# Radeon HD 3000 series

The graphics processing unit (GPU) codenamed the Radeon R600 is the foundation of the Radeon HD 2000/3000 series and the FireGL 2007 series video cards developed by ATI Technologies.

## Architecture

This article is about all products under the brand "Radeon HD 3000 Series". All products of this series contain a GPU which implements TeraScale 1.

### Video acceleration

The Unified Video Decoder (UVD) SIP core is present on the dies of the GPUs used in the HD 2400 and the HD 2600 but not of the HD 2900. The HD 2900 introduced the ability to decode video within the 3D engine. This approach also exonerates the CPU from doing these computations, but consumes considerably more electric current.

## Desktop products
### Radeon HD 3800

The Radeon HD 3800 series was based on the codenamed RV670 GPU, packed 666 million transistors on a 55 nm fabrication process and had a die size at 192 mm$^2$, with the same 64 shader clusters as the R600 core, but the memory bus width was reduced to 256 bits.
The RV670 GPU is also the base of the FireStream 9170 stream processor, which uses the GPU to perform general purpose floating-point calculations which were done in the CPU previously.
The Radeon HD 3850 and 3870 became available mid-November 2007.

#### Radeon HD 3690/3830

The Radeon HD 3690, which was limited only to the Chinese market where it was named HD 3830, has the same core as the Radeon 3800 series but with only a 128-bit memory controller and 256 MiB of GDDR3 memory. All other hardware specifications are retained.
A further announcement was made that there would be a Radeon HD 3830 variant bearing the same features as Radeon HD 3690, but with a unique device ID that does not allow add-in card partners in China to re-enable the burnt-out portion of the GPU core for more memory bandwidth.
The Radeon HD 3690 was released early February 2008 for the Chinese market only.

#### Radeon HD 3870 X2

Radeon HD 3870 X2 (codenamed R680) was released on January 28, 2008, featuring 2 RV670 cores with a maximum of 1 GiB GDDR3 SDRAM, targeting the enthusiast market and replacing the Radeon HD 2900 XT. The processor achieved a peak single-precision floating point performance of 1.06 TFLOPS, being the world's first single-PCB graphics product breaking the 1 TFLOP mark.
Technically, this Radeon HD 3870 X2 can really be understood as a CrossFire of two HD 3870 on a single PCB. The card only integrates a PCI Express 1.1 bridge to connect the two GPUs. They communicate via a bidirectional bus that has 16 lines for a bandwidth of 2 x 4 Gbit/s. This has no negative effect on performance.
Starting with the Catalyst 8.3 drivers, Amd/Ati officially supports CrossFireX technology for the 3800 series, which means that up to four GPUs can be used in a pair of Radeon HD 3870 X2.
AMD stated the possibility of supporting 4 Radeon HD 3870 X2 cards, allowing 8 GPUs to be used on several motherboards, including the MSI K9A2 Platinum and Intel D5400XS, because these motherboards have sufficient spaces between PCI-E slots for dual-slot cooler video cards, presumably as a combination of two separate hardware CrossFire setups with a software CrossFire setup bridging the two, but currently with no driver support.

### Radeon HD 3600

The Radeon HD 3600 series was based on the codenamed RV635 GPU, packed 378 million transistors on 55 nm fabrication process, and had 128-bit memory bus width. The support for HDMI and D-sub ports is also achieved through separate dongles. Beside the DisplayPort implementations, there also exists other display output layouts as dual DVI port or DVI with D-sub display output layout.
The only variant, the Radeon HD 3650, was released on January 23, 2008, and has also an AGP slot with 64-bit bus width or the standard PCI-E slot with 128-bit.

### Radeon HD 3400

The Radeon HD 3400 series was based on the codenamed RV620 GPU, packed 181 million transistors on a 55 nm fabrication process, and had 64-bit memory bus width. Products were available both as full height cards and as low-profile cards.
One of the notable features is that the Radeon HD 3400 series (including Mobility Radeon HD 3400 series) video cards support ATI Hybrid Graphics.
The Radeon HD 3450 and Radeon HD 3470 were released on January 23, 2008.

## Mobile products

All Mobility Radeon HD 2000/3000 series share the same feature set support as their desktop counterparts, as well as the addition of the battery-conserving PowerPlay 7.0 features, which are augmented from the previous generation's PowerPlay 6.0.
The Mobility Radeon HD 2300 is a budget product which includes UVD in silica but lacks unified shader architecture and DirectX 10.0/SM 4.0 support, limiting support to DirectX 9.0c/SM 3.0 using the more traditional architecture of the previous generation. A high-end variant, the Mobility Radeon HD 2700, with higher core and memory frequencies than the Mobility Radeon HD 2600, was released in mid-December 2007.
The Mobility Radeon HD 2400 is offered in two model variants; the standard HD 2400 and the HD 2400 XT.
The Mobility Radeon HD 2600 is also available in the same two flavors; the plain HD 2600 and, at the top of the mobility lineup, the HD 2600 XT.
The half-generation update treatment had also applied to mobile products. Announced prior to CES 2008 was the Mobility Radeon HD 3000 series. Released in the first quarter of 2008, the Mobility Radeon HD 3000 series consisted of two families, the Mobility Radeon HD 3400 series and the Mobility Radeon HD 3600 series. The Mobility Radeon HD 3600 series also featured the industry's first implementation of on-board 128-bit GDDR4 memory.
About the time of late March to early April, 2008, AMD renewed the device ID list on its website with the inclusion of Mobility Radeon HD 3850 X2 and Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 and their respective device IDs. Later in Spring IDF 2008 held in Shanghai, a development board of the Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 was demonstrated alongside a Centrino 2 platform demonstration system. The Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 was based on two M88 GPUs with the addition of a PCI Express switch chip on a single PCB. The demonstrated development board is on PCI Express 2.0 ×16 bus, while the final product is expected to be on AXIOM/MXM modules.

## Chipset table
### Desktop GPUs

| Model | Launch | Code name | Fab (nm) | Transistors (million) | Die size (mm$^2$) | Bus interface | Clock rate | Clock rate | Core config | Fillrate | Fillrate | Memory | Memory | Memory | Memory | Processing power (GFLOPS) | Processing power (GFLOPS) | TDP (Watts) | Crossfire Support | API support (version) | API support (version) | API support (version) | Release price (USD) |
| Model | Launch | Code name | Fab (nm) | Transistors (million) | Die size (mm$^2$) | Bus interface | Core (MHz) | Memory (MHz) | Core config | Pixel (GP/s) | Texture (GT/s) | Size (MB) | Bandwidth (GB/s) | Bus type | Bus width (Bit) | Single precision | Double precision | Max. | Crossfire Support | Direct3D | OpenGL | OpenCL, ATI Stream | Release price (USD) |
| Radeon HD 3410 | May 7, 2009 | RV610 | 65 | 180 | 85 | PCIe 1.0 ×16 | 519 | 396 | 40:4:4 | 2.08 | 2.08 | 256 | 6.34 | DDR2 | 64 | 41.52 | — | 20 | No | 10.0 | 3.3 | No, Yes | ? |
| Radeon HD 3450 | January 23, 2008 | RV620 LE | 55 | 181 | 67 | PCIe 2.0 ×16 PCI AGP 8× | 600 | 500 | 40:4:4 | 2.40 | 2.40 | 256 512 | 8.00 | DDR2 | 64 | 48.0 | — | 25 | No | 10.1 | 3.3 | No, Yes | ? |
| Radeon HD 3470 | January 23, 2008 | RV620 PRO | 55 | 181 | 67 | PCIe 2.0 ×16 | 800 | 950 | 40:4:4 | 3.20 | 3.20 | 256 512 | 15.2 | DDR2 GDDR3 | 64 | 64.0 | — | 30 | No | 10.1 | 3.3 | No, Yes | ? |
| Radeon HD 3550 | August 4, 2008 | RV620 PRO | 55 | 181 | 67 | PCIe 2.0 ×16 | 594 | 396 | 40:4:4 | 2.38 | 2.38 | 512 | 6.34 | DDR2 | 64 | 47.52 | — | 30 | No | 10.1 | 3.3 | No, Yes | ? |
| Radeon HD 3570 | July 5, 2010 | RV620 PRO | 55 | 181 | 67 | PCIe 2.0 ×16 | 796 | 495 | 40:4:4 | 3.18 | 3.18 | 512 | 7.92 | DDR2 | 64 | 63.68 | — | 30 | No | 10.1 | 3.3 | No, Yes | ? |
| Radeon HD 3610 | September 24, 2009 | RV630 PRO | 65 | 390 | 153 | PCIe 1.0 ×16 | 594 | 396 | 120:8:4 | 2.38 | 4.75 | 512 1024 | 12.7 | DDR2 | 128 | 142.6 | — | 35 | No | 10.1 | 3.3 | No, Yes | ? |
| Radeon HD 3650 | January 23, 2008 | RV635 PRO | 55 | 378 | 153 | PCIe 2.0 ×16 AGP 8× | 725 | 405 800 | 120:8:4 | 2.90 | 5.80 | 256 512 1024 | 13.0 25.6 | DDR2 GDDR3 GDDR4 | 128 | 174.0 | — | 65 | 2-way CrossFire | 10.1 | 3.3 | No, Yes | ? |
| Radeon HD 3730 | October 5, 2008 | RV635 PRO | 55 | 378 | 135 | PCIe 2.0 ×16 | 722 | 405 | 120:8:4 | 2.89 | 5.78 | 512 1024 | 13.0 | DDR2 | 128 | 173.3 | — | 65 | No | 10.1 | 3.3 | No, Yes | ? |
| Radeon HD 3750 | October 5, 2008 | RV635 PRO | 55 | 378 | 135 | PCIe 2.0 ×16 | 796 | 693 | 120:8:4 | 3.18 | 6.37 | 512 | 22.2 | GDDR3 | 128 | 191.0 | — | 65 | 2-way CrossFire | 10.1 | 3.3 | No, Yes | ? |
| Radeon HD 3830 | April 1, 2008 | RV670 PRO | 55 | 666 | 192 | PCIe 2.0 ×16 | 668 | 828 | 320:16:16 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 256 | 26.5 | GDDR3 | 128 | 427.5 | 85.4 | 75 | 2-way CrossFire | 10.1 | 3.3 | No, Yes | $129 |
| Radeon HD 3850 | November 19, 2007 | RV670 PRO | 55 | 666 | 192 | PCIe 2.0 x16 AGP 8x | 668 | 830 900 | 320:16:16 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 256 512 1024 | 53.1 57.6 | GDDR3 GDDR4 | 256 | 427.5 | 85.4 | 75 | 4-way CrossFire | 10.1 | 3.3 | No, Yes | $179 |
| Radeon HD 3870 | November 19, 2007 | RV670 XT | 55 | 666 | 192 | PCIe 2.0 x16 AGP 8x | 777 | 900 1126 | 320:16:16 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 512 1024 | 57.6 72.1 | GDDR3 GDDR4 | 256 | 497.3 | 99.2 | 106 | 4-way CrossFire | 10.1 | 3.3 | No, Yes | $219 |
| Radeon HD 3850 X2 | April 4, 2008 | RV670 PRO | 55 | 666×2 | 192×2 | PCIe 2.0 ×16 | 668 | 828 | 320:16:16×2 | 10.7×2 | 10.7×2 | 512×2 | 53.0×2 | GDDR3 | 256×2 | 428.2×2 | 85.6×2 | 140 | 2-way CrossFire | 10.1 | 3.3 | No, Yes | $349 |
| Radeon HD 3870 X2 | January 28, 2008 | R680 | 55 | 666×2 | 192×2 | PCIe 2.0 ×16 | 825 | 901 1125 | 320:16:16×2 | 13.2×2 | 13.2×2 | 512×2 | 57.6×2 72.1×2 | GDDR3 GDDR4 | 256×2 | 528.0×2 | 105.6×2 | 165 | 2-way CrossFire | 10.1 | 3.3 | No, Yes | $449 |

#### IGP (HD 3000)

* All Radeon HD 3000 IGP models include Direct3D 10.0 and OpenGL 3.3
| Model | Launch | Code name | Graphics core | Fab (nm) | Transistors (million) | Die size (mm$^2$) | Bus interface | Core clock$^2$ (MHz) | Core config$^1$ | Fillrate | Fillrate | Fillrate | Memory$^3$ | Memory$^3$ | Memory$^3$ | Memory$^3$ | Memory$^3$ | Processing power (GFLOPS) | Features / Notes |
| Model | Launch | Code name | Graphics core | Fab (nm) | Transistors (million) | Die size (mm$^2$) | Bus interface | Core clock$^2$ (MHz) | Core config$^1$ | Pixel (GP/s) | Texture (GT/s) | FP32 (GP/s) | Size (MB) | Bandwidth (GB/s) | Bus type | Effective clock (MHz) | Bus width (Bit) | Processing power (GFLOPS) | Features / Notes |
| Radeon 3000 Graphics (760G Chipset) | 2009 | RS780L | RV610 | 55 | 205 | ~73 (~9 × 8.05) | HT 3.0 | 350 | 40:4:4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.7 | Up to 512 system | 20.8 (system) | HT (system) | — | — | 28 | AVIVO |
| Radeon 3100 Graphics (780V Chipset) | 2008Jan 23 (China)Mar 4 (worldwide) | RS780C | RV610 | 55 | 205 | ~73 (~9 × 8.05) | HT 3.0 | 350 | 40:4:4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.7 | Up to 512 system | 20.8 (system) | HT (system) | — | — | 28 | AVIVO |
| Radeon HD 3200 Graphics (780G Chipset) | 2008Jan 23 (China)Mar 4 (worldwide) | RS780 | RV610 | 55 | 205 | ~73 (~9 × 8.05) | HT 3.0 | 500 | 40:4:4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | Up to 512 system + optional 128 sideport | 20.8 (system) + 2.6 (sideport) | HT (system) + DDR2-1066 DDR3-1333 (sideport) | 1333 (sideport) | 16 (sideport) | 40 | UVD+, 8× AA (wide-tent CFAA) |
| Radeon HD 3300 Graphics (790GX Chipset) | Jul 2008 | RS780D | RV610 | 55 | 205 | ~73 (~9 × 8.05) | HT 3.0 | 700 | 40:4:4 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 1.4 | Up to 512 system + 128 sideport | 20.8 (system) + 2.6 (sideport) | HT (system) + DDR3-1333 (sideport) | 1333 (sideport) | 16 (sideport) | 56 | UVD+, PowerPlay |
$^1$ Unified shaders : Texture mapping units : Render output units $^2$ The clock frequencies may vary in different usage scenarios, as AMD PowerPlay technology is implemented. The clock frequencies listed here refer to the officially announced clock specifications. $^3$ The sideport is a dedicated memory bus. It is preferably used for a frame buffer.

### Mobility Radeon

| Model | Launch | Model number | Code name | Fab (nm) | Bus interface | Core clock (MHz) | Memory clock (MHz) | Core config$^1$ | Fillrate | Fillrate | Memory | Memory | Memory | Memory | API compliance (version) | API compliance (version) | Processing power (GFLOPS) | TDP (Watts) | Notes |
| Model | Launch | Model number | Code name | Fab (nm) | Bus interface | Core clock (MHz) | Memory clock (MHz) | Core config$^1$ | Pixel (GP/s) | Texture (GT/s) | Size (MB) | Bandwidth (GB/s) | Bus type | Bus width (bit) | Direct3D | OpenGL | Processing power (GFLOPS) | TDP (Watts) | Notes |
| Mobility Radeon HD 3100 | August 1, 2008 | RS780MC | RV620 | 55 | PCIe ×16 1.1 | 300 | 800 (system memory) | 40:4:4 | 1.2 | 1.2 | up to 512 from system memory | 6.4/12.8 | DDR2 | 64/128 | 10.1 | 2.0 (3.3) | 24 | | UVD, PowerPlay 7.0 |
| Mobility Radeon HD 3200 | June 4, 2008 | RS780MC | RV620 | 55 | PCIe ×16 1.1 | 500 | 800 (system memory) | 40:4:4 | 2 | 2 | up to 512 from system memory | 6.4/12.8 | DDR2 | 64/128 | 10.1 | 2.0 (3.3) | 40 | | UVD, PowerPlay 7.0 |
| Mobility Radeon HD 3410 | July 25, 2008 | M82-MPE | RV620 | 55 | PCIe ×16 1.1 | 400 | 400 | 40:4:4 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 256, 512 | 6.4 | DDR2 | 64 | 10.1 | 2.0 (3.3) | 32 | | UVD, PowerPlay 7.0 |
| Mobility Radeon HD 3430 | July 25, 2008 | M82-SE | RV620 | 55 | PCIe ×16 2.0 | 450 | 400 | 40:4:4 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 256 | 6.4 | DDR2 | 64 | 10.1 | 2.0 (3.3) | 36 | | UVD, PowerPlay 7.0 |
| Mobility Radeon HD 3450 | January 7, 2008 | M82 | RV620 | 55 | PCIe ×16 2.0 | 500 | 400 700 | 40:4:4 | 2 | 2 | 256 | 6.4 11.2 | DDR2 GDDR3 | 64 | 10.1 | 2.0 (3.3) | 40 | | UVD, PowerPlay 7.0 |
| Mobility Radeon HD 3470 | January 7, 2008 | M82-XT | RV620 | 55 | PCIe ×16 2.0 | 680 | 400 800 | 40:4:4 | 2.72 | 2.72 | 256 | 6.4 12.8 | DDR2 GDDR3 | 64 | 10.1 | 2.0 (3.3) | 54.4 | | UVD, PowerPlay 7.0 |
| Mobility Radeon HD 3650 | January 7, 2008 | M86 | RV635 | 55 | PCIe ×16 2.0 | 500 | 500 700 | 120:8:4 | 2 | 4 | 512 1024 | 16.0 22.4 | DDR2 GDDR3 GDDR4 | 128 | 10.1 | 3.3 | 120 | | UVD, PowerPlay 7.0 |
| Mobility Radeon HD 3670 | January 7, 2008 | M86-XT | RV635 | 55 | PCIe ×16 2.0 | 680 | 800 | 120:8:4 | 2.72 | 5.44 | 512 1024 | 25.6 | DDR2 GDDR3 GDDR4 | 128 | 10.1 | 2.0 (3.3) | 163.2 | 30 | UVD, PowerPlay 7.0 |
| Mobility Radeon HD 3850 | June 4, 2008 | M88-L/M88-LP | RV670 | 55 | PCIe ×16 2.0 | 580 | 750 | 320:16:16 | 9.28 | 9.28 | 512 | 48.0 | GDDR3 | 256 | 10.1 | 2.0 (3.3) | 371.2 | | UVD, PowerPlay 7.0 |
| Mobility Radeon HD 3870 | June 4, 2008 | M88-LXT | RV670 | 55 | PCIe ×16 2.0 | 660 | 850 | 320:16:16 | 10.56 | 10.56 | 512 | 54.4 | GDDR3 | 256 | 10.1 | 2.0 (3.3) | 422.4 | 55 | UVD, PowerPlay 7.0 |
| Mobility Radeon HD 3850 X2 | June 5, 2008 | 2× M88-L/M88-LP | R680 | 55 | PCIe ×16 2.0 | 580 | 750 | 2x [320:16:16] | 2× 9.28 | 2× 9.28 | 2× 512 | 2× 48.0 | GDDR3 | 2× 256 | 10.1 | 2.0 (3.3) | 2× 371.2 | | UVD, PowerPlay 7.0 |
| Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 | September 1, 2008 | 2× M88-LXT | R680 | 55 | PCIe ×16 2.0 | 660 | 850 | 2x [320:16:16] | 2× 10.56 | 2× 10.56 | 2× 512 | 2× 54.4 | GDDR3 | 2× 256 | 10.1 | 2.0 (3.3) | 2× 422.4 | 110 | UVD, PowerPlay 7.0 |
$^1$ Unified Shaders : Texture mapping units : Render output units

## Radeon Feature Matrix

The following table shows features of AMD/ATI's GPUs (see also: List of AMD graphics processing units).
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| Name of GPU series | Wonder | Mach | 3D Rage | Rage Pro | Rage 128 | R100 | R200 | R300 | R400 | R500 | R600 | RV670 | R700 | Evergreen | Northern Islands | Northern Islands | Southern Islands | Sea Islands | Volcanic Islands | Arctic Islands/Polaris | Vega | Navi 1x | Navi 2x | Navi 3x | Navi 4x |
| 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 | Dec 2010 | Jan 2012 | Sep 2013 | Jun 2015 | Jun 2016, Apr 2017, Aug 2019 | Jun 2017, Feb 2019 | Jul 2019 | Nov 2020 | Dec 2022 | Feb 2025 |
| 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 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 | Radeon RX 9000 |
| AMD support | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Kind | 2D | 2D | 3D | 3D | 3D | 3D | 3D | 3D | 3D | 3D | 3D | 3D | 3D | 3D | 3D | 3D | 3D | 3D | 3D | 3D | 3D | 3D | 3D | 3D | 3D |
| Instruction set architecture | Not publicly known | Not publicly known | Not publicly known | Not publicly known | Not publicly known | Not publicly known | Not publicly known | Not publicly known | Not publicly known | Not publicly known | TeraScale instruction set | TeraScale instruction set | TeraScale instruction set | TeraScale instruction set | TeraScale instruction set | TeraScale instruction set | GCN instruction set | GCN instruction set | GCN instruction set | GCN instruction set | GCN instruction set | RDNA instruction set | RDNA instruction set | RDNA instruction set | RDNA instruction set |
| Microarchitecture | Not publicly known | Not publicly known | Not publicly known | Not publicly known | Not publicly known | GFX1 | GFX1 | GFX2 | GFX2 | GFX2 | TeraScale 1 (VLIW) (GFX3) | TeraScale 1 (VLIW) (GFX3) | TeraScale 1 (VLIW) (GFX3) | TeraScale 2 (VLIW5) (GFX4) | TeraScale 2 (VLIW5) up to 68xx (GFX4) | TeraScale 3 (VLIW4) in 69xx (GFX5) | GCN 1st gen (GFX6) | GCN 2nd gen (GFX7) | GCN 3rd gen (GFX8) | GCN 4th gen (GFX8) | GCN 5th gen (GFX9) | RDNA (GFX10.1) | RDNA 2 (GFX10.3) | RDNA 3 (GFX11) | RDNA 4 (GFX12) |
| Type | Fixed pipeline | Fixed pipeline | Fixed pipeline | Fixed pipeline | Fixed pipeline | Fixed pipeline | Programmable pixel & vertex pipelines | Programmable pixel & vertex pipelines | Programmable pixel & vertex pipelines | Programmable pixel & vertex pipelines | Unified shader model | Unified shader model | Unified shader model | Unified shader model | Unified shader model | Unified shader model | Unified shader model | Unified shader model | Unified shader model | Unified shader model | Unified shader model | Unified shader model | Unified shader model | Unified shader model | Unified shader model |
| Direct3D | — | — | 5.0 | 6.0 | 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) | 10.1 11 (10_1) | 11 (11_0) | 11 (11_0) | 11 (11_0) | 11 (11_1) 12 (11_1) | 11 (12_0) 12 (12_0) | 11 (12_0) 12 (12_0) | 11 (12_0) 12 (12_0) | 11 (12_1) 12 (12_1) | 11 (12_1) 12 (12_1) | 11 (12_1) 12 (12_2) | 11 (12_1) 12 (12_2) | 11 (12_1) 12 (12_2) |
| Shader model | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.4 | 2.0+ | 2.0b | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.1 6.5 | 5.1 6.5 | 5.1 6.5 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | — | — | — | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Vulkan | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| OpenCL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Close to Metal | Close to Metal | 1.1 (not supported by Mesa) | 1.2+ (on Linux: 1.1+ (no Image support on clover, with by rustiCL) with Mesa, 1.2+ on GCN 1.Gen) | 1.2+ (on Linux: 1.1+ (no Image support on clover, with by rustiCL) with Mesa, 1.2+ on GCN 1.Gen) | 1.2+ (on Linux: 1.1+ (no Image support on clover, with by rustiCL) with Mesa, 1.2+ on GCN 1.Gen) | 1.2+ (on Linux: 1.1+ (no Image support on clover, with by rustiCL) with Mesa, 1.2+ on GCN 1.Gen) | 2.0+ (Adrenalin driver on Win7+) (on Linux ROCM, Mesa 1.2+ (no Image support in clover, but in rustiCL with Mesa, 2.0+ and 3.0 with AMD drivers or AMD ROCm), 5th gen: 2.2 win 10+ and Linux RocM 5.0+ | 2.0+ (Adrenalin driver on Win7+) (on Linux ROCM, Mesa 1.2+ (no Image support in clover, but in rustiCL with Mesa, 2.0+ and 3.0 with AMD drivers or AMD ROCm), 5th gen: 2.2 win 10+ and Linux RocM 5.0+ | 2.0+ (Adrenalin driver on Win7+) (on Linux ROCM, Mesa 1.2+ (no Image support in clover, but in rustiCL with Mesa, 2.0+ and 3.0 with AMD drivers or AMD ROCm), 5th gen: 2.2 win 10+ and Linux RocM 5.0+ | 2.0+ (Adrenalin driver on Win7+) (on Linux ROCM, Mesa 1.2+ (no Image support in clover, but in rustiCL with Mesa, 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 rustiCL 1.2+ and 3.0 (2.1+ and 2.2+ wip)) | 2.2+ and 3.0 windows 8.1+ and Linux ROCM 5.0+ (Mesa rustiCL 1.2+ and 3.0 (2.1+ and 2.2+ wip)) | 2.2+ and 3.0 windows 8.1+ and Linux ROCM 5.0+ (Mesa rustiCL 1.2+ and 3.0 (2.1+ and 2.2+ wip)) | 2.2+ and 3.0 windows 8.1+ and Linux ROCM 5.0+ (Mesa 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 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 | VCN 5.0 |
| Video encoding ASIC | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | VCE 1.0 | VCE 2.0 | VCE 3.0 or 3.1 | VCE 3.4 | VCE 4.0 | VCN 2.0 | VCN 3.0 | VCN 4.0 | VCN 5.0 |
| Fluid Motion | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ? | ? |
| Power saving | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | PowerPlay | PowerPlay | PowerPlay | PowerPlay | PowerTune | PowerTune & ZeroCore Power | PowerTune & ZeroCore Power | PowerTune & ZeroCore Power | PowerTune & ZeroCore Power | PowerTune & ZeroCore Power | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| TrueAudio | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Via dedicated DSP | Via dedicated DSP | Via shaders | Via shaders | Via shaders | Via shaders | Via shaders | Via shaders |
| FreeSync | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 2 | 1 2 | 1 2 | 1 2 | 1 2 | 1 2 | 1 2 | 1 2 |
| HDCP | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 1.4 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| PlayReady | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3.0 | | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Supported displays | | | | | | 1–2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2–6 | 2–6 | 2–6 | 2–6 | 2–6 | 2–6 | 2–6 | 2–6 | ? | ? | ? | 4 |
| Max. resolution | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 2–6 × 2560×1600 | 2–6 × 2560×1600 | 2–6 × 2560×1600 | 2–6 × 4096×2160 @ 30 Hz | 2–6 × 4096×2160 @ 30 Hz | 2–6 × 4096×2160 @ 30 Hz | 2–6 × 5120×2880 @ 60 Hz | 3 × 7680×4320 @ 60 Hz | 7680×4320 @ 60 Hz PowerColor | 7680×4320 @ 60 Hz PowerColor | 7680x4320 @165 Hz | 7680x4320 |
| /drm/radeon | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| /drm/amdgpu | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Optional | | | | | | | |
* ↑ The Radeon 100 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.
* ↑ R300, R400 and R500 based cards do not fully comply with OpenGL 2+ as the hardware does not support all types of non-power of two (NPOT) textures.
* ↑ OpenGL 4+ compliance requires supporting FP64 shaders and these are emulated on some TeraScale chips using 32-bit hardware.
* 1 2 3 The UVD and VCE were replaced by the Video Core Next (VCN) ASIC in the Raven Ridge APU implementation of Vega.
* ↑ Video processing for video frame rate interpolation technique. In Windows it works as a DirectShow filter in your player. In Linux, there is no support on the part of drivers and / or community.
* 1 2 To play protected video content, it also requires card, operating system, driver, and application support. A compatible HDCP display is also needed for this. HDCP is mandatory for the output of certain audio formats, placing additional constraints on the multimedia setup.
* ↑ More displays may be supported with native DisplayPort connections, or splitting the maximum resolution between multiple monitors with active converters.
* 1 2 DRM (Direct Rendering Manager) is a component of the Linux kernel. AMDgpu is the Linux kernel module. Support in this table refers to the most current version.

## Graphics device drivers
### AMD's proprietary graphics device driver "Catalyst"

AMD Catalyst is being developed for Microsoft Windows and Linux. As of July 2014, other operating systems are not officially supported. This may be different for the AMD FirePro brand, which is based on identical hardware but features OpenGL-certified graphics device drivers.
AMD Catalyst supports of course all features advertised for the Radeon brand.
The Radeon HD 3000 series has been transitioned to legacy support, where drivers will be updated only to fix bugs instead of being optimized for new applications.

### Free and open-source graphics device driver "Radeon"

The free and open-source drivers are primarily developed on Linux and for Linux, but have been ported to other operating systems as well. Each driver is composed out of five parts:
* Linux kernel component DRM
* Linux kernel component KMS driver: basically the device driver for the display controller
* user-space component libDRM
* user-space component in Mesa 3D;
* a special and distinct 2D graphics device driver for X.Org Server, which is finally about to be replaced by Glamor
The free and open-source "Radeon" graphics driver supports most of the features implemented into the Radeon line of GPUs. They are not reverse engineered, but based on documentation released by AMD.