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Arctic Islands µarch
General Info
Arch TypeGPU
DesignerAMD
ManufacturerGlobalFoundries
Introduction2016
Process14 nm, 16 nm
Succession

Arctic Islands (also known as GCN4 (Graphics core next 4th generation)) is a microarchitecture developed by AMD.

Codenames[edit]

Family[edit]

Family Chipset name Microarchitecture ISA Product name
Southern Islands Cape Verde, Pitcairn, Tahiti, Oland, Hainan GCN1.0+ DCE 6.x HD7750 - HD7970, R9 270, R9 280, R9 370X, R7 240, R7 250
Sea Islands Bonaire, Kabini, Mullins, Kaveri, Hawaii GCN2.x DCE 8.x HD7790, R7 260, R9 290, R7 360, R9 390
Volcanic Islands Carrizo, Fiji, Stoney, Tonga, Topaz, Wani GCN3.x DCE 10/11.x R9 285, R9 380/380X, R9 Fury, R9 Nano, R9 Fury X, Pro Duo
Arctic Islands Polaris 10/11/12, 22 (Vega M) GCN4.x DCE 11.2 RX 460/470/480, RX 540/550/560/570/580/590, Pro WX 3200
Vega Vega 10/11/12, 20 GCN5.x DCE 12.x RX Vega 56, RX Vega 64, Radeon Vega II, Radeon VII

Generation[edit]

AMD Radeon RX Vega M / 56 / 64 (7)
Name Family Bus Memory GPU Clock Memory Clock Cores / TMUs / ROPs Release
Radeon RX Vega M GH Polaris 22 IGP 4 GB / HBM2 / 1024 bit 1190 MHz 800 MHz 1536 / 96 / 64 Feb 1, 2018
Radeon RX Vega M GL Polaris 22 IGP 4 GB / HBM2 / 1024 bit 1011 MHz 700 MHz 1280 / 80 / 32 Feb 1, 2018
Radeon Pro WX Vega M GL Polaris 22 IGP 4 GB / HBM2 / 1024 bit 1011 MHz 700 MHz 1280 / 80 / 32 Apr 24, 2018
Radeon RX Vega 56 Vega 10 PCIe 3.0 x16 8 GB / HBM2 / 2048 bit 1471 MHz 800 MHz 3584 / 224 / 64 Aug 14, 2017
Radeon RX Vega 64 (LE) Vega 10 PCIe 3.0 x16 8 GB / HBM2 / 2048 bit 1546 MHz 945 MHz 4096 / 256 / 64 Aug 7, 2017
Radeon RX Vega 64 (LC) Vega 10 PCIe 3.0 x16 8 GB / HBM2 / 2048 bit 1677 MHz 945 MHz 4096 / 256 / 64 Aug 7, 2017
Radeon RX Vega Nano Vega 10 PCIe 3.0 x16 8 GB / HBM2 / 2048 bit 1546 MHz 800 MHz 4096 / 256 / 64 2017
codenameArctic Islands +
designerAMD +
first launched2016 +
full page nameamd/microarchitectures/arctic islands +
instance ofmicroarchitecture +
manufacturerGlobalFoundries +
microarchitecture typeGPU +
nameArctic Islands +
process14 nm (0.014 μm, 1.4e-5 mm) + and 16 nm (0.016 μm, 1.6e-5 mm) +