Radeon HD 8000 series

The Radeon HD 8000 series is a family of computer GPUs developed by AMD. AMD was initially rumored to release the family in the second quarter of 2013,[9][10][11] with the cards manufactured on a 28 nm process and making use of the improved Graphics Core Next architecture.[12] However the 8000 series turned out to be an OEM rebadge of the 7000 series (although Bonaire is a GCN 2.0 based chip, thus being of newer development).

AMD Radeon HD 8000 series (OEM)
AMD Radeon graphics logo
Release date2013
CodenameSouthern Islands
Sea Islands
Solar System
Richland
Kabini
ArchitectureTeraScale 2
TeraScale 3
GCN 1st gen
GCN 2nd gen
Transistors
  • 292M (Cedar) 40 nm
  • 370M (Caicos) 40 nm
  • 950M (Oland) 28 nm
  • 1.500M (Cape Verde) 28 nm
  • 2.080M (Bonaire) 28 nm
  • 2.800M (Pitcairn) 28 nm
  • 4.313M (Tahiti) 28 nm
  • 2 x 4.313M (Malta) 28 nm
Cards
Entry-level8350
8450
8470
8490
8570
8670
8730
Mid-range8750
8760
8770
8850
High-end8870
8950
8970
Enthusiast8990
API support
DirectX
OpenCLOpenCL 2.1 (GCN version)
OpenGLOpenGL 4.5[1][2][3][4][5] OpenGL 4.6 (GCN only, Win 7+ and Adrenalin 18.4.1+) [6]
Vulkan
History
PredecessorRadeon HD 7000 series
SuccessorRadeon R5/R7/R9 200 series
Support status
Unsupported

Architecture

The Radeon HD 7000 series was launched in 2011 and it marked AMD's shift from VLIW (TeraScale) to RISC/SIMD architecture (Graphics Core Next). The highend-mainstream cards were equipped with GCN-based chips while some of the mid-low end ones were just rebranded TeraScale-based cards. All of the GCN-based chips were made using the 28 nm process, becoming the first chips ever to be based on that technology. The GCN-based chips for desktop cards were codenamed as Southern Islands, while the mobile ones (again, only the GCN-based and not the rebranded ones) were codenamed as Solar System.

Multi-monitor support

The AMD Eyefinity-branded on-die display controllers were introduced in September 2009 alongside the Radeon HD 5000 series and have been present on all chips since then.[13]

Video acceleration

Both Unified Video Decoder (UVD) and Video Coding Engine (VCE) are present on all GCN-based chips (starting with the GCN 1.0 HD 7000 series). Both are fully supported by AMD Catalyst and by the free and open-source graphics device driver#ATI/AMD.

OpenCL (API)

OpenCL accelerates many scientific Software Packages against CPU up to factor 10 or 100 and more.OpenCL 1.0 to 1.2 are supported for all Chips with TeraScale and GCN Architecture. OpenCL 2.0 is supported with GCN 2nd Gen. or 1.2 and higher) [14] For OpenCL 2.1 and 2.2 only Driver Updates are necessary with OpenCL 2.0 conformant Cards.

Vulkan (API)

API Vulkan 1.0 is supported for all with GCN Architecture. Vulkan 1.1 (GCN 2nd Gen. or 1.2 and higher) will be supported with actual drivers in 2018 (here only HD 8770).[14][needs update]On newer drivers Vulkan 1.1 on Windows and Linux is supported on all GCN-architecture based GPUs.Vulkan 1.2 is available with Adrenalin 20.1 and Linux Mesa 20.0 for GCN 2nd Gen. or higher.

Chipset table

Desktop models

  • Graphics Core Next (GCN) supports the Mantle API and Vulkan API
  • OpenGL 4.5 support for TeraScale 2 with AMD Crimson Beta (driver version 15.30 or higher)
  • OpenGL 4.5 and Vulkan 1.0 support for GCN 1.0 and higher with AMD Crimson 16.3 or higher.[15][16]
  • Vulkan 1.1 support for GCN 1.0 and higher with AMD Adrenalin 18.3.3 or higher.[17]
Model
(Codename)
LaunchArchitecture
(Fab)
Transistors
Die Size
CoreFillrate[a][b][c]Processing power[a][d]
(GFLOPS)
Memory[e]TDP (W)Bus interface
Config[f]Clock[a] (MHz)Texture (GT/s)Pixel (GP/s)SingleDoubleSize (MiB)Bus type &
width (bit)
Clock (MHz)Band-
width (GB/s)
Idle
Max
Radeon
HD 8350
(Cedar)
January 8, 2013TeraScale 2[g]
(40 nm)
292×106
59 mm2
80:8:4400–6503.2
5.2
1.6
2.6
104256
512
DDR2
DDR3
64-bit
400
800

6.4
12.8

6.4
19.1
PCIe 2.1 ×16
Radeon
HD 8450
(Caicos)
January 8, 2013370×106
67 mm2
160:8:46255.02.5200512DDR3
64-bit
5338.539
18
Radeon
HD 8470
(Caicos)
January 8, 20137506.03.02401024GDDR5
64-bit
80025.69
35
Radeon
HD 8490
(Caicos)
July 23, 20138757.03.52801024DDR3L
GDDR5
64-bit
800
900

12.8
28.8

9
35
Radeon
HD 8570
(Oland)
January 8, 2013GCN 1st gen
(28 nm)
950×106
77 mm2
384:24:873019.26.4560352048DDR3
GDDR5
128-bit
900
1150

28.8
72

12
66
PCIe 3.0 ×8
Radeon
HD 8670
(Oland)
January 8, 20131000248768482048GDDR5
128-bit
11507216
86
Radeon
HD 8730
(Cape Verde LE)
September 5, 20131500×106
123 mm2
384:24:880019.26.4614.444.81024GDDR5
128-bit
11257210
47
PCIe 3.0 ×16
Radeon
HD 8760
(Cape Verde XT)
January 8, 2013640:40:16100040161280802048GDDR5
128-bit
11257216
80
PCIe 3.0 ×16
Radeon
HD 8770
(Bonaire XT)
September 2, 2013GCN 2nd gen
(28 nm)
2080×106
160 mm2
896:56:16100056.016.017921282048GDDR5
128-bit
15009610
85
PCIe 3.0 ×16
Radeon
HD 8870
(Pitcairn XT)[18]
January 8, 2013GCN 1st gen
(28 nm)
2800×106
212 mm2
1280:80:321000803225601602048GDDR5
256-bit
1200153.615
150
PCIe 3.0 ×16
Radeon
HD 8950
(Tahiti Pro)
January 8, 20134313×106
352 mm2
1792:112:32850
925
95.2
103.6
27.2
29.6
3046.4
3315.2
761.6
828.8
3072GDDR5
384-bit
125024015
225
PCIe 3.0 ×16
Radeon
HD 8970
(Tahiti XT2)
January 8, 20132048:128:321000
1050
128.0
134.4
32
33.6
4096
4301
1024
1075
3072GDDR5
384-bit
150028815
250
PCIe 3.0 ×16
Radeon
HD 8990
(Malta)
April 24, 20134313×106
2× 352 mm2
2× 2048:128:32950
1000
2× 1282× 327782
8192
1946
2048
2× 3072GDDR5
384-bit
15002× 28815
375
PCIe 3.0 ×16
Model
(Codename)
LaunchArchitecture
(Fab)
Transistors
Die Size
Config[f]Clock[a] (MHz)Texture (GT/s)Pixel (GP/s)SingleDoubleSize (MiB)Bus type &
width (bit)
Clock (MHz)Band-
width (GB/s)
Idle
Max
Bus interface
CoreFillrate[a][b][c]Processing power[a][d]
(GFLOPS)
Memory[e]TDP (W)


Mobile Models

Model
(Codename)
LaunchArchitecture
(Fab)
CoreFillrate[a][b][c]Processing power[a][d]
(GFLOPS)
Memory[e]TDP (W)
Config[f]Clock[a] (MHz)Texture (GT/s)Pixel (GP/s)Size (GiB)Bus type &
width (bit)
Clock (MHz)Band-
width (GB/s)
Radeon
HD 8550M / 8630M
(Sun LE)
8 January 2013GCN 1st gen
(28 nm)
384:24:8650
700
15.6
16.8
5.2
5.6
537.61DDR3
64
90014.4Un­known
Radeon
HD 8570M / 8650M
(Sun Pro)
8 January 2013384:24:8650
700
15.6
16.8
5.2
5.6
537.61GDDR5
64
112536Un­known
Radeon
HD 8670M
(Mars XT)
8 January 2013384:24:8775
825
18.6
19.8
6.2
6.6
633.61DDR3
64
90014.4Un­known
Radeon
HD 8690M
(Sun XT)
8 January 2013384:24:8775
825
18.6
19.8
6.2
6.6
633.61GDDR5
64
112536Un­known
Radeon
HD 8730M
(Mars LE)
8 January 2013384:24:8650
700
15.6
16.8
5.2
5.6
537.62DDR3
128
100032Un­known
Radeon
HD 8750M
(Mars Pro)
8 January 2013384:24:8620–775
670–825
14.88
19.8
4.96
6.6
514.56
633.6
2DDR3
GDDR5
128
100032
64

Un­known
Radeon
HD 8770M
(Mars XT)
8 January 2013384:24:8775
825
18.6
19.8
6.2
6.6
633.62GDDR5
128
112572Un­known
Radeon
HD 8790M
(Mars XTX)
8 January 2013384:24:8850
900
20.4
21.6
6.8
7.2
691.22GDDR5
128
112572Un­known
Radeon
HD 8830M
(Venus LE)
8 January 2013640:40:16575
625
23
25
9.2
10
8002DDR3
128
100032Un­known
Radeon
HD 8850M
(Venus Pro)
8 January 2013640:40:16575–725
625–775
23
31
9.2
12.4
800
992
2DDR3
GDDR5
128
1000
1125

32
72

Un­known
Radeon
HD 8870M
(Venus XT)
8 January 2013640:40:16725
775
29
31
11.6
12.4
9922DDR3
GDDR5
128
1000
1125

32
72

Un­known
Radeon
HD 8970M
(Neptune XT)
8 January 20131280:80:32850
900
68
72
27.2
28.8
23042
4
GDDR5
256
1200153.6100

Integrated Models

Model
(Codename)
LaunchArchitecture
(Fab)
APUCore config[a]Clock rateFillrate[b][c]MemoryProcessing Power[d]
(GFLOPS)
TDP
Core
(MHz)
Memory (MHz)Pixel
(GP/s)
Texture
(GT/s)
Bus typeBus width (bit)Single
(boost)
Double
(boost)
Radeon
HD 8370D
(Scrapper)
19 March 2013TeraScale 3[e]
32 nm
A4-6300128:8:4760System3.046.08DDR3128194.633Un­known
Radeon
HD 8470D
(Scrapper)
19 March 2013A6-6400192:12:4800System3.209.60DDR3128307.2YesUn­known
Radeon
HD 8570D
(Devastator)
19 March 2013A8-6500
A8-6600K
256:16:8800
844
System6.4012.8DDR3128432.1YesUn­known
Radeon
HD 8670D
(Devastator)
19 March 2013A10-6700
A10-6800K
384:24:8844System6.7520.3DDR3128648.2YesUn­known
Radeon
HD 8310G
TeraScale 3[e]
32 nm
A4-5145M128:8:4424
(554)
SystemDDR3L128Un­knownUn­known
Radeon
HD 8350G
19 March 2013A4-5150M128:8:4514
(720)
System2.064.11DDR3L128131.6 (184.3)32.9Un­known
Radeon
HD 8410G
(Scrapper)
May 2013A6-5345M192:24:4450
(600)
System1.8010.80DDR3L128172.8 (230.4)Un­knownUn­known
Radeon
HD 8450G
(Scrapper)
23 May 2013A6-535xM192:12:4533
(720)
16002.1717.33DDR3L128204.7 (276.5)Un­known35W
Radeon
HD 8510G
(Scrapper)
May 2013A8-5545M384:48:8450
(554)
System3.6021.60DDR3L128351.9 (425.5)Un­known19W
Radeon
HD 8550G
Devastator
19 March 2013A8-555xM256:16:8515
(720)
System4.128.24DDR3L128263.7 (368.6)Un­knownUn­known
Radeon
HD 8610G
Devastator
May 2013A10-5745M384:24:8533
(626)
SystemDDR3L128409.3 (489.8)Un­knownUn­known
Radeon
HD 8650G
Devastator
19 March 2013A10-575xM384:24:8533
(720)
System4.2612.8DDR3L128409.3 (553.0)Un­knownUn­known

Radeon Feature Matrix

The following table shows features of AMD/ATI's GPUs (see also: List of AMD graphics processing units).

Name of GPU seriesWonderMach3D RageRage ProRage 128R100R200R300R400R500R600RV670R700EvergreenNorthern
Islands
Southern
Islands
Sea
Islands
Volcanic
Islands
Arctic
Islands
/Polaris
VegaNavi 1xNavi 2xNavi 3x
Released19861991Apr
1996
Mar
1997
Aug
1998
Apr
2000
Aug
2001
Sep
2002
May
2004
Oct
2005
May
2007
Nov
2007
Jun
2008
Sep
2009
Oct
2010
Jan
2012
Sep
2013
Jun
2015
Jun 2016, Apr 2017, Aug 2019Jun 2017, Feb 2019Jul
2019
Nov
2020
Dec
2022
Marketing NameWonderMach3D
Rage
Rage
Pro
Rage
128
Radeon
7000
Radeon
8000
Radeon
9000
Radeon
X700/X800
Radeon
X1000
Radeon
HD 2000
Radeon
HD 3000
Radeon
HD 4000
Radeon
HD 5000
Radeon
HD 6000
Radeon
HD 7000
Radeon
200
Radeon
300
Radeon
400/500/600
Radeon
RX Vega, Radeon VII
Radeon
RX 5000
Radeon
RX 6000
Radeon
RX 7000
AMD support
Kind2D3D
Instruction set architectureNot publicly knownTeraScale instruction setGCN instruction setRDNA instruction set
MicroarchitectureTeraScale 1
(VLIW)
TeraScale 2
(VLIW5)
TeraScale 2
(VLIW5)

up to 68xx
TeraScale 3
(VLIW4)

in 69xx [19][20]
GCN 1st
gen
GCN 2nd
gen
GCN 3rd
gen
GCN 4th
gen
GCN 5th
gen
RDNARDNA 2RDNA 3
TypeFixed pipeline[a]Programmable pixel & vertex pipelinesUnified shader model
Direct3D5.06.07.08.19.0
11 (9_2)
9.0b
11 (9_2)
9.0c
11 (9_3)
10.0
11 (10_0)
10.1
11 (10_1)
11 (11_0)11 (11_1)
12 (11_1)
11 (12_0)
12 (12_0)
11 (12_1)
12 (12_1)
11 (12_1)
12 (12_2)
Shader model1.42.0+2.0b3.04.04.15.05.15.1
6.5
6.7
OpenGL1.11.21.32.1[b][21]3.34.5[22][23][24][c]4.6
Vulkan1.01.21.3
OpenCLClose to Metal1.1 (not supported by Mesa)1.2+ (on Linux: 1.1+ (no Image support on clover, with by rustiCL) with Mesa, 1.2+ on GCN 1.Gen)2.0+ (Adrenalin driver on Win7+)
(on Linux ROCM, Mesa 1.2+ (no Image support in clover, but in rustiCL with Mesa, 2.0+ and 3.0 with AMD drivers or AMD ROCm), 5th gen: 2.2 win 10+ and Linux RocM 5.0+
2.2+ and 3.0 windows 8.1+ and Linux ROCM 5.0+ (Mesa rustiCL 1.2+ and 3.0 (2.1+ and 2.2+ wip))[25][26][27]
HSA / ROCm ?
Video decoding ASICAvivo/UVDUVD+UVD 2UVD 2.2UVD 3UVD 4UVD 4.2UVD 5.0 or 6.0UVD 6.3UVD 7 [28][d]VCN 2.0 [28][d]VCN 3.0 [29]VCN 4.0
Video encoding ASICVCE 1.0VCE 2.0VCE 3.0 or 3.1VCE 3.4VCE 4.0 [28][d]
Fluid Motion [e] ?
Power saving?PowerPlayPowerTunePowerTune & ZeroCore Power?
TrueAudioVia dedicated DSPVia shaders
FreeSync1
2
HDCP[f]?1.42.22.3 [30]
PlayReady[f]3.0 3.0
Supported displays[g]1–222–6?
Max. resolution?2–6 ×
2560×1600
2–6 ×
4096×2160 @ 30 Hz
2–6 ×
5120×2880 @ 60 Hz
3 ×
7680×4320 @ 60 Hz [31]

7680×4320 @ 60 Hz PowerColor
7680x4320

@165 HZ

/drm/radeon[h]
/drm/amdgpu[h]Experimental [32]Optional [33]

See also

References