AMD Radeon HD 8790M videocard review
Radeon HD 8790M videocard released by AMD; release date: 1 April 2013. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on GCN 1.0 microarchitecture codenamed Mars.
Core clock speed - 850 MHz. Boost clock speed - 850 MHz. Texture fill rate - 21.6 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 384. Floating-point performance - 691.2 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 1,040 million.
Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 2 GB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 4000 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 64 GB / s. Shared memory - 0.
Benchmarks
| PassMark G3D Mark |
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| PassMark G2D Mark |
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| Geekbench OpenCL |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop Face Detection |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop Ocean Surface Simulation |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop T-Rex |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop Video Composition |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop Bitcoin Mining |
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| GFXBench 4.0 Car Chase Offscreen |
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| GFXBench 4.0 Manhattan |
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| GFXBench 4.0 T-Rex |
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| GFXBench 4.0 Car Chase Offscreen |
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| GFXBench 4.0 Manhattan |
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| GFXBench 4.0 T-Rex |
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| 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score |
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| Name | Value |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 1306 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 751 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 4806 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection | 12.759 mPixels/s |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation | 465.631 Frames/s |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex | 1.576 Frames/s |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition | 28.839 Frames/s |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining | 80.418 mHash/s |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen | 2181 Frames |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan | 2656 Frames |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex | 2014 Frames |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen | 2181.000 Fps |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan | 2656.000 Fps |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex | 2014.000 Fps |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1607 |
Games performance
Counter-Strike: GO (2012)
| Medium, 1366x768 | 149.00 |
| High, 1366x768 | 116.00 |
Company of Heroes 2 (2013)
| Low, 1024x768 | 38.90 |
| Medium, 1366x768 | 30.67 |
| High, 1366x768 | 17.20 |
| Ultra, 1920x1080 | 12.52 |
Metro: Last Light (2013)
| Low, 1024x768 | 56.00 |
| Medium, 1366x768 | 40.00 |
| High, 1366x768 | 22.70 |
| Ultra, 1920x1080 | 11.70 |
BioShock Infinite (2013)
| Low, 1280x720 | 113.00 |
| Medium, 1366x768 | 55.00 |
| High, 1366x768 | 47.00 |
| Ultra, 1920x1080 | 15.60 |
SimCity (2013)
| Low, 1024x768 | 93.00 |
| Medium, 1366x768 | 38.00 |
| High, 1366x768 | 29.00 |
| Ultra, 1920x1080 | 16.00 |
Tomb Raider (2013)
| Low, 1024x768 | 127.00 |
| Medium, 1366x768 | 57.00 |
| High, 1366x768 | 42.50 |
| Ultra, 1920x1080 | 19.70 |
Crysis 3 (2013)
| Low, 1024x768 | 103.00 |
| Medium, 1366x768 | 66.00 |
| High, 1366x768 | 42.00 |
| Ultra, 1920x1080 | 16.00 |
Hitman: Absolution (2012)
| Low, 1024x768 | 49.00 |
| Medium, 1366x768 | 44.00 |
| High, 1366x768 | 25.00 |
| Ultra, 1920x1080 | 10.00 |
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (2012)
| Low, 1024x768 | 109.00 |
| Medium, 1366x768 | 82.00 |
| High, 1366x768 | 43.00 |
| Ultra, 1920x1080 | 27.90 |
Dirt Showdown (2012)
| Low, 1024x768 | 82.00 |
| Medium, 1366x768 | 47.00 |
| High, 1366x768 | 27.00 |
| Ultra, 1920x1080 | 19.00 |
Diablo III (2012)
| Low, 1024x768 | 97.00 |
| Medium, 1366x768 | 70.00 |
| High, 1366x768 | 61.00 |
| Ultra, 1920x1080 | 37.00 |
Battlefield 3 (2011)
| Low, 1024x768 | 78.00 |
| Medium, 1366x768 | 53.00 |
| High, 1366x768 | 41.00 |
| Ultra, 1920x1080 | 16.00 |
Specifications (specs)
Essentials |
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| Architecture | GCN 1.0 |
| Code name | Mars |
| Design | AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series |
| Launch date | 1 April 2013 |
| Place in performance rating | 855 |
| Type | Desktop |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 850 MHz |
| Compute units | 6 |
| Core clock speed | 850 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 691.2 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 384 |
| Texture fill rate | 21.6 GTexel / s |
| Transistor count | 1,040 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | MXM-A (3.0) |
| Laptop size | medium sized |
| Supplementary power connectors | None |
API support |
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| DirectX | 11 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 64 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 4000 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 |
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