The Navi GPUs are the first AMD GPUs to use the new
RDNA architecture, whose compute units have been redesigned to improve efficiency and instructions per clock (IPC). It features a multi-level cache hierarchy, which offers higher performance, lower latency, and less power consumption compared to the previous series. Navi also features an updated memory controller with
GDDR6 support. The encoding stack has changed from using
Unified Video Decoder and
Video Coding Engine, to using
Video Core Next. VCN was previously used in the
GCN 5th generation (Vega) implementation in
Raven Ridge, though not utilized in other Vega product lines.
Vulkan (API) Vulkan 1.2 is supported with
Adrenalin 20.1.2 and Linux
Mesa3D 20.0.0. Vulkan 1.3 is supported with Adrenalin 22.1.2 and Linux Mesa3D 22.0.0. Vulkan 1.4 is supported with Adrenalin 25.5.1 and Linux Mesa3D 25.0.0.
Resizable BAR support PCIe Resizable
BAR (RBAR, branded as
Smart Access Memory,
SAM) is supported with Adrenalin 21.9.1 or higher.
This feature (first available on RX 6000 series) is now supported on RX 5000 series GPUs. == Radeon RX 5000 series features ==