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Graphics Processor

GPU model Ellesmere Ellesmere
GPU variant Polaris 10 XT (215-0876184) Polaris 10 XT (215-0876184)
Architecture GCN 4.0 GCN 4.0
Foundry GlobalFoundries GlobalFoundries
Manufacturing process 14 nm 14 nm
Number of transistors 5,700 million 5,700 million
Die size 232 mm² 232 mm²

Graphics Card

Release date Jun 29th, 2016 Jun 29th, 2016
Generation Arctic Islands Polaris
Production Active Active
Launch price 229 USD 229 USD
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Reviews 86 in our database 52 in our database
Predecessor Pirate Islands Arctic Islands
Successor Polaris Vega

Clocks

Base clock 1120 MHz 1120 MHz
Boost clock 1266 MHz 1266 MHz
Memory clock 2000 MHz 8 Gbps effective 2000 MHz 8 Gbps effective

Memory Configuration

Memory size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Memory bus width 256 bit 256 bit
Bandwidth 256.0 GB/s 256.0 GB/s

Render Configuration

Shading units 2304 2304
TMUs 144 144
ROPs 32 32
Compute units 36 36
Cache L1 16 KB (per CU) 16 KB (per CU)
Cache L2 2 MB 2 MB

Performance

Pixel rate 40.51 GPixel/s 40.51 GPixel/s
Texture rate 182.3 GTexel/s 182.3 GTexel/s
FP16 (half) performance 5.834 TFLOPS (1:1) 5.834 TFLOPS (1:1)
FP32 (float) performance 5.834 TFLOPS 5.834 TFLOPS
FP64 (double) performance 364.6 GFLOPS (1:16) 364.6 GFLOPS (1:16)

Dimensions & Outputs

Slot width Dual-slot Dual-slot
Length 240 mm 9.4 inches 241 mm 9.5 inches
Width 95 mm 3.7 inches
Height 35 mm 1.4 inches
TDP 150 W 150 W
Suggested PSU 450 W 450 W
Outputs 1x HDMI3x DisplayPort 1x HDMI3x DisplayPort
Power connectors 1x 6-pin 1x 6-pin
Board number C940, D009-47 C940, D009-04

API Support & Features

DirectX 12 (12_0) 12 (12_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 2.1 2.1
Vulkan 1.2 1.2
Shader model 6.4 6.4

Other Features

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