Mesa GPU drivers

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Introduction

You can find below a list of GPU architectures and their corresponding Mesa drivers and API support.

AMD Graphics

ReleaseGFX CoreArchitectureGPU Models/SeriesOpenGLOpenCLVulkan
2000-2002GFX1-Radeon 7xxx1.3N/AN/A
2002-2004GFX1-Radeon 8xxx, Radeon 9000, Radeon 9200, Radeon 92501.4N/AN/A
2002-2005GFX2-Radeon 9500, Radeon 9600, Radeon 9700, Radeon 9800, Radeon X300-X8502.1N/AN/A
2004-2005GFX2-Radeon X700, Radeon X800, Radeon X850, Radeon Xpress 200-12502.1N/AN/A
2005-2006GFX2-Radeon X1300, Radeon X1600, Radeon X1800, Radeon X1900, Radeon X19502.1N/AN/A
2007-2008GFX3Ultra-Threaded SERadeon HD 2xxx, Radeon HD 3xxx3.3N/AN/A
2008-2009GFX3TeraScale 1Radeon HD 4xxx3.31.1N/A
2009-2011GFX4TeraScale 2Radeon HD 5xxx, Radeon HD 6xxx4.x1.2N/A
2010-2012GFX5TeraScale 3Radeon HD 69xx, Radeon HD 7xxx (Trinity/Richland APUs)4.x2.1N/A
2012-2013GFX6GCN 1.0Radeon HD 7xxx-8xxx, Radeon R7 240/250, Radeon R9 280/2904.x2.11.3
2013-2014GFX7GCN 2.0Radeon R7 260, Radeon R9 290X, Radeon R9 295X2, Kaveri APUs4.x2.11.3
2014-2015GFX8GCN 3.0Radeon R9 285, Radeon R9 380, Radeon R9 3904.x2.11.4
2015-2017GFX8.1GCN 4.0Radeon R9 Fury series, Radeon RX 4xx/5xx, Stoney Ridge APUs4.x2.11.4
2017-2019GFX9GCN 5.0Radeon RX Vega 56/64, Radeon VII, Raven Ridge/Renoir APUs4.x2.11.4
2019-2020GFX10RDNA 1.0Radeon RX 5xxx (Navi 10, Navi 12, Navi 14)4.x2.11.4
2020-2022GFX10RDNA 2.0Radeon RX 6xxx (Navi 21, Navi 22, Navi 23, Navi 24), Van Gogh, Raphael APUs4.x2.11.4
2022-2024GFX11RDNA 3.0Radeon RX 7xxx (Navi 31, Navi 32, Navi 33), Phoenix APUs (780M, 760M)4.x2.11.4
2024GFX11RDNA 3.5Radeon RX 8xxM (Strix Point APUs)4.x2.11.4
2025GFX12RDNA 4.0Radeon RX 9xxx4.x2.11.4

Mesa drivers

Driver nameTypeVersionGFX Core
r200 mesa-amberOpenGL1.5GFX1
r300OpenGL1.5GFX2
r600OpenGL3.3GFX3-GFX5
radeonsiOpenGL4.6GFX6-GFX11
radvVulkan1.4GFX6-GFX11

Intel Graphics

ReleaseGFX CoreArchitectureGPU Models/SeriesOpenGLOpenCLVulkan
1998-1999Gen13D Acceleratori740, i752, i7541.1N/AN/A
1999-2003Gen2Extreme Graphics82810, 82815, 82845G, 82855GM, 82865G1.3N/AN/A
2003-2004Gen3Extreme Graphics 282852GM, 82855GM, 82915G, 82925X1.4N/AN/A
2006-2007Gen4GMA 3000/3100G965, Q965, X3000, X3100, G31, G33, G35, Q33, Q352.1N/AN/A
2007-2009Gen4.5GMA X3500/X4500G35, G41, G43, G45, Q43, Q45, B43, X38, X482.1N/AN/A
2010Gen5IronlakeHD Graphics (Arrandale, Clarkdale)2.1N/AN/A
2011Gen6Sandy BridgeHD Graphics 2000/30003.31.1N/A
2012Gen7Ivy BridgeHD Graphics 2500/40004.21.2N/A
2013Gen7.5HaswellHD Graphics 4200/4400/4600/5000/5100/52004.61.2N/A
2014-2015Gen8BroadwellHD Graphics 5300/5500/6000, Iris 61004.62.01.3
2015-2017Gen9SkylakeHD Graphics 5xx, Iris 5xx4.62.11.4
2017-2019Gen9.5Kaby Lake/Coffee LakeUHD Graphics 6xx, Iris Plus 6xx4.62.11.4
2019-2020Gen11Ice LakeIris Plus Graphics (G4, G7)4.62.11.4
2020-2021Gen12Xe-LPUHD Graphics (Rocket Lake), Iris Xe (Alder Lake)4.62.11.4
2022Gen12.7Xe-HPG/Xe-HPCArc Alchemist (A7xx A3xx), Ponte Vecchio4.63.01.4
2024-2025Gen20Xe2-HPG/Xe2-LPGBattlemage (B5xx), Lunar Lake4.63.01.4

Mesa drivers

Driver nameTypeVersionGFX Core
i830/i965 mesa-amberOpenGL1.4Gen2
i915OpenGL2.1Gen3
crocusOpenGL4.6¹Gen4-Gen7.5
irisOpenGL4.6Gen8-Gen20
hasvkVulkan1.0 (partial)Gen6-Gen8
anvVulkan1.4Gen9-Gen20

¹: May vary depending on hardware.

Nvidia Graphics

ReleaseGFX CoreArchitectureGPU Models/SeriesOpenGLOpenCLVulkan
1995?NV1NV1 (Diamond Edge 3D)1.1N/AN/A
Cancelled?NV2Cancelled1.1N/AN/A
1997?NV3NV3, RIVA 128, RIVA 128ZX1.1N/AN/A
1998-1999?NV4RIVA TNT, TNT2, TNT2 Ultra, Vanta, M641.2N/AN/A
1999-2000Celsius¹NV10GeForce 256, GeForce 2, Quadro1.3N/AN/A
2001-2002Kelvin¹NV20GeForce 3, GeForce 4 Ti1.4N/AN/A
2003-2004Rankine¹NV30GeForce FX 5xx Series2.1N/AN/A
2004-2006Curie¹NV40GeForce 6000/7000, Quadro FX2.1N/AN/A
2006-2008Tesla (1st Gen)G80GeForce 8000, 9xx, 1xx, GTX 2xx3.31.1N/A
2008-2009Tesla (2nd Gen)GT200GeForce GTX 260, 280, 2953.31.1N/A
2010-2011FermiGF100GeForce GT/GTX 4xx/5xx, Quadro 4000/5000/60004.x1.1N/A
2012-2013KeplerGK100GeForce GT/GTX 6xx/7xx, Quadro K-series4.x1.11.x ?
2014Maxwell (1st Gen)GM100GeForce GTX 750/750 Ti, 8xx4.x1.21.x ?
2014-2015Maxwell (2nd Gen)GM200GeForce GT/GTX 9xx, Quadro M-series4.61.21.x ?
2016-2017PascalGP100GeForce GTX 1xxx, Titan Xp, Quadro P-series4.62.01.3 ?
2016-2017VoltaGV100GeForce GTX 1xxx, Quadro P-series4.61.21.3 ?
2018-2019TuringTU100GeForce RTX 2xxx, Quadro RTX4.62.01.4
2020-2021AmpereGA100GeForce RTX 3xxx, Quadro RTX A-series4.63.01.4
2022-2023Ada LovelaceAD100GeForce RTX 4xxx,4.63.01.4
2025BlackwellGB100GeForce RTX 5xxx4.63.01.4

¹: The code names were initially used by the Nouveau kernel driver.

Mesa drivers

Driver nameTypeVersionGFX Core
nv50OpenGL3.3G80-GT200
nvc0OpenGL4.5GF100-?
nvkVulkan1.4¹GK100-GB100

¹: May vary depending on hardware.

Broadcom VideoCore

It is mainly used in Raspberry Pi.

ReleaseGFX CoreArchitectureSOC Models/SeriesOpenGLOpenCLVulkan
2012-2016VideoCore IV-BCM2835-BCM28372.xN/AN/A
2012-2016VideoCore VI-BCM2711B03.3N/A1.0
2012-2016VideoCore VII-BCM27123.3N/A1.0

Mesa drivers

Driver nameTypeVersionGFX Core
vc4OpenGL2.1VideoCore IV
v3dOpenGL3.3VideoCore VI-VII
v3dvVulkan1.0VideoCore VI-VII

Source

Series
CAN bus under Linux (WIP)
More...
Benchmarking Webp format (WIP)
Tutorial on FFMPEG (WIP)
RTL9210 Firmware and Tools
Comparison of SSDs
Evolutions of CPUs (WIP)
Mesa GPU drivers
Deploy Traefik as a reverse proxy with Kubernetes
C++ Code Coverage with CMake and GCOVR
A guide to SFF PCs (WIP)
Index
Introduction
- AMD Graphics
- Intel Graphics
- Nvidia Graphics
- Broadcom VideoCore
- Source