AMD Radeon 500 series

Logo of the RX-500 models

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The Radeon 500 series is a series of graphics cards from AMD . It is a classic rebranding series of the Radeon 400 series .

description

The Radeon RX 580 uses the new Polaris 20 graphics chip, which is very similar to the Polaris 10 graphics chip that was first used in the Radeon RX 480 . The only difference between the two GPUs is the increased clock rate, which has been increased by approx. 100 MHz. The Radeon RX 580 was introduced by AMD on April 17, 2017 and was the first graphics card in the RX series that does not have an official reference design. Like the Radeon RX 480, this graphics card also stands out with its low price of 259 euros for the 8 GB version and 225 euros for the 4 GB version.

The Radeon RX 570 is also a rebranding version of the Radeon RX 470. The Radeon RX 570 uses the new Polaris 20 graphics chip, just like the more powerful Radeon RX 580. The Polaris 20 chip in the RX 570 variant has a clock rate that is around 100 MHz lower than the Radeon RX 580, but around 100 MHz higher than the previous model, the Radeon RX 470. It is in the 4 GB and 8 GB - GB variant available. The Radeon RX 570 was also presented by AMD on April 17, 2017. Like its predecessor, this graphics card also stands out with its relatively low price of 199 euros.

Naming

In the case of the Radeon RX 500 series, the naming scheme of the previous series was retained. All models are named with AMD RX 5 and then a two-digit ending in descending order of performance category. These two-digit endings range from 20 to 90, with the Radeon RX 520 being the weakest and the Radeon RX 590 the most powerful graphics card in the Radeon RX 500 series.

Data overview

Graphics processors

Graphics chip	archi- tecture	production			units						L2 cache	API support				Video pro- cessor	Bus interface stelle
		production process	transis- interfere	The - area	ROP parti. options	ROPs	Unified shaders		Texture units			DirectX	OpenGL	OpenCL	volcano
							Stream processors	Shader - cluster	TAUs	TMUs
Oland	GCN 1	28 nm	1.04 billion	090 mm²	k. A.	08th	0384	06th	024	024	k. A.	11.1	4.6+	1.2+	1.0	UVD 3.1	PCIe 3.0
Polaris 10/20	GCN 4	14 nm	5.7 billion	232 mm²		32	2304	36	144	144	2048 KB	12.0		2.0+	1.1	UVD 6.3
Polaris 11/21	GCN 4		≈3 billion	146 mm²		16	1024	16	064	064	1024 KB
Polaris 12	GCN 4		k. A.	101 mm²		16	0640	10	040	040	k. A.
Polaris 30	GCN 4	12 nm	5.7 billion	232 mm²		32	2304	36	144	144	2048 KB

Desktop model data

model	Official launch	Graphics processor (GPU)							Graphics memory			Performance data					Power consumption
		Graphics chip (code name)	Active units				Chip clock		Memory size	Storage cycle	Storage interface	Computing power (in GFlops )		Pixel fill rate (GPixel / s)	Texel fill rate (GTexel / s)	Memory bandwidth	TBP	Readings
			ROPs	Shader - cluster	ALUs	Texture units	default	Boost				SP (MAD)	DP (FMA)					Idle	3D load
Radeon 520	Apr 18, 2017	Oland	04th	05	0320	020th	k. A.	1030 MHz	2 GB GDDR5	4.5 GHz	064 bit	0660	k. A.	04.1	020.6	048 GB / s	k. A.	k. A.	k. A.
Radeon 530			08th	05	0320	020th		1024 MHz	2 GB DDR3G	k. A.		0655		08.2	020.5	k. A.
				06th	0384	024		1024 MHz	2 GB GDDR5	4.5 GHz		0786		08.2	024.6	048 GB / s
Radeon RX 540	Apr 18, 2017	Polaris 12	16	08th	0512	032	k. A.	1219 MHz	2 - 4 GB GDDR5	6 GHz	128 bit	1248	78	19.5	039.0	096 GB / s	k. A.
Radeon RX 540X	0Apr 3, 2017
Radeon RX 550	Apr 18, 2017			10	0640	040	k. A.	1287 MHz		6 GHz		1647	103	20.6	051.5	096 GB / s	k. A.
Radeon RX 550	Apr 18, 2017			08th	0512	032	1100 MHz	1183 MHz		7 GHz		1211	76	18.9	037.9	112 GB / s	050 W
Radeon RX 550X	0Apr 3, 2017			10	0640	040	k. A.	1287 MHz		6 GHz		1647	103	20.6	051.5	096 GB / s	k. A.
				08th	0512	032	1100 MHz	1183 MHz		7 GHz		1211	76	18.9	037.9	112 GB / s	050 W
Radeon RX 560	04th Jul 2017	Polaris 11 Polaris 21		14th	0896	056	1090 MHz	1175 MHz		7 GHz		2106	132	18.8	065.8	112 GB / s	060 W
	Apr 18, 2017			16	1024	064	1175 MHz	1275 MHz				2611	163	20.4	081.6		080 W
Radeon RX 560X	0Apr 3, 2018			14th	0896	056	1090 MHz	1175 MHz		7 GHz		2106	132	18.8	065.8	112 GB / s	060 W
				16	1024	064	1175 MHz	1275 MHz				2611	163	20.4	081.6		080 W
Radeon RX 570	Apr 18, 2017	Polaris 20 XL	32	32	2048	128	1168 MHz	1244 MHz	4 - 8 GB GDDR5	7 GHz	256 bit	5095	319	39.8	159.2	224 GB / s	150 W
Radeon RX 570X	0Apr 3, 2018
Radeon RX 580	Apr 18, 2017	Polaris 20 XT		36	2304	144	1257 MHz	1340 MHz		8 GHz		6175	386	42.9	193.0	256 GB / s	185 W
Radeon RX 580X	0Apr 3, 2018
Radeon RX 590	Nov 15, 2018	Polaris 30		36	2304	144	1469 MHz	1545 MHz	8 GB GDDR5	8 GHz		7119	445	49.4	222.5	256 GB / s	225 W

• Note the RX 540X, 550X, 560X, 570X and 580X are laptop models.

Web links

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Remarks

1. ↑ The date indicated is the date of the public presentation, not the date of availability of the models.
2. ↑ The specified performance values ​​for the computing power via the stream processors, the pixel and texel fill rate, as well as the memory bandwidth are theoretical maximum values ​​(with boost clock) that are not directly comparable with the performance values ​​of other architectures. The overall performance of a graphics card depends, among other things, on how well the available resources can be used or fully utilized. There are also other factors that are not listed here that affect performance.
3. ↑ ^{a b} The specified clock rates are the reference data recommended or specified by AMD, the effective clock is specified for the memory clock. However, the exact clock rate can deviate by a few megahertz due to different clock generators, and the final definition of the clock rates is in the hands of the respective graphics card manufacturer. It is therefore entirely possible that there are or will be graphics card models that have different clock rates.
4. ↑ TBP / TDP values ​​do not represent the maximum power consumption.
5. ↑ The measured values ​​listed in the table relate to the pure power consumption of graphics cards that correspond to the AMD reference design. A special measuring device is required to measure these values; Depending on the measurement technology used and the given measurement conditions, including the program used to generate the 3D load, the values ​​can fluctuate between different devices. Therefore, measured value ranges are given here, each representing the lowest, typical and highest measured values ​​from different sources.
6. ↑ ^{a b c d} The model is an OEM product that is not available on the retail market.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ heise online: Radeon RX 500: AMD's next graphics card series will be released on April 17th. Retrieved June 13, 2017 . 
2. ↑ The-Khoa Nguyen: AMD Radeon RX 580 and 570 launched: RX 560 and 550 are coming later - PC Magazin . In: pc magazine . ( pc-magazin.de [accessed on June 13, 2017]).
3. ↑ Michael Günsch: Radeon RX 500: Polaris 20/21 is joined by Polaris 12 with 640 shaders . In: ComputerBase . ( computerbase.de [accessed on June 16, 2017]).
4. ↑ Andreas Schilling: Polaris reissued: AMD Radeon RX 580 and RX 570 in the test - Hardwareluxx . In: Hardwareluxx . ( hardwareluxx.de [accessed on June 16, 2017]).
5. ^ Radeon ™ 520 Graphics. AMD, accessed May 3, 2017 . 
6. ^ Radeon ™ 530 Graphics. AMD, accessed May 3, 2017 . 
7. ↑ Radeon ™ RX 540 Graphics. AMD, accessed May 3, 2017 . 
8. ↑ AMD Radeon ™ RX 540X. AMD, accessed April 12, 2018 . 
9. ↑ ^{a b} Radeon ™ RX 550 Graphics. AMD, accessed May 3, 2017 . 
10. ↑ AMD Radeon ™ RX 550X. AMD, accessed April 12, 2018 . 
11. ↑ Radeon ™ RX 560 Graphics. AMD, accessed May 3, 2017 . 
12. ↑ AMD Radeon ™ RX 560X. AMD, accessed April 12, 2018 . 
13. ↑ Radeon ™ RX 570 Graphics. AMD, accessed May 3, 2017 . 
14. ↑ AMD Radeon ™ RX 570X. AMD, accessed April 12, 2018 . 
15. ↑ Radeon ™ RX 580 Graphics. AMD, accessed May 3, 2017 . 
16. ↑ AMD Radeon ™ RX 580X. AMD, accessed April 12, 2018 . 
17. ↑ Radeon ™ RX 590 Graphics. AMD, accessed November 15, 2018 .