AMD Radeon E8950 Specs (original) (raw)

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Graphics Processor

Amethyst

Cores

2048

TMUs

128

ROPs

32

Memory Size

8 GB

Memory Type

GDDR5

Bus Width

256 bit

Front GPU Chip

GPU Chip

GPU

The Radeon E8950 was a mobile graphics chip by AMD, launched on September 29th, 2015. Built on the 28 nm process, and based on the Amethyst graphics processor, in its E8950 variant, the chip supports DirectX 12. This ensures that all modern games will run on Radeon E8950. The Amethyst graphics processor is a large chip with a die area of 366 mm² and 5,000 million transistors. It features 2048 shading units, 128 texture mapping units, and 32 ROPs. AMD has paired 8 GB GDDR5 memory with the Radeon E8950, which are connected using a 256-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 735 MHz, which can be boosted up to 1000 MHz, memory is running at 1500 MHz (6 Gbps effective).
Being a mxm module card, the AMD Radeon E8950 does not require any additional power connector, its power draw is rated at 95 W maximum. This device has no display connectivity, as it is not designed to have monitors connected to it. Rather it is intended for use in laptop/notebooks and will use the output of the host mobile device.

Graphics Processor

GPU Name

Amethyst

GPU Variant

E8950
(215-0851096)

Architecture

GCN 3.0

Foundry

TSMC

Process Size

28 nm

Transistors

5,000 million

Density

13.7M / mm²

Die Size

366 mm²

Mobile Graphics

Release Date

Sep 29th, 2015

Generation

Embedded
(8000)

Production

End-of-life

Bus Interface

MXM-B (3.0)

Reviews

3 in our database

Relative Performance

Based on TPU review data: "Performance Summary" at 1920x1080, 4K for 2080 Ti and faster.

Performance estimated based on architecture, shader count and clocks.

Clock Speeds

Base Clock

735 MHz

Boost Clock

1000 MHz

Memory Clock

1500 MHz
6 Gbps effective

Memory

Memory Size

8 GB

Memory Type

GDDR5

Memory Bus

256 bit

Bandwidth

192.0 GB/s

Render Config

Shading Units

2048

TMUs

128

ROPs

32

Compute Units

32

L1 Cache

16 KB (per CU)

L2 Cache

512 KB

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Rate

32.00 GPixel/s

Texture Rate

128.0 GTexel/s

FP16 (half)

4.096 TFLOPS (1:1)

FP32 (float)

4.096 TFLOPS

FP64 (double)

256.0 GFLOPS (1:16)

Board Design

Slot Width

MXM Module

TDP

95 W

Outputs

Portable Device Dependent

Power Connectors

None

Board Number

109-C76951-00B_02

Graphics Features

DirectX

12 (12_0)

OpenGL

4.6

OpenCL

2.1

Vulkan

1.2.170

Shader Model

6.5

Card Notes

Amethyst GPU Notes

Generation: Volcanic Islands
Desktop Variant: Tonga / Antigua
Graphics/Compute: GFX8 (gfx802)
Display Core Engine: 10.0
Unified Video Decoder: 5.0
Video Compression Engine: 3.0
System DMA: 3.0.0
CLRX: GCN 1.2.0

Latest Drivers:
Windows 7:
64-bit: AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 22.6.1

Windows 8.1:
64-bit: Radeon Software: Crimson ReLive Edition 17.4.4 / 17.7.1

Windows 10:
64-bit: AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 22.6.1