The Radeon RX 5000 series is a series of

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developed by

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, based on their RDNA architecture. The series is targeting the mainstream mid to high-end segment and is the successor to the

Radeon RX Vega series The Radeon RX Vega series is a series of graphics processors developed by AMD. These GPUs use the Graphics Core Next (GCN) 5th generation architecture, codenamed Vega, and are manufactured on 14 nm FinFET technology, developed by Samsung Ele ...

. The launch occurred on July 7, 2019. It is manufactured using

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FinFET A fin field-effect transistor (FinFET) is a multigate device, a MOSFET (metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor) built on a substrate where the gate is placed on two, three, or four sides of the channel or wrapped around the channel, f ...

semiconductor fabrication process Semiconductor device fabrication is the process used to manufacture semiconductor devices, typically integrated circuit (IC) chips such as modern computer processors, microcontrollers, and memory chips such as NAND flash and DRAM that are pr ...

Architecture

The Navi GPUs are the first AMD GPUs to use the new RDNA architecture, whose compute units have been redesigned to improve efficiency and instructions per clock (IPC). It features a multi-level cache hierarchy, which offers higher performance, lower latency, and less power consumption compared to the previous series. Navi also features an updated memory controller with

GDDR6 Graphics Double Data Rate 6 Synchronous Dynamic Random-Access Memory (GDDR6 SDRAM) is a type of synchronous graphics random-access memory (SGRAM) with a high bandwidth, " double data rate" interface, designed for use in graphics cards, game cons ...

support. The encoding stack has changed from using

Unified Video Decoder Unified Video Decoder (UVD, previously called Universal Video Decoder) is the name given to AMD's dedicated video decoding ASIC. There are multiple versions implementing a multitude of video codecs, such as H.264 and VC-1. UVD was introduced with ...

and

Video Coding Engine Video Code Engine (VCE, was earlier referred to as Video Coding Engine, Video Compression Engine or Video Codec Engine in official AMD documentation) is AMD's video encoding application-specific integrated circuit implementing the video codec H. ...

, to using

Video Core Next Video Core Next is AMD's brand for its dedicated video encoding and decoding hardware core. It is a family of hardware accelerator designs for encoding and decoding video, and is built into AMD's GPUs and APUs since AMD Raven Ridge, released Janu ...

. VCN was previously used in the GCN 5th generation (Vega) implementation in

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, though not utilized in other Vega product lines.

Vulkan (API)

Vulkan 1.2 is supported with Adrenalin 20.1.2 and Linux Mesa3D 20.0.0. Vulkan 1.3 is supported with Adrenalin 22.1.2 and Linux Mesa3D 22.0.0.

Resizable BAR support

PCIe PCI Express (Peripheral Component Interconnect Express), officially abbreviated as PCIe or PCI-e, is a high-speed serial computer expansion bus standard, designed to replace the older PCI, PCI-X and AGP bus standards. It is the common mo ...

Resizable

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''(branded as Smart Access Memory)'' is supported with Adrenalin 21.9.1 or higher. ''This feature (first available on RX 6000 series) is now supported on RX 5000 series GPUs.''

Products

Desktop

Mobile

Workstation

Radeon Pro 5000 series

*RDNA based GPUs used inside Apple iMac ''(Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2020)''.

Radeon Pro W5000 series

*RDNA based professional class GPUs.

Radeon Pro W5000X series

*RDNA based GPUs used inside Apple Mac Pro ''(2019)''.

Mobile Workstation

Radeon Pro 5000M series

*RDNA based series of GPUs used inside Apple MacBook Pro ''(16-inch, 2019)''.

Radeon Pro W5000M series

Comparison of 5700 XT models

Comparison of non-reference Radeon RX 5700 XT model video cards, from the AMD Radeon RX 5000 series.
The dimensions of modern graphics cards frequently exceeds the dimensions specified in the PCIe standard. Particularly, no card model fits in the specified height limit of 107 mm.

Radeon RX 5000 series features

AMD Radeon RX 5000 series features include: * New RDNA microarchitecture *

7nm In semiconductor manufacturing, the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors defines the 7 Nanometre, nm process as the MOSFET technology node following the 10 nm process, 10 nm node. It is based on FinFET (fin field-effect ...

N7 manufacturing process *

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12.0 support *

memory *

4.0 support * PCIe Resizable BAR support * AMD MGPU support * AMD

FreeSync FreeSync is an adaptive synchronization technology for LCD and OLED displays that support a variable refresh rate aimed at avoiding tearing and reducing stuttering caused by misalignment between the screen's refresh rate and the content's frame ...

support *

DisplayPort DisplayPort (DP) is a digital display interface developed by a consortium of PC and chip manufacturers and standardized by the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA). It is primarily used to connect a video source to a display device su ...

1.4a *

HDMI High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) is a proprietary audio/video interface for transmitting uncompressed video data and compressed or uncompressed digital audio data from an HDMI-compliant source device, such as a display controller, ...

2.0b *

2.0

References

External links

RDNA Architecture
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