AMD Radeon Sky 500 videocard review

AMD Radeon Sky 500

Radeon Sky 500 videocard released by AMD; release date: 27 March 2013. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on GCN 1.0 microarchitecture codenamed Pitcairn.

Core clock speed - 950 MHz. Texture fill rate - 76 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 1280. Floating-point performance - 2,432 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 2,800 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 150 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 4 GB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 4800 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 154 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38582
4709
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
572
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345616
74902
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
54.669 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
1096.680 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
5.352 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
89.633 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
247.642 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
3585 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
2116 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
5116 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
3585.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
2116.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
5116.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 4709
PassMark - G2D Mark 572
Geekbench - OpenCL 74902
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 54.669 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 1096.680 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 5.352 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 89.633 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 247.642 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 3585 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 2116 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 5116 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 3585.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 2116.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 5116.000 Fps

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0
Code name Pitcairn
Launch date 27 March 2013
Place in performance rating 517
Type Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 950 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,432 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Pipelines 1280
Texture fill rate 76 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt
Transistor count 2,800 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count 1
Dual-link DVI support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0
Form factor Full Height / Full Length
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 242 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 154 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4800 MHz
Memory type GDDR5