Radeon 200 series
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AMD Radeon logo | |
Release date | Announced: September 25, 2013 Released: Oct 8, 2013 |
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Codename | Volcanic Islands |
Cards | |
Entry-level | Radeon R5 210 Radeon R5 220 Radeon R5 230 Radeon R5 235 Radeon R5 235X |
Mid-range | Radeon R7 240 Radeon R7 250 Radeon R7 260 Radeon R7 260X Radeon R7 265 |
High-end | Radeon R9 270 Radeon R9 270X Radeon R9 280 |
Enthusiast | Radeon R9 280X Radeon R9 290 Radeon R9 290X |
API support | |
DirectX | Direct3D 11.2 Shader Model 5.0 |
OpenCL | OpenCL 1.2 |
OpenGL | OpenGL 4.3 |
History | |
Predecessor | Radeon HD 7000 Series Radeon HD 8000 Series |
Successor | Pirates Islands (GPU family)[1] |
The Rx 200 series is a family of GPUs developed by AMD, with the codename "Volcanic Islands" associated with it, which will succeed the Sea Islands line. A "preview" was seen on September 25, 2013.[1][2][3] The Volcanic Islands GPUs will be manufactured on a 28 nm Gate-Last process through TSMC or Common Platform Alliance.[4]
The 2015 "Islands" family of GPUs will be Volcanic Islands' successor, Pirates Islands.[5]
Release
The Rx 200 series was announced on September 25, 2013, at the AMD GPU14 Tech Day event.[6] Non-disclosure agreements were lifted on October 15, except for the R9 290x, and pre-orders opened on October 3.[7]
Architecture
Revised Graphics Core Next, or GCN 1.1, on R7 260, R7 260X, R9 290, and R9 290 X.
Use in cryptocurrency mining
Current Radeon GPUs perform better in cryptocurrency mining than their Nvidia Geforce counterparts. This has led to limited supply and huge price increases.[8][9]
Products
Radeon R9 290
The Radeon R9 290 and R9 290X were announced on September 25, 2013.[10][11] The R9 290 is based on AMD's Hawaii Pro chip and R9 290X on Hawaii XT. R9 290 and R9 290X will support AMD's TrueAudio, Mantle, Direct3D 11.2, and bridge-free Crossfire technology using XDMA. A limited "Battlefield 4 Edition" pre-order bundle of R9 290X that includes Battlefield 4 will be available on October 3, 2013, with reported initial quantity being 8,000 units, deposits will have to be made for the purchase as the price will not be revealed for some time even after the pre-orders begin. R9 290X features 2816 Stream Processors, 176 TMUs, 64 ROPs, 512-bit wide buses, 44 compute units and 8 ACE units. The R9 290X has a launch price of $549.[12] As of February 2014, it is selling for $899.99 and up.[8] The R9 290 had a launch price of $399. As of February 2014, it is selling for $639.99 and up.[13]
Radeon R9 280
Radeon R9 280X was announced on September 25, 2013. With a launch price of $299, it is based on the Tahiti XTL chip, being a slightly upgraded, rebranded Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition.[14] As of February 2014, it is selling for $469.99 and up.[15] Radeon R9 280 was announced on March 4, 2014. With a launch MSRP set at $275, it is based on a rebranded Radeon HD 7950. It is up in the air whether or not AMD is going to be able to produce enough R9 280s to meet consumer demand at the price of $275 due to Crypto Currency mining.
Radeon R9 270
Radeon R9 270X was announced on September 25, 2013. With a launch price of $199, it is based on the Curacao XT chip, speculated to be faster than a Radeon HD 7870 Ghz edition. It also beats, Intel HD series[14] As of February 2014, the 2 GB variant is selling for $279.99 and up and the 4 GB variant is selling for $299.99 and up.[16] Radeon R9 270 had a launch price of $179. As of February 2014, it is selling for $249.99 and up.[17]
Radeon R7 265
Radeon R7 265 was announced on February 13, 2014. With a launch price of $149, it is based on 28nm Curacao chip and features 1024 stream processors, 64 TMUs, 32 ROPs coupled with 2GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit memory bus.
Radeon R7 260
Radeon R7 260X was announced on September 25, 2013. With a launch price of $139, it is based on the Bonaire XTX chip, a faster iteration of Bonaire XT that the Radeon HD 7790 is based on. It will have 2 GB of GDDR5 memory as standard and will also feature TrueAudio, on-chip audio DSP based on Tensilica HiFi EP architecture.[18][19]
Radeon R7 250
Radeon R7 250 was announced on September 25, 2013. It has a launch price of $89.[18]
Chipset table
- 1 Unified Shaders : Texture Mapping Units : Render Output Units
- 2 Pixel fillrate is calculated as the number of ROPs multiplied by the base core clock speed.
- 3 Texture fillrate is calculated as the number of TMUs multiplied by the base core clock speed.
- 4 Single precision performance is calculated as 2 times the number of shaders multiplied by the base core clock speed.
- 5 Double precision performance of Hawaii is 1/2 ([20]) or 1/8 of single precision performance,[21] Tahiti is 1/4 of single precision performance, others 28 nm chip is 1/16 of single precision performance.
- 6 Base clock of R9 290 and R9 290X will maintain at 947 MHz and 1000 MHz before reaching 95℃, respectively.[22]
Model | Launch | Codename | Fab (nm) | Transistors (Million) | Die Size (mm2) | Bus interface | Memory (MiB) | Clock rate | Config core1 | Fillrate | Memory | Processing Power GFLOPS |
TDP (W) | GFLOPS/W Single Precision | API support (version) | True Audio | Release Price (USD) | ||||||||||
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Core (MHz) | Boost (MHz) | Memory (MHz) | Pixel (GP/s)2 | Texture (GT/s)3 | Bus width (bit) | Bus type | Bandwidth (GB/s) | Single Precision4 | Double Precision5 | Idle | Max. | DirectX | OpenGL | OpenCL | Mantle | ||||||||||||
Radeon R5 210 | Unknown | Cedar | 40 | 292 | 59 | PCIe 2.0 ×16 | 256 | 400 | Unknown | 450 (Effective 900) | 80:8:4 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 64 | DDR3 | 7.2 | 64 | No | Unknown | 19 | 3.4 | 11.0 | 4.3 | 1.2 | No | No | Unknown |
Radeon R5 220 | Unknown | Caicos PRO-L | 40 | 370 | 67 | PCIe 2.0 ×16 | 1024 | 625 | 650 | 533 (Effective 1066) | 160:8:4 | 2.5 | 5 | 64 | DDR3 | 8.53 | 200 | No | Unknown | 18 | 11.1 | 11.0 | 3.2 | 1.2 | No | No | Unknown |
Radeon R5 230 | Unknown | Caicos XT | 40 | 370 | 67 | PCIe 2.0 ×16 | 2048 | 875 | Unknown | 900 (Effective 1800) | 160:8:4 | 3.5 | 7 | 64 | DDR3 | 14.4 | 280 | No | Unknown | 35 | 8 | 11.0 | 4.3 | 1.2 | No | No | Unknown |
Radeon R5 235 | Unknown | Caicos XT | 40 | 370 | 67 | PCIe 2.0 ×16 | 1024 | 775 | Unknown | 900 (Effective 1800) | 160:8:4 | 3.1 | 6.2 | 64 | DDR3 | 14.4 | 248 | No | Unknown | 35 | 7.1 | 11.0 | 4.1 | 1.2 | No | No | Unknown |
Radeon R5 235X | Unknown | Caicos XT | 40 | 370 | 67 | PCIe 2.1 ×16 | 1024 | 875 | Unknown | 900 (Effective 1800) | 160:8:4 | 3.5 | 7.0 | 64 | DDR3 | 14.4 | 280 | No | Unknown | 18 | 15.6 | 11.0 | 4.1 | 1.2 | No | No | Unknown |
Radeon R5 240 | Unknown | Oland | 28 | 1040 | 90 | PCIe 3.0 ×16 | 2048 | 730 | 780 | 900 (Effective 1800) | 320:20:8 | 5.84 | 14.6 | 128 | DDR3 GDDR5 |
22.8 | 467.2 | Unknown | Unknown | 50 | 9.3 | 11.2 | 4.3 | 1.2 | Yes | No | Unknown |
Radeon R7 240 | Oct 8, 2013 | Oland PRO | 28 | 1040 | 90 | PCIe 3.0 ×16 | 2048 | 730 | 780 | 900 (Effective 1800) 1125 (Effective 4500) |
320:20:8 | 5.84 | 14.6 | 128 | DDR3 GDDR5 |
28.8 72 |
467.2 499.2 |
29.2 | Unknown | 30 | 15.6 | 11.2 | 4.3 | 1.2 | Yes[23] | No | $69 |
Radeon R7 250 | Oct 8, 2013 | Oland XT | 28 | 1040 | 90 | PCIe 3.0 ×16 | 2048 | 1000 | 1050 | 1150 (Effective 4600) | 384:24:8 | 8 | 24 | 128 | DDR3 GDDR5 |
73.6 | 768 806.4 |
48 | Unknown | 65 | 11.8 | 11.2 | 4.3 | 1.2 | Yes | No | $89 |
Radeon R7 250X | Feb 10, 2014 | Cape Verde XT | 28 | 1500 | 123 | PCIe 3.0 ×16 | 1024 2048 |
1000 | — | 1125 (Effective 4500) | 640:40:16 | 16 | 40 | 128 | GDDR5 | 72 | 1280 | 80 | Unknown | 95 | 13.5 | 11.2 | 4.3 | 1.2 | Yes | No | $99 |
Radeon R7 260 | Dec 17, 2013 | Bonaire | 28 | 2080 | 160 | PCIe 3.0 ×16 | 1024 | 1000 | — | 1500 (Effective 6000) | 768:48:16 | 16 | 48 | 128 | GDDR5 | 96 | 1536 | 96 | Unknown | 95 | 16.2 | 11.2 | 4.3 | 1.2 | Yes | Yes[24] | $109 |
Radeon R7 260X | Oct 8, 2013 | Bonaire XTX | 28 | 2080 | 160 | PCIe 3.0 ×16 | 2048 4096 |
1100 | — | 1625 (Effective 6500) | 896:56:16 | 17.6 | 61.6 | 128 | GDDR5 | 104 | 1971.2 | 123.2 | Unknown | 115 | 17.1 | 11.2 | 4.3 | 1.2 | Yes | Yes[25] | $139 |
Radeon R7 265 | 2014 | Pitcairn PRO | 28 | 2800 | 212 | PCIe 3.0 ×16 | 2048 | 900 | 925 | 1400 (Effective 5600) | 1024:64:32 | 28.8 | 57.6 | 256 | GDDR5 | 179.2 | 1843.2 | 115.2 | Unknown | 150 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 4.3 | 1.2 | Yes | No | $149 |
Radeon R9 270 | Nov 13, 2013 | Curacao PRO | 28 | 2800 | 212 | PCIe 3.0 ×16 | 2048 | 900 | 925 | 1400 (Effective 5600) | 1280:80:32 | 28.8 | 72 | 256 | GDDR5 | 179.2 | 2304 2368 |
144 148 |
Unknown | 150 | 15.4 | 11.2 | 4.3 | 1.2 | Yes | No | $179 |
Radeon R9 270X | Oct 8, 2013 | Curacao XT | 28 | 2800 | 212 | PCIe 3.0 ×16 | 2048 4096 |
1000 | 1050 | 1400 (Effective 5600) | 1280:80:32 | 32 | 80 | 256 | GDDR5 | 179.2 | 2560 2688 |
160 168 |
Unknown | 180 | 14.2 | 11.2 | 4.3 | 1.2 | Yes | No | $199 |
Radeon R9 280 | Mar 4, 2014 | Tahiti PRO | 28 | 4313 | 352 | PCIe 3.0 ×16 | 3072 | 827 | 933 | 1250 (Effective 5000) | 1792:112:32 | 26.5 | 92.6 | 384 | GDDR5 | 240 | 2964 3343.9 |
741 836 |
Unknown | 250 | 11.9 | 11.2 | 4.3 | 1.2 | Yes | No | $279 |
Radeon R9 280X | Oct 8, 2013 | Tahiti XT2 Tahiti XTL[26] |
28 | 4313 | 352 | PCIe 3.0 ×16 | 3072 | 850 | 1000 | 1500 (Effective 6000) | 2048:128:32 | 27.2 | 109 | 384 | GDDR5 | 288 | 3481.6 4096 |
870.4 1024 |
Unknown | 250 | 13.9 | 11.2 | 4.3 | 1.2 | Yes | No | $299 |
Radeon R9 290 | Nov 5, 2013 | Hawaii PRO | 28 | 6200[27] | 438 | PCIe 3.0 ×16 | 4096 | up to 9476 | — | 1250 (Effective 5000) | 2560:160:64 | 60.608 | 151.52 | 512 | GDDR5 | 320 | 4848.6 | 606.1 | Unknown | 275 | 17.6 | 11.2 | 4.3 | 1.2 | Yes | Yes | $399 |
Radeon R9 290X | Oct 24, 2013 | Hawaii XT | 28 | 6200[27] | 438 | PCIe 3.0 ×16 | 4096 | up to 10006 | — | 1250 (Effective 5000) | 2816:176:64 | 64 | 176 | 512 | GDDR5 | 320 | 5632 | 704 | Unknown | 290 | 19.4 | 11.2 | 4.3 | 1.2 | Yes | Yes | $549 |
Model | Launch | Codename | Fab (nm) | Transistors (Million) | Die Size (mm2) | Bus interface | Memory (MiB) | Clock rate | Config core1 | Fillrate | Memory | Processing Power GFLOPS |
TDP (W) | GFLOPS/W Single Precision | API support (version) | True Audio | Release Price (USD) | ||||||||||
Core (MHz) | Boost (MHz) | Memory (MHz) | Pixel (GP/s)2 | Texture (GT/s)3 | Bus width (bit) | Bus type | Bandwidth (GB/s) | Single Precision4 | Double Precision5 | Idle | Max. | DirectX | OpenGL | OpenCL | Mantle |
See also
- Radeon
- Comparison of AMD graphics processing units
- Free and open-source graphics device driver for ATI/AMD graphics cards
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- ^ AMD Radeon R9 290 Review Fast And $400, But Is It Consistent - Digging Deeper Into Hawaii’s Behavior
- ^ AnandTech Portal Understanding AMD’s Mantle A Low-Level Graphics API For GCN
- ^ AMD Radeon R7 260 1GB Video Card Review - Legit ReviewsAMD Cuts Bonaire GPU Features To Get The Price To $109
- ^ R7 260X TrueAudio’s First Outing On The Back Of Bonaire - AMD Radeon R9 280X, R9 270X, And R7 260X Old GPUs, New Names
- ^ AMD Preparing Tahiti XTL Revision of Radeon R9 280X Graphic Card For November Release
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