Template:AMD graphics API support
The following table shows the progression of graphics and compute APIs support across Radeon-branded GPU microarchitectures. Note that a branding series might include older generation chips.
| Chip series | Micro-architecture | Fab | Supported APIs | AMD support | Year introduced | Introduced with | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rendering | Computing | |||||||||
| Vulkan | OpenGL[1] | Direct3D | HSA | OpenCL | ||||||
| R100 | fixed-pipeline[lower-alpha 1] | 180 nm 150 nm |
No | 1.3 | 7.0 | No | No | Ended | 2000 | Original "ATI Radeon", as well as Radeon DDR, 7000, 7500, VE, and LE models |
| R200 | programmable pixel & vertex pipelines |
150 nm | 8.1 | 2001 | 8500, 9000, 9200 and 9250 | |||||
| R300 | 150 nm 130 nm 110 nm |
2.0[lower-alpha 2] | 9.0 11 (FL 9_2) |
2002 | 9500–9800, X300-X600, X1050 | |||||
| R420 | 130 nm 110 nm |
9.0b 11 (FL 9_2) |
2004 | X700–X850 | ||||||
| R520 | 90 nm 80 nm |
9.0c 11 (FL 9_3) |
2005 | X1300–X1950 | ||||||
| R600 | TeraScale 1 | 80 nm 65 nm |
3.3 | 10.0 10.1 (FL 10_0) 11 (FL 10_0) |
ATI Stream | 2007 | HD 2000 series, HD 3410 | |||
| RV670 | 55 nm | 10.1 (FL 10_1) 11 (FL 10_1) |
ATI Stream APP [2] | 2007 | HD 3450-3870, Mobility HD 2000 and 3000 series | |||||
| RV770 | 55 nm 40 nm |
1.0 | 2008 | HD 4000 series | ||||||
| Evergreen | TeraScale 2 | 40 nm | 4.4 4.5 Beta 4.6 possible |
11 (FL 11_0) | 1.2 | 2009 | HD 5000 series | |||
| Northern Islands | TeraScale 3 | 2010 | HD 6000 series, and IGP 7000 series | |||||||
| Southern Islands | GCN 1st gen | 28 nm | 1.0 | 4.5 4.6 possible |
11 (FL 11_1) 12 (FL11_1) |
Yes | 1.2 2.0 possible |
Current | 2012 | HD 7000 series |
| Sea Islands | GCN 2nd gen | 11 (FL 12_0) 12 (FL 12_0) |
2.0 2.1 Beta 2.2 possible |
2013 | Radeon 200 series | |||||
| Volcanic Islands | GCN 3rd gen | 1.1 | 2015 | Radeon 300 series | ||||||
| Arctic Islands | GCN 4th gen | 14 nm | 2016 | Radeon 400 series | ||||||
| Vega | GCN 5th gen | 14 nm 7 nm |
11 (FL 12_1) 12 (FL 12_1) |
2017 | Radeon Vega series | |||||
- ↑ Radeon 7000 Series has programmable pixel shaders, but do not fully comply with DirectX 8 or Pixel Shader 1.0. See article on R100's pixel shaders.
- ↑ They do not fully comply with OpenGL 2+ as the hardware does not support all types of non power of two (NPOT) textures.
References
- ↑ "Khronos Products#OpenGL". The Khronos Group. Retrieved 2017-04-22.
- ↑ http://www.gpu-tech.org/content.php/177-Catalyst-11-10-WHQL-First-official-Battlefield-3-driver-for-Radeon-graphics-cards
- ↑ "Graphics Core Next: The Southern Islands Architecture". Tom's Hardware. 2011-12-21. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
- ↑ "AMD Clarifies 2013 Radeon Plans". Tom's Hardware. 2013-02-20. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
- ↑ "Radeon VEGA Frontier Edition". AMD. 2017-05-30. Retrieved 2017-06-30.