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AMD Radeon Sky 500
- Graphics Processor
- Pitcairn
- Cores
- 1280
- TMUs
- 80
- ROPs
- 32
- Memory Size
- 4 GB
- Memory Type
- GDDR5
- Bus Width
- 256 bit
GPU
Recommended Gaming Resolutions:
- 1600x900
- 1920x1080
- 2560x1440
The Radeon Sky 500 was a professional graphics card by AMD, launched on March 27th, 2013. Built on the 28 nm process, and based on the Pitcairn graphics processor, in its Pitcairn XT GL variant, the card supports DirectX 12. The Pitcairn graphics processor is an average sized chip with a die area of 212 mm² and 2,800 million transistors. It features 1280 shading units, 80 texture mapping units, and 32 ROPs. AMD has paired 4 GB GDDR5 memory with the Radeon Sky 500, which are connected using a 256-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 950 MHz, memory is running at 1200 MHz (4.8 Gbps effective).
Being a single-slot card, the AMD Radeon Sky 500 draws power from 1x 6-pin power connector, with power draw rated at 150 W maximum. Display outputs include: 1x DisplayPort 1.2. Radeon Sky 500 is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 3.0 x16 interface. The card measures 242 mm in length, 111 mm in width, and features a single-slot cooling solution.
Being a single-slot card, the AMD Radeon Sky 500 draws power from 1x 6-pin power connector, with power draw rated at 150 W maximum. Display outputs include: 1x DisplayPort 1.2. Radeon Sky 500 is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 3.0 x16 interface. The card measures 242 mm in length, 111 mm in width, and features a single-slot cooling solution.
Graphics Processor
Graphics Card
- Release Date
- Mar 27th, 2013
- Generation
-
Radeon Sky
(x00)
- Predecessor
- FirePro Remote
- Production
- End-of-life
- Bus Interface
- PCIe 3.0 x16
Relative Performance
Based on TPU review data: "Performance Summary" at 1920x1080, 4K for 2080 Ti and faster.
Performance estimated based on architecture, shader count and clocks.
Clock Speeds
- GPU Clock
- 950 MHz
- Memory Clock
-
1200 MHz
4.8 Gbps effective
Memory
- Memory Size
- 4 GB
- Memory Type
- GDDR5
- Memory Bus
- 256 bit
- Bandwidth
- 153.6 GB/s
Render Config
- Shading Units
- 1280
- TMUs
- 80
- ROPs
- 32
- Compute Units
- 20
- L1 Cache
- 16 KB (per CU)
- L2 Cache
- 512 KB
Theoretical Performance
- Pixel Rate
- 30.40 GPixel/s
- Texture Rate
- 76.00 GTexel/s
- FP32 (float)
- 2.432 TFLOPS
- FP64 (double)
- 152.0 GFLOPS (1:16)
Board Design
- Slot Width
- Single-slot
- Length
- 242 mm
9.5 inches
- Width
- 111 mm
4.4 inches
- TDP
- 150 W
- Suggested PSU
- 450 W
- Outputs
- 1x DisplayPort 1.2
- Power Connectors
- 1x 6-pin
Graphics Features
- DirectX
- 12 (11_1)
- OpenGL
- 4.6
- OpenCL
- 2.1 (1.2)
- Vulkan
- 1.2.170
- Shader Model
- 6.5 (5.1)
Pitcairn GPU Notes
| Generation: Southern Islands Desktop Variant: Curacao / Trinidad Mobile Variant: Wimbledon / Neptune Graphics/Compute: GFX6 (gfx601) Display Core Engine: 6.0 Unified Video Decoder: 4.0 Video Compression Engine: 1.0 CLRX: GCN 1.0 Latest Drivers: Windows XP / 8: Catalyst Software Suite 14.4 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 8.1: 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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