AMD Vesuvius

Vesuvius

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AMD's Vesuvius GPU uses the GCN 2.0 architecture and is made using a 28 nm production process at TSMC. With a die size of 438 mm² and a transistor count of 6,200 million it is a very big chip. Vesuvius supports DirectX 12 (Feature Level 12_0). For GPU compute applications, OpenCL version 2.1 can be used. It features 2816 shading units, 176 texture mapping units and 64 ROPs.

Graphics Processor

Released: Apr 29th, 2014

GPU Name: Vesuvius

Desktop Variant: Hawaii / Grenada

Generation: Volcanic Islands

Architecture: GCN 2.0

Foundry: TSMC

Process Size: 28 nm

Transistors: 6,200 million

Density: 14.2M / mm²

Die Size: 438 mm²

Graphics Features

DirectX: 12 (12_0)

OpenGL: 4.6

OpenCL: 2.1

Vulkan: 1.2.170

Shader Model: 6.5

WDDM: 2.7

Compute: GFX7 (gfx701)

DCE: 8.5

UVD: 4.2

VCE: 2.0

SDMA: 1.0.0

CLRX: GCN 1.1.0

Render Config

Shading Units: 2816

TMUs: 176

ROPs: 64

Compute Units: 44

Z-Stencil: 256

ACEs: 8

GEs: 4

L1 Cache: 16 KB per CU

L2 Cache: 1024 KB

Max. TDP: 500 W

All GCN 2.0 GPUs

AMD GPU Architecture History

2024 RDNA 4.0
2024 RDNA 3.5
2023-2024 CDNA 3.0
2022-2024 RDNA 3.0
2021 CDNA 2.0
2020 CDNA 1.0
2020-2024 RDNA 2.0
2019-2020 RDNA 1.0
2018-2022 GCN 5.1
2017-2020 GCN 5.0
2016-2020 GCN 4.0
2014-2019 GCN 3.0
2013-2017 GCN 2.0
2011-2020 GCN 1.0
2010-2013 TeraScale 3
2009-2015 TeraScale 2
2005-2013 TeraScale
2005-2007 Ultra-Threaded SE

Graphics cards using the AMD Vesuvius GPU

Name	Chip	Memory	Shaders	TMUs	ROPs	GPU Clock	Memory Clock
AMD Radeon R9 295X2	Vesuvius XT	4 GB	2816	176	64	1018 MHz	1250 MHz

Vesuvius GPU Notes

Generation: Volcanic Islands
Desktop Variant: Hawaii / Grenada
Graphics/Compute: GFX7 (gfx701)
Display Core Engine: 8.5
Unified Video Decoder: 4.2
Video Compression Engine: 2.0
System DMA: 1.0.0
CLRX: GCN 1.1.0

Latest Drivers:
Windows Vista :
Catalyst Software Suite 13.12

Windows 7:
32-bit: Radeon Software: Adrenalin Edition 18.9.3
64-bit: AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 22.6.1

Windows 8:
Catalyst Software Suite 14.4

Windows 8.1:
32-bit: Radeon Software: Crimson ReLive Edition 16.12.2 / 17.1.2
64-bit: Radeon Software: Crimson ReLive Edition 17.4.4 / 17.7.1

Windows 10:
32-bit: Radeon Software: Adrenalin Edition 18.9.3
64-bit: AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 22.6.1

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