AMD Radeon R9 Nano
The AMD Radeon R9 Nano is a graphics card released on August 1, 2015, built on the GCN architecture using a 28 nm process. It has 4,096 shading units, 4 GB of HBM memory on a 4096-bit bus, 512.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 1.00 GHz and a 175 W board power rating. It supports DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.5 and OpenCL 2.0.
Depth: 25 recorded fields, 2 features
Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against AMD.com Specifications and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 9 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.
Performance
Theoretical throughput
Texture fill rate (256 GTexel/s) is calculated by Feex from stored specifications, not stated by AMD.
Graphics processor
The AMD Radeon R9 Nano is based on the GCN architecture, uses the Fiji XT graphics processor, is manufactured on a 28 nm process, contains 8,900 million transistors and has a die size of 596 mm².
Shader configuration
The AMD Radeon R9 Nano has 4,096 shading units, 64 compute units, 256 texture mapping units and 64 render output units.
The AMD Radeon R9 Nano does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the AMD Radeon R9 Nano.
Clock speeds
The AMD Radeon R9 Nano runs at a base clock of 1.00 GHz and boosts to 1.00 GHz.
Memory
The AMD Radeon R9 Nano is equipped with 4 GB of HBM memory, uses a 4096-bit memory bus and delivers 512.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth.
Board and power
The AMD Radeon R9 Nano has a board power rating of 175 W and a total board power of 175 W.
Market
The AMD Radeon R9 Nano was released on August 1, 2015 and launched at a price of $649.
Graphics and compute APIs
The AMD Radeon R9 Nano supports DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.5 and OpenCL 2.0.
CUDA is an NVIDIA technology and does not apply to the AMD Radeon R9 Nano. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the AMD Radeon R9 Nano.
Features
The AMD Radeon R9 Nano has 1 supported feature recorded outside the media engine. A feature that no source mentions is shown as not listed, never as unsupported.
Display features
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Supported: AMD FreeSyncSupport for AMD's variable refresh rate technology, which syncs compatible displays to the GPU to reduce tearing and stutter.
Not listed (7)
No source Feex holds states whether the AMD Radeon R9 Nano supports HDMI 4K output, Stereoscopic 3D, 10-bit color output, VR ready, 8K display output, HDR output and 12-bit color output. That is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.
The AMD Radeon R9 Nano supports AMD FreeSync under Display features.
Media engine
Feex holds no codec support statement for the AMD Radeon R9 Nano.
Not listed: H.264 (AVC), HEVC (H.265), AV1 and VP9. No source Feex holds states whether the AMD Radeon R9 Nano supports these codecs; that is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.
Media engines recorded for the AMD Radeon R9 Nano: AMD Video Coding Engine.
Display outputs
The AMD Radeon R9 Nano offers outputs DisplayPort, HDMI.
Frequently asked questions
How much VRAM does the AMD Radeon R9 Nano have?
The AMD Radeon R9 Nano has 4 GB of HBM memory on a 4096-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 512.0 GB/s.
How much power does the AMD Radeon R9 Nano use and what power supply does it need?
The AMD Radeon R9 Nano has a board power rating of 175 W.
When was the AMD Radeon R9 Nano released and how much did it cost at launch?
The AMD Radeon R9 Nano was released on August 1, 2015 and launched at a price of $649.
Corrections to this record
After an audit, 1 empty field was filled from sources. Each change is listed with its old value, new value, rule and sources.
1 filled value
- Architecture: GCN (was Not recorded). Rule: Architecture from chip codename. chip Fiji -> GCN 3. Sources: Wikipedia: List of AMD graphics processing units (revision 1376670003).
The audit log is public: all changes for this GPU, the corrections overview and the method.