Radeon E8950 Overview

Radeon E8950
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR5MOBILE
Release date: 29 Sep 2015

Core Configuration

GPU	Amethyst
Architecture	AMD_GCN_1_2
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs	2048 : 128 : 32
Raytracing Cores	none
Performance	3010.60 GFLOPs

Memory Configuration

Memory Size	8192 Mb
Memory Bus Width	256 bit
Memory Speed	1500 MHz 6000 MHz effective
Memory Bandwidth	192.00 Gb/s

Summary

Relative performance

GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
100%
GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile
74%
Radeon E9550 MXM
45%
GeForce GTX 980 Mobile
45%
GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile
45%
GeForce GTX 980MX
36%
GeForce GTX 980M
33%
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile
28%
GeForce GTX 970M
27%
GeForce GTX 880M
22%
Radeon E8950
20%
Radeon R9 M485X
20%
Radeon R9 M390X
20%
Radeon R9 M395X
20%
Radeon R9 M295X
20%
GeForce GTX 965M Rev. 3
19%
GeForce GTX 870M
19%
GeForce GTX 965M
19%
GeForce GTX 780M
18%
GeForce GTX 980M Rev. 2
17%
Radeon R9 M290X
16%
Radeon HD 8970M
16%
Radeon E9260 MXM
16%
Radeon E9260 PCIe
16%
Radeon R9 M470X
16%
Radeon R9 M385X
16%
Radeon HD 7970M
15%
GeForce GTX 680M
15%
Radeon R9 M385
15%
Radeon R9 M280X
15%

Data interpolated by architecture, based on benchmarks charts.

The Radeon E8950 is a graphics card released by AMD on 29 Sep 2015. The graphics card houses the Amethyst die, based on the AMD_GCN_1_2 architecture which packs 5,000 million transistors on a 28 nm, 366 mm2 die.

Radeon E8950 pros and cons

Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute

Supports FreeSync

Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)

Supports TrueAudio

Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Specifications

Compared to similar performing cards


	Radeon E8950	GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile	Radeon R9 M470X	Radeon R9 M385X	Radeon HD 7970M
		compare	compare	compare	compare
Shader units	2048	2560	896	896	1280
ROPs	32	64	16	16	32
Graphics processor	Amethyst	GP104	Strato	Strato	Wimbledon
Process size	28 nm	16 nm	28 nm	28 nm	28 nm
Memory	8192 Mb GDDR5 (1500 MHz 6000 MHz effective)	8192 Mb GDDR5X (1251 MHz 10008 MHz effective)	4096 Mb GDDR5 (1500 MHz 6000 MHz effective)	4096 Mb GDDR5 (1200 MHz 4800 MHz effective)	2048 Mb GDDR5 (1200 MHz 4800 MHz effective)
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 bit	128 bit	128 bit	256 bit
Memory bandwidth	192.00 Gb/s	320.00 Gb/s	96.00 Gb/s	76.80 Gb/s	153.60 Gb/s
Release date	29 Sep 2015	15 Aug 2016	15 May 2016	5 May 2015	24 Apr 2012

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