AMD Ellesmere
AMD's Ellesmere GPU uses the GCN 4.0 architecture and is made using a 14 nm production process at GlobalFoundries. With a die size of 232 mm² and a transistor count of 5,700 million it is a medium-sized chip. Ellesmere supports DirectX 12 (Feature Level 12_0). For GPU compute applications, OpenCL version 2.1 can be used. It features 2304 shading units, 144 texture mapping units and 32 ROPs.
Further reading:
Polaris Architecture Whitepaper

Graphics Processor
- GPU Name
- Ellesmere
- Architecture
- GCN 4.0
- Foundry
- GlobalFoundries
- Process Size
- 14 nm
- Transistors
- 5,700 million
- Density
- 24.6M / mm²
- Die Size
- 232 mm²
- Released
- Jun 29th, 2016
Graphics Features
- DirectX
- 12 (12_0)
- OpenGL
- 4.6
- OpenCL
- 2.1
- Vulkan
- 1.2
- Shader Model
- 6.4
- Compute
- GFX8
- ROCm
- Yes
Render Config
- Shading Units
- 2304
- TMUs
- 144
- ROPs
- 32
- Compute Units
- 36
- ACEs
- 4
- HWSs
- 2
- SEs
- 4
- L1 Cache
- 16 KB per CU
- L2 Cache
- 2048 KB
- Max. TDP
- 250 W
All GCN 4.0 GPUs
AMD GPU Architecture History
Graphics cards using the AMD Ellesmere GPU
Name | Chip | Memory | Shaders | TMUs | ROPs | Base Clock | Boost Clock | Memory Clock |
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AMD Radeon RX 480
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Polaris 10 XT | 8 GB | 2304 | 144 | 32 | 1120 MHz | 1266 MHz | 2000 MHz |
AMD Radeon RX 470
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Polaris 10 PRO | 4 GB | 2048 | 128 | 32 | 926 MHz | 1206 MHz | 1650 MHz |
AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100
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Polaris 10 XT GL | 8 GB | 2304 | 144 | 32 | 1188 MHz | 1243 MHz | 1750 MHz |
AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100
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Polaris 10 PRO GL | 8 GB | 1792 | 112 | 32 | 713 MHz | 1086 MHz | 1250 MHz |
AMD Radeon E9550 MXM
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Ellesmere XT | 8 GB | 2304 | 144 | 32 | 1120 MHz | 1266 MHz | 1250 MHz |
AMD Radeon RX 470D
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Polaris 10 PROD | 4 GB | 1792 | 112 | 32 | 926 MHz | 1206 MHz | 1650 MHz |
AMD Radeon Instinct MI6
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Ellesmere XT | 8 GB | 2304 | 144 | 32 | 1120 MHz | 1233 MHz | 1750 MHz |
AMD Radeon Pro Duo Polaris
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Ellesmere Gemini GL | 16 GB | 2304 | 144 | 32 | 1243 MHz | 1750 MHz | |
AMD Radeon Pro 580 | Ellesmere XTA | 8 GB | 2304 | 144 | 32 | 1100 MHz | 1200 MHz | 1695 MHz |
AMD Radeon Pro V7300X | Ellesmere XT | 8 GB | 2304 | 144 | 32 | 1188 MHz | 1243 MHz | 1750 MHz |
AMD Radeon Pro V7350X2
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Ellesmere XT | 16 GB | 2304 | 144 | 32 | 1188 MHz | 1243 MHz | 1750 MHz |
AMD Radeon RX 570 Mobile | Ellesmere PRO | 8 GB | 2048 | 128 | 32 | 926 MHz | 1206 MHz | 1650 MHz |
AMD Radeon RX 470 Mobile | Ellesmere PRO | 8 GB | 2048 | 128 | 32 | 926 MHz | 1074 MHz | 1750 MHz |
AMD Radeon RX 480 Mobile
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Ellesmere XT | 8 GB | 2304 | 144 | 32 | 1000 MHz | 1077 MHz | 2000 MHz |
AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100 Mobile | Ellesmere XT | 8 GB | 2304 | 144 | 32 | 1188 MHz | 1243 MHz | 1250 MHz |
AMD Radeon RX 580 OEM
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Polaris 10 XT | 8 GB | 2304 | 144 | 32 | 1120 MHz | 1266 MHz | 2000 MHz |
AMD Radeon RX 560 XT
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Polaris 10 LE1 | 4 GB | 1792 | 112 | 32 | 1074 MHz | 1226 MHz | 1750 MHz |
AMD Radeon Pro 580X | Ellesmere XTA | 8 GB | 2304 | 144 | 32 | 1100 MHz | 1200 MHz | 1710 MHz |
AMD Radeon Pro WX 7130 Mobile | Ellesmere XT | 8 GB | 2304 | 144 | 32 | 1188 MHz | 1243 MHz | 1250 MHz |
AMD Radeon E9560 PCIe
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8 GB | 2304 | 144 | 32 | 1120 MHz | 1237 MHz | 1750 MHz | |
AMD Radeon E9390 PCIe
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8 GB | 1792 | 112 | 32 | 713 MHz | 1089 MHz | 1250 MHz |
Ellesmere GPU Notes
Architecture Codename: Arctic Islands Codename: Polaris 10 Old Codename: Cozumel / Hawaii Refresh CLRX Version: GCN 1.2 Graphics/Compute: GFX8 (gfx803) Display Core Engine: 11.2 Unified Video Decoder: 6.3 Video Compression Engine: 3.4 |