AMD FirePro M8900 videocard review

AMD FirePro M8900

FirePro M8900 videocard released by AMD; release date: 12 April 2011. The videocard is designed for mobile workstation-computers and based on TeraScale 2 microarchitecture codenamed Blackcomb.

Core clock speed - 680 MHz. Texture fill rate - 32.6 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 960. Floating-point performance - 1,305.6 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 40 nm. Transistors count - 1,700 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 75 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 2 GB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 3600 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 115 GB / s. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345150
18738
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
10.529 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
760.858 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
1.158 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
26.149 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
108.525 mHash/s
Name Value
Geekbench - OpenCL 18738
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 10.529 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 760.858 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 1.158 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 26.149 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 108.525 mHash/s

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2
Code name Blackcomb
Launch date 12 April 2011
Place in performance rating 1431
Type Mobile workstation

Technical info

Core clock speed 680 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,305.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm
Pipelines 960
Texture fill rate 32.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt
Transistor count 1,700 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support n / a
Form factor MXM-B
Interface MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size large
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 115 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 3600 MHz
Memory type GDDR5
Shared memory 0