Radeon X300-X600 series

ATI released the Radeon X300 and X600 boards. These were based on the RV370 (110 nm process) and RV380 (130 nm Low-K process) GPU respectively. They were nearly identical to the chips used in Radeon 9550 and 9600, only differing in that they were native PCI Express offerings. These were very popular for Dell and other OEM companies to sell in various configurations; connectors: DVI vs. DMS-59, card height: full-height vs. half-height.

ATI Radeon X300–X600 series
Release date2004–2005
Architecture
Transistors
Cards
Entry-levelX300, X550, X600 SE, X600
Mid-rangeX550 XT, X600 PRO
High-endX550 XTX, X600 XT
API support
DirectXDirect3D 9.0b
Shader Model 2.0b
OpenGLOpenGL 2.0
History
PredecessorRadeon 9000 series
SuccessorRadeon X700 series
Support status
Unsupported

Later the Radeon X550 was launched, using the same chip as Radeon X300 graphics card (RV370).

Feature matrix

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The following table shows features of AMD/ATI's GPUs (see also: List of AMD graphics processing units).

Name of GPU series Wonder Mach 3D Rage Rage Pro Rage 128 R100 R200 R300 R400 R500 R600 RV670 R700 Evergreen Northern
Islands
Southern
Islands
Sea
Islands
Volcanic
Islands
Arctic
Islands
/Polaris
Vega Navi 1x Navi 2x Navi 3x
Released 1986 1991 Apr
1996
Mar
1997
Aug
1998
Apr
2000
Aug
2001
Sep
2002
May
2004
Oct
2005
May
2007
Nov
2007
Jun
2008
Sep
2009
Oct
2010
Dec
2010
Jan
2012
Sep
2013
Jun
2015
Jun 2016, Apr 2017, Aug 2019 Jun 2017, Feb 2019 Jul
2019
Nov
2020
Dec
2022
Marketing Name Wonder Mach 3D
Rage
Rage
Pro
Rage
128
Radeon
7000
Radeon
8000
Radeon
9000
Radeon
X700/X800
Radeon
X1000
Radeon
HD 2000
Radeon
HD 3000
Radeon
HD 4000
Radeon
HD 5000
Radeon
HD 6000
Radeon
HD 7000
Radeon
200
Radeon
300
Radeon
400/500/600
Radeon
RX Vega, Radeon VII
Radeon
RX 5000
Radeon
RX 6000
Radeon
RX 7000
AMD support    
Kind 2D 3D
Instruction set architecture Not publicly known TeraScale instruction set GCN instruction set RDNA instruction set
Microarchitecture TeraScale 1
(VLIW)
TeraScale 2
(VLIW5)
TeraScale 2
(VLIW5)

up to 68xx
TeraScale 3
(VLIW4)

in 69xx [1][2]
GCN 1st
gen
GCN 2nd
gen
GCN 3rd
gen
GCN 4th
gen
GCN 5th
gen
RDNA RDNA 2 RDNA 3
Type Fixed pipeline[a] Programmable pixel & vertex pipelines Unified shader model
Direct3D 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.1 9.0
11 (9_2)
9.0b
11 (9_2)
9.0c
11 (9_3)
10.0
11 (10_0)
10.1
11 (10_1)
11 (11_0) 11 (11_1)
12 (11_1)
11 (12_0)
12 (12_0)
11 (12_1)
12 (12_1)
11 (12_1)
12 (12_2)
Shader model 1.4 2.0+ 2.0b 3.0 4.0 4.1 5.0 5.1 5.1
6.5
6.7
OpenGL 1.1 1.2 1.3 2.1[b][3] 3.3 4.5[4][5][6][c] 4.6
Vulkan 1.1 1.3
OpenCL Close to Metal 1.1 (not supported by Mesa) 1.2+ (on Linux: 1.1+ (no Image support on clover, with by rustiCL) with Mesa, 1.2+ on GCN 1.Gen) 2.0+ (Adrenalin driver on Win7+)
(on Linux ROCM, Mesa 1.2+ (no Image support in clover, but in rustiCL with Mesa, 2.0+ and 3.0 with AMD drivers or AMD ROCm), 5th gen: 2.2 win 10+ and Linux RocM 5.0+
2.2+ and 3.0 windows 8.1+ and Linux ROCM 5.0+ (Mesa rustiCL 1.2+ and 3.0 (2.1+ and 2.2+ wip))[7][8][9]
HSA / ROCm   ?
Video decoding ASIC Avivo/UVD UVD+ UVD 2 UVD 2.2 UVD 3 UVD 4 UVD 4.2 UVD 5.0 or 6.0 UVD 6.3 UVD 7 [10][d] VCN 2.0 [10][d] VCN 3.0 [11] VCN 4.0
Video encoding ASIC VCE 1.0 VCE 2.0 VCE 3.0 or 3.1 VCE 3.4 VCE 4.0 [10][d]
Fluid Motion [e]       ?
Power saving ? PowerPlay PowerTune PowerTune & ZeroCore Power ?
TrueAudio Via dedicated DSP Via shaders
FreeSync 1
2
HDCP[f] ? 1.4 2.2 2.3 [12]
PlayReady[f] 3.0   3.0
Supported displays[g] 1–2 2 2–6 ?
Max. resolution ? 2–6 ×
2560×1600
2–6 ×
4096×2160 @ 30 Hz
2–6 ×
5120×2880 @ 60 Hz
3 ×
7680×4320 @ 60 Hz [13]

7680×4320 @ 60 Hz PowerColor
7680x4320

@165 HZ

/drm/radeon[h]  
/drm/amdgpu[h] Optional [14]  
  1. ^ The Radeon 100 Series has programmable pixel shaders, but do not fully comply with DirectX 8 or Pixel Shader 1.0. See article on R100's pixel shaders.
  2. ^ R300, R400 and R500 based cards do not fully comply with OpenGL 2+ as the hardware does not support all types of non-power of two (NPOT) textures.
  3. ^ OpenGL 4+ compliance requires supporting FP64 shaders and these are emulated on some TeraScale chips using 32-bit hardware.
  4. ^ a b c The UVD and VCE were replaced by the Video Core Next (VCN) ASIC in the Raven Ridge APU implementation of Vega.
  5. ^ Video processing for video frame rate interpolation technique. In Windows it works as a DirectShow filter in your player. In Linux, there is no support on the part of drivers and / or community.
  6. ^ a b To play protected video content, it also requires card, operating system, driver, and application support. A compatible HDCP display is also needed for this. HDCP is mandatory for the output of certain audio formats, placing additional constraints on the multimedia setup.
  7. ^ More displays may be supported with native DisplayPort connections, or splitting the maximum resolution between multiple monitors with active converters.
  8. ^ a b DRM (Direct Rendering Manager) is a component of the Linux kernel. AMDgpu is the Linux kernel module. Support in this table refers to the most current version.

X300-X600 series

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  • All models include DirectX 9.0 and OpenGL 2.0
  • All models use a PCI-E x16 interface
Model Launch Code name Fab (nm) Memory (MiB) Core clock (MHz) Memory clock (MHz) Config core1 Fillrate Memory
MOperations/s MPixels/s MTexels/s MVertices/s Bandwidth (GB/s) Bus type Bus width (bit)
Radeon X300 June 21, 2004 RV370 (hari) 110 64, 128 325 400 4:2:4:4 1300 1300 1300 162.5 6.4 DDR 128
Radeon X300 LE June 21, 2004 RV370 (hari) 110 64, 128 325 400 4:2:4:4 1300 1300 1300 162.5 6.4 DDR 128
Radeon X300 SE June 21, 2004 RV370 (hari) 110 64, 128 325 400 4:2:4:4 1300 1300 1300 162.5 3.2 DDR 64
Radeon X300 SE HyperMemory April 4, 2005 RV370 (hari) 110 32, 64, 128 onboard + up to 128 system 325 600 4:2:4:4 1300 1300 1300 162.5 3.2 DDR 64
Radeon X550 June 21, 2005 RV370 (hari) 110 128, 256 400 500 4:2:4:4 1600 1600 1600 200 8 DDR 128
Radeon X550 XT Jan 24, 2007 RV410 110 128, 256 400 300 4:6:4:4 1600 1600 1600 600 9.6 GDDR3 128
Radeon X550 XTX Jan 24, 2007 RV410 110 128, 256 400 300 8:6:8:8 3200 3200 3200 600 9.6 GDDR3 128
Radeon X600 SE September 1, 2004 RV370 110 128 325 250 4:2:4:4 1300 1300 1300 163 4.0 DDR 64
Radeon X600 September 1, 2004 RV370 110 256 400 250 4:2:4:4 1600 1600 1600 200 8.0 DDR 128
Radeon X600 PRO June 21, 2004 RV380 130 128, 256 400 300 4:2:4:4 1600 1600 1600 200 9.6 DDR 128
Radeon X600 XT June 21, 2004 RV380 130 128, 256 500 370 4:2:4:4 2000 2000 2000 250 11.84 DDR 128

See also

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  1. ^ "AMD Radeon HD 6900 (AMD Cayman) series graphics cards". HWlab. hw-lab.com. December 19, 2010. Archived from the original on August 23, 2022. Retrieved August 23, 2022. New VLIW4 architecture of stream processors allowed to save area of each SIMD by 10%, while performing the same compared to previous VLIW5 architecture
  2. ^ "GPU Specs Database". TechPowerUp. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
  3. ^ "NPOT Texture (OpenGL Wiki)". Khronos Group. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
  4. ^ "AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition Beta". AMD. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
  5. ^ "Mesamatrix". mesamatrix.net. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  6. ^ "RadeonFeature". X.Org Foundation. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
  7. ^ "AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT Specs". TechPowerUp. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  8. ^ "AMD Launches The Radeon PRO W7500/W7600 RDNA3 GPUs". Phoronix. 3 August 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  9. ^ "AMD Radeon Pro 5600M Grafikkarte". TopCPU.net (in German). Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  10. ^ a b c Killian, Zak (March 22, 2017). "AMD publishes patches for Vega support on Linux". Tech Report. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
  11. ^ Larabel, Michael (September 15, 2020). "AMD Radeon Navi 2 / VCN 3.0 Supports AV1 Video Decoding". Phoronix. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  12. ^ Edmonds, Rich (February 4, 2022). "ASUS Dual RX 6600 GPU review: Rock-solid 1080p gaming with impressive thermals". Windows Central. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
  13. ^ "Radeon's next-generation Vega architecture" (PDF). Radeon Technologies Group (AMD). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 6, 2018. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  14. ^ "AMDGPU". Retrieved December 29, 2023.