AMD Radeon R200 series

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The Radeon R200-series is a series of desktop - graphics chip company AMD and successor to the Radeon HD 7000 series . With the series, which also bears the code name "Volcanic Islands", AMD introduced support for DirectX 11.2. Furthermore, graphics cards of this series with GCN architecture from the R5 240 upwards support the programming interface Mantle and with new drivers also Vulkan 1.0 . The successor generation was the AMD Radeon R300 series .

Hardware compatible with OpenCL 2.0 such as AMD GCN architecture 2 and 3 supports the higher version 2.1 with updated drivers and also the new version 2.2 according to the Khronos Group. GCN 1 does not fully support OpenCL 2.0. This can still be done with extended drivers, as the OpenCL driver from AMD Crimson covers the entire GCN series (currently Crimson 16.7.3 in August 2016).

OpenGL 4.5 is supported for GCN architecture 1 to 3 since the AMD Catalyst driver 15.30 WHQL. OpenGL 4.6 was made possible with AMD Adrenalin for GCN architecture.

As of driver version AMD Crimson 16.3.2, Vulkan 1.0 is also supported for the GCN architecture. The further development of the successor AMD Adrenalin supports more and more parts for Vulkan. Version 20.1 also supports Vulkan 1.2.

As of March 2020, Vulkan 1.1 and 1.2 (from GCN 2nd Gen.) are supported with the latest drivers.

Linux Mesa 20.0 supports OpenGL 4.6 and Vulkan 1.2 with the RadeonSI sub-driver for GCN chips.

TrueAudio

For the R7 260X, R9 285, R9 290 and R9 290X graphics cards, AMD has introduced a new audio feature called “TrueAudio”. This is an audio processor integrated in the GPU, which provides the available computing power exclusively for the sound. The audio processor is freely programmable.

Data overview

Graphics processors

Graphics chip	architecture	production			units						L2 cache (in kb )	API support					True audio	Video processor	cutting stelle
		process	transis- interfere	The - area	ROPs	Unified shaders			Texture units			DirectX	OpenGL	OpenCL	Mantle	volcano
						ALUs	Shader units	Shader cluster	TAUs	TMUs
Cedar (RV810)	Terascale 2	40 nm	0.29 billion	063 mm²	04th	0080	016 × 5D- VLIW	02	008th	008th		11.0	4.4 (Linux Mesa 18+: 4.4+)	1.2	No	No	No	UVD 2.2	PCIe 2.0
Caicos (RV910)	Terascale 2		0.37 billion	067 mm²	04th	0160	032 × 5D-VLIW	02	008th	008th		11.0		1.2			No	UVD 3.0
Oland	GCN 1	28 nm	1.04 billion	090 mm²	08th	0384	024 × Vec16- SIMD	06th	024	024	0256	11.1	4.6+	1.2+	Yes	1.0	No	UVD 3.1	PCIe 3.0
Cape Verde	GCN 1		1.50 billion	123 mm²	16	0640	040 × Vec16-SIMD	10	040	040	0512	11.1		1.2+			No	UVD 3.1
Bonaire	GCN 2		2.08 billion	160 mm²	16	0896	056 × Vec16-SIMD	14th	056	056	0512	12.0		2.0+		1.2	Yes	UVD 4.2
Curacao (Pitcairn)	GCN 1		2.80 billion	212 mm²	32	1280	080 × Vec16-SIMD	20th	080	080	0512	11.1		1.2+		1.0	No	UVD 3.1
Tahiti (R1000)	GCN 1		4.31 billion	352 mm²	32	2048	128 × Vec16-SIMD	32	128	128	0768	11.1		1.2+			No	UVD 3.1
Tonga	GCN 3		5.00 billion	359 mm²	32	2048	128 × Vec16-SIMD	32	128	128	0768	12.0		2.0+		1.2	Yes	UVD 5.0
Hawaii	GCN 2		6.20 billion	438 mm²	64	2816	176 × Vec16-SIMD	44	176	176	1024	12.0		2.0+			Yes	UVD 4.2

Model data

model	Official launch	Graphics processor (GPU)							Graphics memory				Performance data
		Type	Active units				Chip clock (in MHz)		Size (in MB )	Clock rate (in MHz)	Type	Storage interface	Computing power (in GFlops )		Polygon throughput (in million triangles / s)	Pixel fill rate (in GPixel / s)	Texel fill rate (in GTexel / s)	Memory bandwidth (in GB / s)
			ROPs	Shader - cluster	ALUs	Texture units	default	Boost					SP ( MAD )	DP ( FMA )
Radeon R5 220 (OEM)	Dec 21, 2013	Cedar	4th	2	80	8th	650	-	1024	533	DDR3	064 bit	104	6.5	650	2.6	5.2	8.5
Radeon R5 230 (OEM)	Dec 21, 2013	Caicos	4th	2	160	8th	625	-	1024	533	DDR3	064 bit	200	12.5	625	2.5	5	8.5
Radeon R5 230	Apr 3, 2014	Caicos	4th	2	160	8th	625	-	1024	900	DDR3	064 bit	200	12.5	625	2.5	5	14.4
Radeon R5 235 (OEM)	Dec 21, 2013	Caicos	4th	2	160	8th	775	-	1024	900	DDR3	064 bit	248	15.5	775	3.1	6.2	14.4
Radeon R5 235X (OEM)	Dec 21, 2013	Caicos	4th	2	160	8th	875	-	1024	875	DDR3	064 bit	280	17.5	875	3.5	7th	14.4
Radeon R5 240 (OEM)	Nov 1, 2013	Oland	8th	5	320	20th	730	780	2048	900	DDR3	128 bit	467.2	29.2	730	5.8	14.6	28.8
										k. A.	GDDR5							k. A.
Radeon R7 240 (OEM)	Nov 1, 2013	Oland	8th	5	320	20th	730	780	2048	900	DDR3	128 bit	467.2	29.2	730	5.8	14.6	28.8
										1125 (2250)	GDDR5							72
Radeon R7 240	Oct 8, 2013	Oland	8th	5	320	20th	730	780	1024	900	DDR3	128 bit	467.2	29.2	730	5.8	14.6	28.8
										2250 (1125)	GDDR5							72
Radeon R7 250 (OEM)	Dec 21, 2013	Oland	8th	6th	384	24	1000	1050	2048	900	DDR3	128 bit	768	48	1000	8th	24	28.8
										2250 (1125)	GDDR5							72
Radeon R7 250	Oct 8, 2013	Oland	8th	6th	384	24	1000	1050	1024	2300 (1150)	GDDR5	128 bit	768	48	1000	8th	24	73.6
Radeon R7 250E	May 2014	Cape Verde	16	8th	512	32	800	-	1024	2250 (1125)	GDDR5	128 bit	819.2	51.2	800	12.8	25.6	72
Radeon R7 250X	Feb 10, 2014	Cape Verde	16	10	640	40	1000	-	1024	2250 (1125)	GDDR5	128 bit	1280	80	1000	16	40	72
Radeon R7 260	Dec 17, 2013	Bonaire	16	12	768	48	k. A.	1000	1024	3000 (1500)	GDDR5	128 bit	1536	96	2000	16	48	96
Radeon R7 260X	Oct 8, 2013	Bonaire	16	14th	896	56	k. A.	1100	1024	3250 (1625)	GDDR5	128 bit	1971.2	123.2	2200	17.6	61.6	104
Radeon R7 265	Feb 13, 2014	Curacao	32	16	1024	64	925	-	2048	2800 (1400)	GDDR5	256 bit	1894.4	118.4	1850	29.6	59.2	179.2
Radeon R9 255 (OEM)	Dec 21, 2013	Cape Verde	16	8th	512	32	930	-	2048	3250 (1625)	GDDR5	128 bit	952.3	59.5	930	14.9	29.8	104
Radeon R9 260 (OEM)	Dec 21, 2013	Bonaire	16	14th	896	56	k. A.	1100	1024	3250 (1625)	GDDR5	128 bit	1971.2	123.2	2200	17.6	61.6	104
Radeon R9 270 (OEM)	Dec 21, 2013	Curacao	32	20th	1280	80	k. A.	925	2048	1625 (812)	GDDR5	256 bit	2368	148	1850	29.6	74	104
Radeon R9 270	Nov 13, 2013	Curacao	32	20th	1280	80	k. A.	925	2048	2800 (1400)	GDDR5	256 bit	2368	148	1850	29.6	74	179.2
Radeon R9 270X (OEM)	Dec 21, 2013	Curacao	32	20th	1280	80	1000	1050	4096	1625 (812)	GDDR5	256 bit	2560	160	2000	32	80	104
Radeon R9 270X	Oct 8, 2013	Curacao	32	20th	1280	80	1000	1050	2048	2800 (1400)	GDDR5	256 bit	2560	160	2000	32	80	179.2
Radeon R9 280	March 4, 2014	Tahiti	32	28	1792	112	837	933	3072	2500 (1250)	GDDR5	384 bits	2964	741	1874	26.5	92.6	240
Radeon R9 280X	Oct 8, 2013	Tahiti	32	32	2048	128	850	1000	3072	3000 (1500)	GDDR5	384 bits	3481.6	870.4	1700	27.2	109	288
Radeon R9 285	Sep 2 2014	Tonga	32	28	1792	112	k. A.	918	2048	2750 (1375)	GDDR5	256 bit	3290	206	3672	29.8	102.8	176
Radeon R9 290	Nov 5, 2013	Hawaii	64	40	2560	160	(662)	947	4096	2500 (1250)	GDDR5	512 bits	4848.6	606.1	3788	60.6	151.5	320
Radeon R9 290X	Oct 24, 2013	Hawaii	64	44	2816	176	(727)	1000	4096	2500 (1250)	GDDR5	512 bits	5632	704	4000	64	176	320
Radeon R9 295X2	Apr 8, 2014	2 × Hawaii (Vesuvius)	2 × 64	2 × 44	2 × 2816	2 × 176	k. A.	1018	2 × 4096	2500 (1250)	GDDR5	2 × 512 bits	2 x 5733.3	2 x 716.7	2 × 4072	2 × 64	2 × 176	2 × 320

Power consumption data

model	Type	Consumption ( watt )				additional power plug
		TDP	Readings
			Idle	3D load	Maximum load
Radeon R5 220 (OEM)	Cedar					no
Radeon R5 230 (OEM)	Caicos	019 W				no
Radeon R5 230	Caicos	019 W				no
Radeon R5 235 (OEM)	Caicos					no
Radeon R5 235X (OEM)	Caicos					no
Radeon R5 240 (OEM)	Oland					no
Radeon R7 240 (OEM)	Oland	050 W				no
Radeon R7 240	Oland	030 W				no
Radeon R7 250 (OEM)	Oland					no
Radeon R7 250	Oland	075 W				no
Radeon R7 250E	Cape Verde	055 W	07 W	045 W		no
Radeon R7 250X	Cape Verde	080 W	10 W	069 W		1 × 6-pin
Radeon R7 260	Bonaire	095 W				1 × 6-pin
Radeon R7 260X	Bonaire	115 W	07 W	097 W.		1 × 6-pin
Radeon R7 265	Curacao	150 W	11 W.	108 W.		1 × 6-pin
Radeon R9 255 (OEM)	Cape Verde					1 × 6-pin
Radeon R9 260 (OEM)	Bonaire					1 × 6-pin
Radeon R9 270 (OEM)	Curacao					1 × 6-pin
Radeon R9 270	Curacao	150 W	14 W.	130 W		1 × 6-pin
Radeon R9 270X (OEM)	Curacao					2 × 6-pin
Radeon R9 270X	Curacao	180 W	10 W	140 W		2 × 6-pin
Radeon R9 280	Tahiti	250 W	15 W	189 W		1 × 6-pin 1 × 8-pin
Radeon R9 280X	Tahiti	250 W	15 W	213 W.		1 × 6-pin 1 × 8-pin
Radeon R9 285	Tonga	190 W	14 W.	183 W		2 × 6-pin
Radeon R9 290	Hawaii	250 W	19 W	242 W.		1 × 6-pin 1 × 8-pin
Radeon R9 290X	Hawaii	250 W	19 W	241 W.		1 × 6-pin 1 × 8-pin
			19 W	276 W
Radeon R9 295X2	2 × Hawaii (Vesuvius)	500 W	33 W	527 W.		2 × 8-pin

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 standard clock, if available), which 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 I / O 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. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k} The model is an OEM product that is not available on the retail market and, despite the partially identical designation, can differ significantly from these variants.
5. ↑ The TDP value specified by AMD does not necessarily correspond to the maximum power consumption. This value is not necessarily comparable with the “MGCP” value of the competitor Nvidia.
6. ↑ 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.
7. ↑ The value given under 3D load corresponds to the typical game usage of the card. However, this is different depending on the 3D application. As a rule, a modern 3D application is used to determine the value, which, however, limits the comparability over longer periods of time.
8. ↑ The maximum load is usually determined with demanding benchmark programs, the loads of which are significantly higher than those of "normal" 3D applications.

Web links

Commons : AMD Radeon R200 Series  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Khronos OpenCL Overview 2.1" PDF with an overview of OpenCL 2.1 in English
2. ↑ "AMD R9: in Footnotes" OpenGL 4.5: AMD Catalyst driver 15.30 WHQL
3. ↑ "AMD Crimson 16.3.2: Product is conformant with Vulkan ™ 1.0 Specification"
4. ↑ https://www.khronos.org/conformance/adopters/conformant-products
5. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original dated November 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ https://www.khronos.org/conformance/adopters/conformant-products
7. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z} Power consumption of current and past graphics cards. 3dcenter.org, February 23, 2014, accessed June 9, 2015 .