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]
Release date | April 18, 2017 |
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Codename | Polaris |
Architecture | GCN 1st gen GCN 3rd gen GCN 4th gen |
Transistors |
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Fabrication process | TSMC 28 nm (CMOS) Samsung/GloFo 14 nm (FinFET) Samsung/GloFo 12 nm (FinFET) |
Cards | |
Entry-level |
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Mid-range |
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High-end |
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Enthusiast |
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API support | |
DirectX |
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OpenCL | OpenCL 2.1[1] |
OpenGL | OpenGL 4.5 (4.6 Windows 7+ and Adrenalin 18.4.1+)[2][3][4][5][6] |
Vulkan | Vulkan 1.3 (GCN 4th gen) or Vulkan 1.2[7] SPIR-V |
History | |
Predecessor | Radeon 400 series |
Successor | |
Support status | |
GCN 4 cards supported |
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
edit- 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
editModel (Code name) |
Release Date & Price |
Architecture & fab |
Transistors & die size |
Core | Fillrate[a][b][c] | Processing power[a][d] (GFLOPS) |
Memory | TBP | Bus interface | ||||||
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Config[e] | Clock[a] (MHz) |
Texture (GT/s) |
Pixel (GP/s) |
Single | Double | Size | Bus type & width |
Clock (MT/s) |
Bandwidth (GB/s) | ||||||
Radeon 520 (Banks)[f][13][14] |
Apr 18, 2017 OEM |
GCN 1 28 nm |
690×106 56mm2 |
320:20:4 5 CU |
1030 |
20.6 |
4.1 |
659.2 |
41.2 |
1 GB 2 GB |
DDR3 GDDR5 64-bit |
2000 4500 |
16 36 |
? | PCIe 3.0 ×8 |
Radeon 530 (Weston)[f][15] |
GCN 3 28 nm |
? 125 mm2 |
320:20:8 5 CU |
1024 |
20.480 |
8.2 |
655.36 |
40.96 |
1 GB 2 GB 4 GB[16] |
DDR3 GDDR5 64-bit |
1800 4500 |
14.4 36 | |||
384:24:8 6 CU |
24.576 |
786.432 |
49.152 | ||||||||||||
Radeon RX 540 (Polaris 12)[17][18] |
GCN 4 GloFo 14LPP[g][20] |
2.2×109 101 mm2 |
512:32:16 8 CU |
1124 1219 |
35.968 39.008 |
17.984 19.504 |
1150.976 1248.256 |
71.936 78.016 |
2 GB 4 GB |
GDDR5 128-bit |
6000 | 96 | PCIe 3.0 ×8 | ||
Radeon RX 550 (Polaris 12)[21][22][23] |
Apr 20, 2017 $79 USD |
1100 1183 |
35.2 37.856 |
17.6 18.928 |
1126.4 1211.392 |
70.4 75.712 |
7000 | 112 | 50 W | ||||||
Radeon RX 550 640SP (Polaris 11)[24] |
Apr 20, 2017 $79 USD |
3.0×109 123 mm2 |
640:40:16 10 CU |
1019 1071 |
40.76 42.84 |
16.304 17.136 |
1304.32 1370.88 |
81.52 85.68 |
6000 | 96 | 60 W | ||||
Radeon RX 550X (Polaris 12)[25] |
Apr 11, 2018 $79 USD |
2.2×109 101 mm2 |
512:32:16 8 CU |
1100 1287 |
35.2 41.184 |
17.6 20.592 |
1126.4 1317.888 |
70.4 82.368 |
7000 | 112 | 50 W | ||||
Radeon RX 550X 640SP (Polaris 11)[26] |
Apr 11, 2018 OEM |
3.0×109 123 mm2 |
640:40:16 10 CU |
1019 1071 |
40.76 42.84 |
16.304 17.136 |
1304.32 1370.88 |
81.52 85.68 |
6000 | 96 | 60 W | ||||
Radeon RX 560D (Polaris 21)[27][28][29] |
Jul 4, 2017 OEM and China Only |
3.0×109 123 mm2 |
896:56:16 14 CU |
1090 1175 |
61.0 65.8 |
17,4 18.8 |
1953 2106 |
122,0 131.6 |
65 W | ||||||
Radeon RX 560[h] (Polaris 21)[22][27][30] |
Jul 4, 2017 $99 USD |
1090 1175 |
61.0 65.8 |
17.4 18.8 |
1953 2106 |
122.0 131.6 |
7000 | 112 | 60-80 W | ||||||
Apr 18, 2017 $99 USD |
1024:64:16 16 CU |
1175 1275 |
75.2 81.6 |
18.8 20.4 |
2406 2611 |
150.4 163.2 | |||||||||
Radeon RX 560 XT (Polaris 10/20)[31] | Mar 13, 2019
China Only |
5.7×109 232 mm2 |
1792:112:32
28 CU |
973
1073 |
109.0
120.2 |
31.1
34.3 |
3487
3846 |
217.3
240.4 |
4 GB 8 GB |
GDDR5 256-bit |
6600 | 211 | 150 W | PCIe 3.0 ×16 | |
Radeon RX 570 (Polaris 20)[32][22] |
Apr 18, 2017 $169 USD |
2048:128:32 32 CU |
1168 1244 |
149.5 159.2 |
37.4 39.8 |
4784 5095 |
299.0 318.4 |
7000 | 224 | ||||||
Radeon RX 580 2048SP (Polaris 20)[33] |
Oct 15, 2018 China Only |
1168 1284 | |||||||||||||
Radeon RX 580 (Polaris 20)[34][22] |
Apr 18, 2017 $199 USD (4 GB) $229 USD (8 GB) |
2304:144:32 36 CU |
1257 1340 |
181.0 193.0 |
40.2 42.9 |
5792 6175 |
362.0 385.9 |
8000 | 256 | 185 W | |||||
Radeon RX 590 GME (Polaris 20)[35][36][37] |
March 9, 2020 China Only |
1257 1380 |
181.0 198.7 |
40.2 44.2 |
5792 6359 |
362.0 397.4 |
8 GB | 175 W | |||||||
Radeon RX 590 (Polaris 30)[38] |
Nov 15, 2018 $279 USD |
GCN 4 Samsung/GloFo 12LP (14LP+)[i] |
1469 1545 |
211.5 222.5 |
47.0 49.4 |
6769 7120 |
423.0 444.9 |
225 W | |||||||
Model (Code name) |
Release Date & Price |
Architecture & fab |
Transistors & die size |
Config[e] | Clock[a] (MHz) |
Texture (GT/s) |
Pixel (GP/s) |
Single | Double | Size | Bus type & width |
Clock (MT/s) |
Bandwidth (GB/s) |
TBP | Bus interface |
Core | Fillrate[a][b][c] | Processing power[a][d] (GFLOPS) |
Memory |
- ^ a b c d e f Boost values (if available) are stated below the base value in italic.
- ^ a b Texture fillrate is calculated as the number of Texture Mapping Units multiplied by the base (or boost) core clock speed.
- ^ a b Pixel fillrate is calculated as the number of Render Output Units multiplied by the base (or boost) core clock speed.
- ^ a b Precision performance is calculated from the base (or boost) core clock speed based on a FMA operation.
- ^ a b Unified shaders : Texture mapping units : Render output units and Compute units (CU)
- ^ a b Lacks hardware video encoder and decoder
- ^ GlobalFoundries' 14 nm 14LPP FinFET process is second-sourced from Samsung Electronics.[19]
- ^ In October 2017 AMD branded an additional Polaris chip as "RX 560", although it features fewer shader and texture mapping units than the first released RX 560.
- ^ GlobalFoundries' 12 nm 12LP process is based on Samsung's 14 nm 14LPP process.[19]
See also
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