Radeon 500 series

"RX 500" redirects here. For the 1970 concept car, see Mazda RX-500.

Radeon 500 Series

AMD Radeon RX 590, the flagship card of the RX 500 series
Release dateApril 18, 2017 (7 years ago) (2017-04-18)
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-level
  • Radeon 520
  • Radeon 530
  • Radeon 535
  • Radeon 540
  • Radeon 540X
  • Radeon 550X
  • Radeon RX 540
  • Radeon RX 540X
Mid-range
  • Radeon RX 550
  • Radeon RX 550X
  • Radeon RX 560
  • Radeon RX 560X
High-end
  • Radeon RX 570
  • Radeon RX 570X
  • Radeon RX 580
  • Radeon RX 580X
Enthusiast
  • Radeon RX 590
API support
DirectX
OpenCLOpenCL 2.1[1]
OpenGLOpenGL 4.5 (4.6 Windows 7+ and Adrenalin 18.4.1+)[2][3][4][5][6]
VulkanVulkan 1.3 (GCN 4th gen) or Vulkan 1.2[7]
SPIR-V
History
PredecessorRadeon 400 series
Successor
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.[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

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  • 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

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Model
(Code name) 		Release Date
& Price 		Architecture
& fab 		Transistors
& die size 		Core Fillrate[a][b][c] Processing power[a][d]
(GFLOPS) 		Memory TBP Bus interface
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
  1. ^ a b c d e f Boost values (if available) are stated below the base value in italic.
  2. ^ a b Texture fillrate is calculated as the number of Texture Mapping Units multiplied by the base (or boost) core clock speed.
  3. ^ a b Pixel fillrate is calculated as the number of Render Output Units multiplied by the base (or boost) core clock speed.
  4. ^ a b Precision performance is calculated from the base (or boost) core clock speed based on a FMA operation.
  5. ^ a b Unified shaders : Texture mapping units : Render output units and Compute units (CU)
  6. ^ a b Lacks hardware video encoder and decoder
  7. ^ GlobalFoundries' 14 nm 14LPP FinFET process is second-sourced from Samsung Electronics.[19]
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ GlobalFoundries' 12 nm 12LP process is based on Samsung's 14 nm 14LPP process.[19]


See also

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References

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