# Radeon X800 series

Radeon X800 is a series of graphics cards designed by ATI Technologies Inc. introduced in May 2004.

## History of Radeon X800

The Radeon X800 series was designed to take the position X700 XT failed to secure, with 12 pipelines and a 256-bit RAM bus. The card surpassed the 6600GT with performance similar to that of the GeForce 6800. The new X800 XL, a similar product, was positioned to dethrone NVIDIA's GeForce 6800 GT with higher memory speeds and a full 16 pipelines to boost performance. R430 was unable to reach high clock speeds, having been designed to reduce the cost per GPU, creating a need for new top-of-the-line core. The new high-end R4x0-generation arrived with the X850 series, equipped with various core tweaks for slightly higher performance than the "R420"-based X800 series. The "R480"-based X850 line was available in 3 forms: the X850 Pro, the X850 XT, and the X850 XT Platinum Edition, and was built on the reliable high-performance 130 nanometer Low-K process.

## 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.

## Radeon X800 series
### AGP (X8xx)

* All models include AGP 8x
* All models include DirectX 9.0b and OpenGL 2.0
| Model | Launch | Code name | Fab (nm) | Memory (MiB) | Core clock (MHz) | Memory clock (MHz) | Config core$^1$ | Fillrate | Fillrate | Fillrate | Fillrate | Memory | Memory | Memory |
| Model | Launch | Code name | Fab (nm) | Memory (MiB) | Core clock (MHz) | Memory clock (MHz) | Config core$^1$ | MOperations/s | MPixels/s | MTexels/s | MVertices/s | Bandwidth (GB/s) | Bus type | Bus width (bit) |
| Radeon X800 SE | Oct. 2004 | R420 (loki) | 130 | 256 | 425 | 800 | 8:6:8:8 | 3400 | 6800 | 3400 | 637,5 | 25.6 | GDDR3 | 256 |
| Radeon X800 GT | Dec. 6, 2005 | R420 (loki) | 130 | 256 | 475 | 980 | 8:6:8:16 | 3800 | 7600 | 3800 | 712.5 | 31.36 | GDDR3 | 256 |
| Radeon X800 | Dec. 2004 | R430 | 110 | 256 | 400 | 700 | 12:6:12:16 | 4800 | 6400 | 4800 | 600 | 22.4 | GDDR3 | 256 |
| Radeon X800 GTO | Dec. 6, 2005 | R420 (loki) | 130 | 256 | 400 | 980 | 12:6:12:16 | 4800 | 6400 | 4800 | 600 | 31.36 | GDDR3 | 256 |
| Radeon X800 Pro | May 5, 2004 | R420 (loki) | 130 | 256 | 475 | 900 | 12:6:12:16 | 5700 | 7600 | 5700 | 712.5 | 28.8 | GDDR3 | 256 |
| Radeon X800 XL | Feb. 2, 2005 | R430 | 110 | 256 | 400 | 980 | 16:6:16:16 | 6400 | 6400 | 6400 | 600 | 31.36 | GDDR3 | 256 |
| Radeon X800 XT | May 4, 2004 | R420 (loki) | 130 | 256 | 500 | 1000 | 16:6:16:16 | 8000 | 8000 | 8000 | 750 | 32 | GDDR3 | 256 |
| Radeon X800 XT PE | May 4, 2004 | R420 (loki) | 130 | 256 | 520 | 1120 | 16:6:16:16 | 8320 | 8320 | 8320 | 780 | 35.84 | GDDR3 | 256 |
| Radeon X850 Pro | Feb. 28, 2005 | R481 | 130 | 256 | 507 | 1040 | 12:6:12:16 | 6084 | 8112 | 6084 | 760.5 | 33.28 | GDDR3 | 256 |
| Radeon X850 XT | Feb. 28, 2005 | R481 | 130 | 256 | 520 | 1080 | 16:6:16:16 | 8320 | 8320 | 8320 | 780 | 34.56 | GDDR3 | 256 |
| Radeon X850 XT PE | Feb. 28, 2005 | R481 | 130 | 256 | 540 | 1180 | 16:6:16:16 | 8640 | 8640 | 8640 | 810 | 37.76 | GDDR3 | 256 |
* $^1$ Pixel shaders : Vertex shaders : Texture mapping units : Render output units

### PCI-E (X8xx)

* All models include PCI-E x16, DirectX 9.0b and OpenGL 2.0
| Model | Launch | Code name | Fab (nm) | Memory (MiB) | Core clock (MHz) | Memory clock (MHz) | Config core$^1$ | Fillrate | Fillrate | Fillrate | Fillrate | Memory | Memory | Memory |
| Model | Launch | Code name | Fab (nm) | Memory (MiB) | Core clock (MHz) | Memory clock (MHz) | Config core$^1$ | MOperations/s | MPixels/s | MTexels/s | MVertices/s | Bandwidth (GB/s) | Bus type | Bus width (bit) |
| Radeon X800 GT 128MB | Aug. 1, 2005 | R423 R480 (thor) | 130 | 128 | 475 | 350 | 8:6:8:16 | 3800 | 7600 | 3800 | 712.5 | 22.4 | DDR | 256 |
| Radeon X800 GT 256MB | Aug. 1, 2005 | R423 R480 (thor) | 130 | 256 | 475 | 980 | 8:6:8:16 | 3800 | 7600 | 3800 | 712.5 | 31.36 | GDDR3 | 256 |
| Radeon X800 | Dec. 1, 2004 | R430 (thor) | 110 | 128, 256 | 392 | 700 | 12:6:12:16 | 4704 | 6272 | 4704 | 588 | 22.4 | GDDR3 | 256 |
| Radeon X800 GTO 128MB | Sept. 15, 2005 | R423 R480 R430 (thor) | 130 110 | 128 | 400 | 700 | 12:6:12:16 | 4800 | 6400 | 4800 | 600 | 22.4 | GDDR3 | 256 |
| Radeon X800 GTO 256MB | Sept. 15, 2005 | R423 R480 R430 (thor) | 130 110 | 256 | 400 | 980 | 12:6:12:16 | 4800 | 6400 | 4800 | 600 | 31.36 | GDDR3 | 256 |
| Radeon X800 Pro | May 5, 2004 | R423 (thor) | 130 | 256 | 475 | 900 | 12:6:12:16 | 5700 | 7600 | 5700 | 712.5 | 28.8 | GDDR3 | 256 |
| Radeon X800 XL | Dec. 1, 2004 (256 MB) May 4, 2005 (512 MB) | R430 (thor) | 110 | 256, 512 | 400 | 980 | 16:6:16:16 | 6400 | 6400 | 6400 | 600 | 31.36 | GDDR3 | 256 |
| Radeon X800 XT | Dec. 1, 2004 | R423 (thor) | 130 | 256 | 500 | 1000 | 16:6:16:16 | 8000 | 8000 | 8000 | 750 | 32 | GDDR3 | 256 |
| Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition | N/A | R423 (thor) | 130 | 256 | 520 | 1120 | 16:6:16:16 | 8320 | 8320 | 8320 | 780 | 35.84 | GDDR3 | 256 |
| Radeon X850 Pro | Dec. 1, 2004 | R480 (thor) | 130 | 256 | 507 | 1040 | 12:6:12:16 | 6084 | 8112 | 6084 | 760.5 | 33.28 | GDDR3 | 256 |
| Radeon X850 XT | Dec. 1, 2004 | R480 (thor) | 130 | 256 | 520 | 1080 | 16:6:16:16 | 8320 | 8320 | 8320 | 780 | 34.56 | GDDR3 | 256 |
| Radeon X850 XT CrossFire Master | Sept. 29, 2004 | R480 (thor) | 130 | 256 | 520 | 1080 | 16:6:16:16 | 8320 | 8320 | 8320 | 780 | 34.56 | GDDR3 | 256 |
| Radeon X850 XT Platinum Edition | Dec. 21, 2004 | R480 (thor) | 130 | 256 | 540 | 1180 | 16:6:16:16 | 8640 | 8640 | 8640 | 810 | 37.76 | GDDR3 | 256 |
* $^1$ Pixel shaders : Vertex shaders : Texture mapping units : Render output units