
- ↑ Smith, Ryan. "The AMD Radeon R9 Fury X Review". Anandtech. Purch. p. 8. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- ↑ "AMD OpenCL™ 2.0 Driver". support.amd.com. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
- ↑ http://wccftech.com/amd-radeon-r7-350-graphics-card-launched/
- 1 2 "Radeon™ R7 Series Graphics Cards | AMD". www.amd.com. Retrieved 2017-04-19.
- ↑ btarunr (18 June 2015). "AMD Announces the Radeon R7 300 Series". TechPowerUp. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Radeon™ R9 Series Graphics Cards | AMD". www.amd.com. Retrieved 2017-04-19.
- ↑ Mujtaba, Hassan (10 July 2015). "AMD Radeon R9 Fury with Fiji Pro GPU Officially Launched – 4K Ready Performance, Beats the 980 but for $50 More at $549 US". WCCFtech.com. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
- ↑ Mujtaba, Hassan (17 June 2015). "AMD Radeon R9 Fury X, R9 Nano and Fury Unveiled – Fiji GPU Based, HBM Powered, $649 US Priced Small Form Factor Powerhouse". WCCFtech.com. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ↑ Moammer, Khalid (17 June 2015). "AMD Unveils $650 R9 Fury X and $550 R9 Fury – Powered By Fiji, World’s First HBM GPU". WCCFtech.com. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
- ↑ Garreffa, Anthony (12 March 2016). "AMD's Upcoming Dual-GPU Called Radeon Pro Duo, Not the R9 Fury X2". TweakTown. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
- ↑ Mah Ung, Gordon (14 March 2016). "AMD's $1,500 Dual-GPU Radeon Pro Duo Graphics Card is Built for Virtual Reality". PC World. IDG. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
- ↑ Moammer, Khalid (17 June 2015). "AMD Unveils World's Fastest Graphics Card – Dual Fiji Fury Board". WCCFtech.com. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
- ↑ Williams, Daniel (26 April 2016). "AMD Releases Radeon Pro Duo: Dual Fiji, 350W, $1500". Anandtech. Purch Group. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
- 1 2 "Radeon™ R5 Series Graphics Cards for Notebook PC | AMD". www.amd.com. Retrieved 2017-02-15.
- ↑ "Radeon™ R7 Series Graphics Cards | AMD". www.amd.com. Retrieved 2017-02-15.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Radeon™ R9 Series Laptop Graphics Cards | AMD". www.amd.com. Retrieved 2017-02-15.
- ↑ "RadeonFeature". Xorg.freedesktop.org. Retrieved 2014-07-06.
- ↑ "AMD Developer Guides".