AMD · 2006
AMD M56
The AMD M56 (RV530) is a mid-range graphics card released in 2006, featuring 5 shading units and 256 MB of memory.
The AMD M56 is a graphics card based on the RV530 architecture, manufactured on a 90 nm process. It features 5 shading units, a base clock of 425 MHz, and a boost clock of 450 MHz. The card comes with 256 MB of memory, available in DDR2 or GDDR3 types, on a 128-bit bus, providing a memory bandwidth of 12.0 GB/s. It uses a PCIe ×16 bus interface and supports DirectX 9.0c and OpenGL 2.0. Released on February 1, 2006, the M56 was intended for mid-range desktop systems.
Specifications
| Architecture unverified | RV530 |
|---|---|
| GPU chip unverified | RV530 |
| Process node unverified | 90 nm |
| Shading units unverified | 5 |
| Base clock unverified | 425 MHz |
| Boost clock unverified | 450 MHz |
| Memory size unverified | 0.256 GB |
| Memory type unverified | DDR2, GDDR3 |
| Memory bus unverified | 128 bit |
| Memory bandwidth unverified | 12.0 GB/s |
| Bus interface unverified | PCIe ×16 |
| DirectX support unverified | 9.0c |
| OpenGL support unverified | 2.0 |
| Release date unverified | 2006-02-01 |
| Release year unverified | 2006 |