Radeon X800 series
GPU series by ATI Technologies
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Radeon X800 is a series of graphics cards designed by ATI Technologies Inc. introduced in May 2004.
Release dateMay 4, 2004
CodenameLoki
ArchitectureRadeon R400
Transistors160M 130nm (R420)
- 160M 130nm (R423)
- 160M 110nm (R430)
- 160M 130nm (R480)
- 160M 130nm (R481)
| Release date | May 4, 2004 |
|---|---|
| Codename | Loki |
| Architecture | Radeon R400 |
| Transistors | 160M 130nm (R420)
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| Cards | |
| Entry-level | X800 SE, X800, X800 GT |
| Mid-range | X800 GTO, X800 PRO, X800 XL, X850 PRO |
| High-end | X800 XT, X850 XT |
| Enthusiast | X800 XT PE, X850 XT PE |
| API support | |
| Direct3D | Direct3D 9.0b Shader Model 2.0b |
| OpenGL | OpenGL 2.0 |
| History | |
| Predecessor | Radeon X700 series |
| Successor | Radeon X1000 series |
| Support status | |
| Unsupported | |
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).
| Name of GPU series | Wonder | Mach | 3D Rage | Rage Pro | Rage 128 | R100 | R200 | R300 | R400 | R500 | R600 | RV670 | R700 | Evergreen | 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 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 |  |
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| Kind | 2D | 3D | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Instruction set architecture | Not publicly known | Multiple[1][a] | TeraScale instruction set | GCN instruction set | RDNA instruction set | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Microarchitecture | Not publicly known | GFX1 | GFX2 | TeraScale 1 (VLIW5) (GFX3) |
TeraScale 2 (VLIW5) (GFX4) |
TeraScale 2 (VLIW5) up to 68xx (GFX4) |
TeraScale 3 (VLIW4) in 69xx [2][3] (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[b] | Programmable pixel & vertex pipelines | Unified shader model | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Direct3D | N/a | 5.0 | 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) |
11 (11_0) | 11 (11_1) 12 (11_1) |
11 (12_0) 12 (12_0) |
11 (12_1) 12 (12_1) |
11 (12_1) 12 (12_2) | ||||||||||||
| Shader model | N/a | 1.4 | 2.0+ | 2.0b | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.1 6.5 |
6.7 | 6.8 | |||||||||||||||
| OpenGL | N/a | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.5[c][4] | 3.3 | 4.5 (Windows), 4.6 (Linux Mesa 25.2+)[5] | 4.6[6][d] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Vulkan | N/a | 1.1[d][e] | 1.3[7][8][f] | 1.4[9] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| OpenCL | N/a | Close to Metal | 1.1 (not supported by Mesa) | 1.2+ (on Linux: 1.1+ (no Image support on Clover, with Rusticl) with Mesa, 1.2+ on GCN 1.Gen) | 2.0+ (Adrenalin driver on Win 7+) (on Linux ROCm, Mesa 1.2+ (no support in Clover, only Rusticl, 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+))[10][11][12] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| HSA / ROCm | N/a | |
? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Video decoding ASIC | N/a | Avivo/UVD | UVD+ | UVD 2 | UVD 2.2 | UVD 3 | UVD 4 | UVD 4.2 | UVD 5.0 or 6.0 | UVD 6.3 | UVD 7 [13][g] | VCN 2.0 [13][g] | VCN 3.0 [14] | VCN 4.0 | VCN 5.0 | ||||||||||||
| Video encoding ASIC | N/a | VCE 1.0 | VCE 2.0 | VCE 3.0 or 3.1 | VCE 3.4 | VCE 4.0 [13][g] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Fluid Motion [h] | |
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| Power saving | ? | PowerPlay | PowerTune | PowerTune & ZeroCore Power | ? | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| TrueAudio | N/a | Via dedicated DSP | Via shaders | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FreeSync | N/a | 1 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| HDCP[i] | N/a | ? | 1.4 | 2.2 | 2.3 [15] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| PlayReady[i] | N/a | 3.0 | |
3.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Supported displays[j] | 1–2 | 2 | 2–6 | ? | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Max. resolution | ? | 2–6 × 2560×1600 |
2–6 × 4096×2160 @ 30 Hz |
2–6 × 5120×2880 @ 60 Hz |
3 × 7680×4320 @ 60 Hz [16] |
7680×4320 @ 60 Hz PowerColor |
7680x4320
@165 Hz |
7680x4320 | |||||||||||||||||||
/drm/radeon[k] |
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N/a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
/drm/amdgpu[k] |
N/a | Kernel 6.19+ [17] |
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- R500 has two instruction sets. Vertex shader cores: "PVS instruction set". Pixel shader cores: "US instruction set".
- The Radeon R100 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.
- Vulkan support is theoretically possible but has not been implemented in a stable driver.
- Vulkan support in Linux relies on the AMDgpu kernel driver, the radeon driver does not support Vulkan.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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)
| Model | Launch | Code name | Fab (nm) | Memory (MiB) | Core clock (MHz) | Memory clock (MHz) | Config core1 | Fillrate | Memory | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
PCI-E (X8xx)
| Model | Launch | Code name | Fab (nm) | Memory (MiB) | Core clock (MHz) | Memory clock (MHz) | Config core1 | Fillrate | Memory | |||||
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| 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 |