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| Release date | June 16, 2015 |
|---|---|
| Codename | Caribbean Islands[1] Sea Islands Volcanic Islands |
| Architecture | GCN 1st gen GCN 2nd gen GCN 3rd gen |
| Transistors |
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| Cards | |
| Entry-level | Radeon R5 310 Radeon R5 330 Radeon R5 340 Radeon R5 340X Radeon R7 340 Radeon R7 350 Radeon R7 350X |
| Mid-range | Radeon R7 360 Radeon R7 370 Radeon R9 360 Radeon R9 370 Radeon R9 370X Radeon R9 380 Radeon R9 380X |
| High-end | Radeon R9 390 Radeon R9 390X |
| Enthusiast | Radeon R9 390 X2 Radeon R9 Nano Radeon R9 Fury Radeon R9 Fury X Radeon Pro Duo |
| API support | |
| DirectX | |
| OpenCL | OpenCL 2.1 |
| OpenGL | OpenGL 4.5 (4.6 Windows 7+ and Adrenalin 18.4.1+)[2][3][4][5][6] |
| Vulkan | |
| History | |
| Predecessor | Radeon 200 series |
| Successor | Radeon 400 series |
| Support status | |
| Unsupported | |
The Radeon 300 series is a series of graphics processors developed by AMD. All of the GPUs of the series are produced in 28 nm format and use the Graphics Core Next (GCN) micro-architecture.
The series includes the Fiji and Tonga GPU dies based on AMD's GCN 3 or "Volcanic Islands" architecture, which had originally been introduced with the Tonga based (though cut-down) R9 285 slightly earlier. Some of the cards in the series include the Fiji based flagship AMD Radeon R9 Fury X, cut-down Radeon R9 Fury and small form factor Radeon R9 Nano,[9] which are the first GPUs to feature High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) technology, which AMD co-developed in partnership with SK Hynix. HBM is faster and more power efficient than GDDR5 memory, though also more expensive.[10] However, the remaining GPUs in the series outside the Tonga based R9 380 and R9 380X are based on previous generation GPUs with revised power management, and therefore only feature GDDR5 memory (something Tonga does as well). The Radeon 300 series cards including the R9 390X were released on June 18, 2015. The flagship device, the Radeon R9 Fury X, was released on June 24, 2015, with the dual-GPU variant, the Radeon Pro Duo, being released on April 26, 2016.[11]
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- ^ "AMD R9 390X and AMD Fury". tectomorrow.com. Archived from the original on 18 June 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ Moammer, Khalid (30 September 2014). "HBM 3D Stacked Memory is up to 9X Faster Than GDDR5 – Coming With AMD Pirate Islands R9 300 Series". WCCF Tech. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
- ^ "AMD's Upcoming Fiji Based Radeon Flagship Is "Fury", R9 390X Is Based On Enhanced Hawaii". WCCFtech. 29 May 2015.