Mesa GPU drivers

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Features (Series)
CAN bus under Linux (draft)
Tutorial sur FFMPEG (Draft)
A guide to SFF PCs (Draft)
RTL9210 Firmware and Tools
Mesa GPU drivers
Comparison of SSDs
Evolutions of x86 CPUs (draft)

Introduction

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

AMD Graphics

Release	GFX Core	Architecture	GPU Models/Series	DirectX	OpenGL	OpenCL	Vulkan
2000-2002	GFX1	-	Radeon 7xxx	7	1.3	N/A	N/A
2002-2004	GFX1	-	Radeon 8xxx, Radeon 9000, Radeon 9200, Radeon 9250	8	1.4	N/A	N/A
2002-2005	GFX2	-	Radeon 9500, Radeon 9600, Radeon 9700, Radeon 9800, Radeon X300-X850	9	2.1	N/A	N/A
2004-2005	GFX2	-	Radeon X700, Radeon X800, Radeon X850, Radeon Xpress 200-1250	9	2.1	N/A	N/A
2005-2006	GFX2	-	Radeon X1300, Radeon X1600, Radeon X1800, Radeon X1900, Radeon X1950	9	2.1	N/A	N/A
2007-2008	GFX3	Ultra-Threaded SE	Radeon HD 2xxx, Radeon HD 3xxx	10	3.3	N/A	N/A
2008-2009	GFX3	TeraScale 1	Radeon HD 4xxx	10	3.3	1.1	N/A
2009-2011	GFX4	TeraScale 2	Radeon HD 5xxx, Radeon HD 6xxx	11	4.x	1.2	N/A
2010-2012	GFX5	TeraScale 3	Radeon HD 69xx, Radeon HD 7xxx (Trinity/Richland APUs)	11	4.x	2.1	N/A
2012-2013	GFX6	GCN 1.0	Radeon HD 7xxx-7xxx, Radeon R7 240/250, Radeon R9 280/290	12	4.x	2.1	1.2
2013-2014	GFX7	GCN 2.0	Radeon R7 260, Radeon R9 290X, Radeon R9 295X2, Kaveri APUs	12	4.x	2.1	1.2
2014-2015	GFX8	GCN 3.0	Radeon R9 285, Radeon R9 380, Radeon R9 390	12	4.x	2.1	1.2
2015-2017	GFX8.1	GCN 4.0	Radeon R9 Fury series, Radeon RX 4xx/5xx, Stoney Ridge APUs	12	4.x	2.1	1.4
2017-2019	GFX9	GCN 5.0	Radeon RX Vega 56/64, Radeon VII, Raven Ridge/Renoir APUs	12	4.x	2.1	1.4
2019-2020	GFX10	RDNA 1.0	Radeon RX 5xxx (Navi 10, Navi 12, Navi 14)	12	4.x	2.1	1.4
2020-2022	GFX10	RDNA 2.0	Radeon RX 6xxx (Navi 21, Navi 22, Navi 23, Navi 24), Van Gogh, Raphael APUs	12	4.x	2.1	1.4
2022-2024	GFX11	RDNA 3.0	Radeon RX 7xxx (Navi 31, Navi 32, Navi 33), Phoenix APUs (780M, 760M)	12	4.x	2.1	1.4
2024	GFX11	RDNA 3.5	Radeon RX 8xxM (Strix Point APUs)	12	4.x	2.1	1.4
2025	GFX12	RDNA 4.0	Radeon RX 9xxx ?	12	4.x	2.1	1.4

Mesa drivers

Driver name	Type	Version	GFX Core
r200 (mesa-amber)	OpenGL	1.5	GFX1
r300	OpenGL	1.5	GFX2
r600	OpenGL	3.3	GFX3-GFX5
radeonsi	OpenGL	4.6	GFX6-GFX11
radv	Vulkan	1.4	GFX6-GFX11

Intel Graphics

Release	GFX Core	Architecture	GPU Models/Series	DirectX	OpenGL	OpenCL	Vulkan
1998-1999	Gen1	3D Accelerator	i740, i752, i754	6	1.1	N/A	N/A
1999-2003	Gen2	Extreme Graphics	82810, 82815, 82845G, 82855GM, 82865G	7	1.3	N/A	N/A
2003-2004	Gen3	Extreme Graphics 2	82852GM, 82855GM, 82915G, 82925X	8	1.4	N/A	N/A
2006-2007	Gen4	GMA 3000/3100	G965, Q965, X3000, X3100, G31, G33, G35, Q33, Q35	9	2.1	N/A	N/A
2007-2009	Gen4.5	GMA X3500/X4500	G35, G41, G43, G45, Q43, Q45, B43, X38, X48	10	2.1	N/A	N/A
2010	Gen5	Ironlake	HD Graphics (Arrandale, Clarkdale)	10	2.1	N/A	N/A
2011	Gen6	Sandy Bridge	HD Graphics 2000/3000	10	3.1	1.1	N/A
2012	Gen7	Ivy Bridge	HD Graphics 2500/4000	11	4.x	1.2	N/A
2013	Gen7.5	Haswell	HD Graphics 4200/4400/4600/5000/5100/5200	11	4.x	1.2	N/A
2014-2015	Gen8	Broadwell	HD Graphics 5300/5500/6000, Iris 6100	12	4.x	2.0	1.0
2015-2017	Gen9	Skylake	HD Graphics 5xx, Iris 5xx	12	4.x	2.1	1.0
2017-2019	Gen9.5	Kaby Lake/Coffee Lake	UHD Graphics 6xx, Iris Plus 6xx	12	4.x	2.1	1.2
2019-2020	Gen11	Ice Lake	Iris Plus Graphics (G4, G7)	12	4.x	2.1	1.2
2020-2021	Gen12	Xe-LP	UHD Graphics (Rocket Lake), Iris Xe (Tiger Lake)	12	4.x	2.1	1.2
2022	Gen12.7	Xe-HPG/Xe-HPC	Arc Alchemist (A7xx A3xx), Ponte Vecchio	12	4.x	3.0	1.3
2024-2025	Gen13	Xe2-HPG/Xe2-LPG	Battlemage (B5xx), Lunar Lake	12	4.x	3.0	1.3

Mesa drivers

Driver name	Type	Version	GFX Core
i830/i965 (mesa-amber)	OpenGL	1.4	Gen2
i915	OpenGL	2.1	Gen3
crocus	OpenGL	4.6	Gen4-Gen7.5
iris	OpenGL	4.6	Gen8-Gen13
hasvk	Vulkan	1.2 (partial)	Gen6-Gen8
anv	Vulkan	1.4	Gen9-Gen13

Nvidia Graphics

Release	GFX Core	Architecture	GPU Models/Series	DirectX	OpenGL	OpenCL	Vulkan
1995	NV1	STG-2000	NV1 (Diamond Edge 3D)	5	1.1	N/A	N/A
Annulé	NV2		Annulé	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
1997	NV3	RIVA 128	NV3, RIVA 128, RIVA 128ZX	5	1.1	N/A	N/A
1998-1999	NV4	TNT	RIVA TNT, TNT2, TNT2 Ultra, Vanta, M64	6	1.2	N/A	N/A
1999-2000	NV10	GeForce 256	GeForce 256, GeForce 2, Quadro	7	1.3	N/A	N/A
2001-2002	NV20	GeForce 3	GeForce 3, GeForce 4 Ti	8	1.4	N/A	N/A
2003-2004	NV30	GeForce FX	GeForce FX 5xx Series	9	2.1	N/A	N/A
2004-2006	NV40	GeForce 6/7	GeForce 6000/7000, Quadro FX	9	2.1	N/A	N/A
2006-2008	G80	Tesla (1st Gen)	GeForce 8000, 9xx, 1xx, GTX 2xx	10	3.3	1.1	N/A
2008-2009	GT200	Tesla (2nd Gen)	GeForce GTX 260, 280, 295	10	3.3	1.1	N/A
2010-2011	GF100	Fermi	GeForce GT/GTX 4xx/5xx, Quadro 4000/5000/6000	11	4.x	1.1	N/A
2012-2013	GK100	Kepler	GeForce GT/GTX 6xx/7xx, Quadro K-series	11	4.x	1.1	N/A
2014	GM100	Maxwell (1st Gen)	GeForce GTX 750/750 Ti	12	4.x	1.2	N/A
2014-2015	GM200	Maxwell (2nd Gen)	GeForce GT/GTX 9xx, Quadro M-series	12	4.x	1.2	1.1
2016-2017	GP100	Pascal	GeForce GTX 1xxx, Titan Xp, Quadro P-series	12	4.x	2.0	1.1
2018-2019	TU100	Turing	GeForce RTX 2xxx, Quadro RTX	12	4.x	2.0	1.1
2020-2021	GA100	Ampere	GeForce RTX 3xxx, Quadro RTX A-series	12	4.x	3.0	1.2
2022-2023	AD100	Ada Lovelace	GeForce RTX 4xxx, RTX 6000 Ada	12	4.x	3.0	1.3
2025	GB100	Blackwell	GeForce RTX 5xxx	12	4.x	3.0	1.3

Mesa drivers

Driver name	Type	Version	GFX Core
nv50	OpenGL	?	?
nvc0	OpenGL	?	?
nvk	Vulkan	1.4	?

Source:

Series
CAN bus under Linux (draft)
Tutorial sur FFMPEG (Draft)
A guide to SFF PCs (Draft)
RTL9210 Firmware and Tools
Mesa GPU drivers
Comparison of SSDs
Evolutions of x86 CPUs (draft)

Index

Introduction

AMD Graphics

- Mesa drivers

Intel Graphics

- Mesa drivers

Nvidia Graphics

- Mesa drivers