In this article, we will explore the fascinating history of Radeon X300-X600 series, a topic that has captured the attention of countless people over the years. Radeon X300-X600 series has been the subject of debate, study and speculation, and its impact on society has been profound and lasting. From the earliest historical records to the present day, Radeon X300-X600 series has played a critical role in shaping culture, politics, and the way we understand the world around us. Throughout these pages, we will delve into the rich and diverse history of Radeon X300-X600 series, exploring its origins, evolution, and its relevance in the modern world.
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Release date | 2004–2005 |
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Architecture | |
Transistors | |
Cards | |
Entry-level | X300, X550, X600 SE, X600 |
Mid-range | X550 XT, X600 PRO |
High-end | X550 XTX, X600 XT |
API support | |
DirectX | Direct3D 9.0b Shader Model 2.0b |
OpenGL | OpenGL 2.0 |
History | |
Predecessor | Radeon 9000 series |
Successor | Radeon X700 series |
Support status | |
Unsupported |
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.
Later the Radeon X550 was launched, using the same chip as Radeon X300 graphics card (RV370).
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 | |||
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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 |
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) |
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GCN 1st gen |
GCN 2nd gen |
GCN 3rd gen |
GCN 4th gen |
GCN 5th gen |
RDNA | RDNA 2 | RDNA 3 | |||||||||||||||
Type | Fixed pipeline | 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 | 3.3 | 4.5 (on Linux: 4.5 (Mesa 3D 21.0)) | 4.6 (on Linux: 4.6 (Mesa 3D 20.0)) | ||||||||||||||||||
Vulkan | — | 1.0 (Win 7+ or Mesa 17+) |
1.2 (Adrenalin 20.1.2, Linux Mesa 3D 20.0) 1.3 (GCN 4 and above (with Adrenalin 22.1.2, Mesa 22.0)) |
1.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
OpenCL | — | Close to Metal | 1.1 (no Mesa 3D support) | 1.2+ (on Linux: 1.1+ (no Image support on clover, with by rustiCL) with Mesa 3D, 1.2+ on GCN 1.Gen) | 2.0+ (Adrenalin driver on Win7+) (on Linux ROCM, Linux Mesa 3D 1.2+ (no Image support in clover, but in rustiCL with Mesa 3D, 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 3D rustiCL 1.2+ and 3.0 (2.1+ and 2.2+ wip)) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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 | VCN 2.0 | VCN 3.0 | VCN 4.0 | ||||||||||||
Video encoding ASIC | — | VCE 1.0 | VCE 2.0 | VCE 3.0 or 3.1 | VCE 3.4 | VCE 4.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Fluid Motion | ? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Power saving | ? | PowerPlay | PowerTune | PowerTune & ZeroCore Power | ? | |||||||||||||||||||||
TrueAudio | — | Via dedicated DSP | Via shaders | |||||||||||||||||||||||
FreeSync | — | 1 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
HDCP | ? | 1.4 | 2.2 | 2.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
PlayReady | — | 3.0 | 3.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Supported displays | 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 |
7680×4320 @ 60 Hz PowerColor |
7680x4320
@165 HZ | |||||||||||||||||||
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/drm/amdgpu
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— | Experimental | Optional |
Model | Launch | Code name | Fab (nm) | Memory (MiB) | Core clock (MHz) | Memory clock (MHz) | Config core1 | Fillrate | Memory | |||||
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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 |
New VLIW4 architecture of stream processors allowed to save area of each SIMD by 10%, while performing the same compared to previous VLIW5 architecture