AMD Radeon HD 8590M videocard review

Radeon HD 8590M videocard released by AMD; release date: 1 March 2013. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on GCN 1.0 microarchitecture codenamed Sun.

Core clock speed - 750 MHz. Boost clock speed - 750 MHz. Texture fill rate - 16.5 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 384. Floating-point performance - 528.0 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 1,040 million.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 2 GB. Memory bus width - 64 bit. Memory clock speed - 4500 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 36 GB/s. Shared memory - 0.

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0
Code name	Sun
Design	AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series
Launch date	1 March 2013
Place in performance rating	not rated
Type	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	750 MHz
Compute units	5
Core clock speed	750 MHz
Floating-point performance	528.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm
Pipelines	384
Texture fill rate	16.5 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,040 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8
Laptop size	medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	36 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5
Shared memory	0