Monday, September 9th 2013
Next-Generation AMD Radeon Series Nomenclature Detailed
Since the very first DirectX 10-ready graphics cards by AMD, we've been used to the "Radeon HD xyz0" nomenclature, in which "x" denoted generation, "y" market segment, and "z" variant. That all is about to change with the company's Volcanic Islands GPU family, which will be unveiled (at least to the press), later this month. Using the same "x, y, z" variables as mentioned before, the new nomenclature could look like "Radeon Ry xz i" (where the new variable "i" could denote special features).
An example of this new nomenclature could be, say, Radeon R9 280 X, where "9" denotes the high-end market segment, currently held by Radeon HD 7900 series, "2" indicating generation, and "80" denoting variant. "XT" (full-spec) chips could get the "80" marking, and "Pro" (partial-spec) chips could get the "60" or "70" marking, but it isn't fixed, and could even be "50" and "40" for lower-end parts. At this point, we can't even speculate what the "i" (special feature) could denote. For mobile parts, the letter "M" could be prefixed to the "xz" component of the model number (example: Radeon R9 M380 X). Validations for graphics cards running early drivers with this naming scheme, have been showing up on our GPU-Z Validation database for days now, and our analysis is our best understanding of their naming strings. Capiche? Can't blame you.
An example of this new nomenclature could be, say, Radeon R9 280 X, where "9" denotes the high-end market segment, currently held by Radeon HD 7900 series, "2" indicating generation, and "80" denoting variant. "XT" (full-spec) chips could get the "80" marking, and "Pro" (partial-spec) chips could get the "60" or "70" marking, but it isn't fixed, and could even be "50" and "40" for lower-end parts. At this point, we can't even speculate what the "i" (special feature) could denote. For mobile parts, the letter "M" could be prefixed to the "xz" component of the model number (example: Radeon R9 M380 X). Validations for graphics cards running early drivers with this naming scheme, have been showing up on our GPU-Z Validation database for days now, and our analysis is our best understanding of their naming strings. Capiche? Can't blame you.
39 Comments on Next-Generation AMD Radeon Series Nomenclature Detailed
and however new naming scheme isn't a bad thing for me, HD10000 mmm
Radeon R9 170 and Core i7 4770
I7 = R9 = Radeon 79xx series
I5 = R8 = Radeon 78xx series
4770 4th generation = 1xx first generation since they are restarting over. the XX would be either 30, 50, 70 or 90 if AMD keeps their same numbering numbers
Nvidia puts GTX in front of low end cards like like their OEM only 645 not sure how these are in the same market segment as a 680
X1900 XTX mmmm Xs
I think we can both agree that AMD's naming scheme isn't overly original - now we're just splitting hairs over how many companies they are copying.
R9 970 i originally HD 9970.
Well and next line would be called as... ? (You know that line after HD 9xxx.)
From the press release printed here yesterday:
IMO should just be called: AMD the shit!! 1 billion, AMD the shit!! 1 billion and 1 etc etc