AMD Radeon E8950 videocard review

Radeon E8950 videocard released by AMD; release date: 29 September 2015. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on GCN 3.0 microarchitecture codenamed Amethyst.

Core clock speed - 735 MHz. Boost clock speed - 1000 MHz. Texture fill rate - 128.0 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 2048. Floating-point performance - 4,096 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 5,000 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 95 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 8 GB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 6000 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 192.0 GB / s.

Benchmarks

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

939.363 mPixels/s

66.837 mPixels/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

14101.507 Frames/s

1369.722 Frames/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

93.230 Frames/s

6.633 Frames/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

530.303 Frames/s

65.836 Frames/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

4413.025 mHash/s

326.391 mHash/s

Name	Value
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection	66.837 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation	1369.722 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex	6.633 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition	65.836 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining	326.391 mHash/s

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0
Code name	Amethyst
Launch date	29 September 2015
Place in performance rating	762
Type	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	735 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm
Pipelines	2048
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	192.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5