AMD Radeon Sky 500 videocard review
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 |
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| PassMark G2D Mark |
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| Geekbench OpenCL |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop Face Detection |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop Ocean Surface Simulation |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop T-Rex |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop Video Composition |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop Bitcoin Mining |
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| GFXBench 4.0 Car Chase Offscreen |
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| GFXBench 4.0 Manhattan |
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| GFXBench 4.0 T-Rex |
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| GFXBench 4.0 Car Chase Offscreen |
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| GFXBench 4.0 Manhattan |
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| GFXBench 4.0 T-Rex |
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| Name | Value |
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| 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 |
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| Architecture | GCN 1.0 |
| Code name | Pitcairn |
| Launch date | 27 March 2013 |
| Place in performance rating | 506 |
| Type | Desktop |
Technical info |
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| 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 |
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| Display Connectors | 1x DisplayPort |
| DisplayPort count | 1 |
| Dual-link DVI support | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| 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 |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (11_1) |
| OpenGL | 4.5 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 154 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 4800 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 |

