AMD Radeon Sky 900 videocard review

AMD Radeon Sky 900

Radeon Sky 900 videocard released by AMD; release date: 27 March 2013. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on GCN 1.0 microarchitecture codenamed Tahiti.

Core clock speed - 825 MHz. Boost clock speed - 950 MHz. Texture fill rate - 2x 106.4 GTexel / s billion / sec. Pipelines - 3584. Floating-point performance - 2x 3,405 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 4,313 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 300 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 6 GB. Memory bus width - 2x 384 Bit. Memory clock speed - 5000 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 480 GB / s.

Benchmarks

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
1654 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
1654.000 Fps
Name Value
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 1654 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 1654.000 Fps

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0
Code name Tahiti
Launch date 27 March 2013
Place in performance rating 1549
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 950 MHz
Core clock speed 825 MHz
Floating-point performance 2x 3,405 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Pipelines 3584
Texture fill rate 2x 106.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 300 Watt
Transistor count 4,313 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort
Dual-link DVI support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0
Form factor Full Height / Full Length
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 305 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB
Memory bandwidth 480 GB / s
Memory bus width 2x 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5