AMD Radeon HD 8950M videocard review

Radeon HD 8950M videocard released by AMD; release date: 14 May 2013. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on GCN 2.0 microarchitecture codenamed Saturn.

Core clock speed - 1075 MHz. Texture fill rate - 51.6 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 768. Floating-point performance - 1,651 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 2,080 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 100 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 2 GB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 5500 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 88 GB / s.

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0
Code name	Saturn
Launch date	14 May 2013
Place in performance rating	not rated
Type	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1075 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,651 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm
Pipelines	768
Texture fill rate	51.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt
Transistor count	2,080 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	88 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5