Radeon HD 7000 Series

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AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
AMD Radeon graphics logo
Release date Announced: December 22, 2011
Released: January 9, 2012
Codename Southern Islands
London
Trinity
Sea Islands
Fabrication process and transistors
  • 292M 40 nm (Cedar)
  • 370M 40 nm (Caicos)
  • 716M 40 nm (Turks)
  • 1,500M 28 nm (Cape Verde)
  • 2,080M 28 nm (Bonaire)
  • 2,800M 28 nm (Pitcairn)
  • 4,313M 28 nm (Tahiti)
Cards
Entry-level 73xx - 76xx
Enthusiast 7950, 7970, 7990
Rendering support
Direct3D Direct3D 11.x, Direct3D 12.0
Shader Model 5.0 (GCN only)
OpenCL OpenCL 1.2 (2.1 for Radeon HD 7790)
OpenGL OpenGL 4.5[1]
History
Predecessor Radeon HD 6000 Series
Variant Radeon HD 8000 Series
Successor Radeon Rx 200 Series

The Radeon HD 7000 Series, based on "Southern Islands", is further products series in the family of Radeon GPUs developed by AMD.[2] AMD builds Southern Islands series graphics chips based on the 28 nm manufacturing process at TSMC.[3] The primary competitor of Southern Islands, Nvidia's GeForce 600 Series (also manufactured at TSMC), also shipped during Q1 2012, largely due to the immaturity of the 28 nm process.[4]

Architecture

This article is about all products under the Radeon HD 7000 Series brand. Graphics Core Next was introduced with the Radeon HD 7000 Series.

Multi-monitor support

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Main article: AMD Eyefinity

The AMD Eyefinity-branded on-die display controllers were introduced in September 2009 in the Radeon HD 5000 Series and have been present in all products since.[5]

Video acceleration

Both Unified Video Decoder (UVD) and Video Coding Engine (VCE) are present on the dies of all products and supported by AMD Catalyst and by the free and open-source graphics device driver#ATI/AMD.

Desktop products

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Main article: Southern Islands (HD 7xxx) Series

The 28 nm product line is divided in three dies (Tahiti, Pitcairn, and Cape Verde), each one roughly double in shader units compared to its small brethren (32, 20, and respectively 10 GCN compute units). While this gives roughly a doubling of single-precision floating point, there is however a significant departure in double-precision compute power. Tahiti has a maximum ¼ double precision throughput relative to its single precision throughput, while the other two smaller consumer dies can only achieve a 1/16 ratio.[6] While each bigger die has two additional memory controllers widening its bus by 128 bits, Pitcairn however has the same front-end dual tesselator units as Tahiti giving it similar performance to its larger brethren in DX11 tessellation benchmarks.[6]

Radeon HD 7900

Codenamed Tahiti, the Radeon HD 7900 series was announced on December 22, 2011. Products include the Radeon 7970 GHz Edition, Radeon HD 7970 and Radeon HD 7950. The Radeon HD 7970 features 2048 usable stream cores,[lower-alpha 1] whereas the Radeon HD 7950 has 1792 usable stream cores, as 256 out of the 2048 cores are disabled during product binning which detects defective areas of a chip. The cards are the first products to take advantage of AMD's new "Graphics Core Next" compute architecture. Both cards are equipped with 3 GB GDDR5 memory and manufactured on TSMC's 28 nm process. The Tahiti GPU is also used in the Radeon HD 7870 XT, released November 19, 2012. In this case one quarter of the stream processors are disabled, giving 1536 usable cores. Additionally, the memory interface is downgraded from 384-bit to 256-bit, along with a memory size reduction from 3 GB to 2 GB.

Radeon HD 7800

Codenamed Pitcairn, the Radeon HD 7800 series was formally unveiled on March 5, 2012, with retail availability from March 19, 2012. Products include the Radeon HD 7870 and Radeon HD 7850. The Radeon HD 7870 features 1280 usable stream cores, whereas the Radeon HD 7850 has 1024 usable stream cores. Both cards are equipped with 2 GB GDDR5 memory and manufactured on TSMC's 28 nm process.[8]


Radeon HD 7700

Codenamed Cape Verde, the Radeon HD 7700 series was released on February 15, 2012. Products include the Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition and Radeon HD 7750. The Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition features 640 stream cores based on the GCN architecture, whereas the Radeon HD 7750 has only 512 usable stream cores. Both cards are equipped with 1 GB GDDR5 memory and manufactured in 28 nm. On March 22, 2013 another card, Radeon HD 7790, was introduced in this series. This card is based on the Bonaire architecture, which features 896 stream cores using GCN 1.1 technology, an incremental update. On May 2013, AMD launched the Radeon HD 7730, based on the Cape Verde LE graphics processor. It features a 128-bit memory bus, 384 stream cores, 8 ROPs, and a core clock speed of up to 800MHz. The HD 7730 came with GDDR5 and DDR3 variants, running on memory clock speeds of 1125MHz and 900MHz, respectively. Idle power usage was lowered by 14.5% (47W) compared to the Radeon HD 7750 (55W).[9][10]

Chipset table

A Radeon HD 7750 card, using a fanless design.

Southern Islands (HD 7xxx) Series

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Main articles: TeraScale (microarchitecture) § TeraScale 2, and TeraScale 2 (VLIW5)
  • All models up to including HD 76xx based on TeraScale 2 (VLIW5), HD 77xx - 79xx are based on GCN 1.0 (Graphics Core Next) architecture except the HD 7790 which is based on GCN 1.1.
  • GPUs based on the GCN (Graphics Core Next) architecture, all support Direct X 11.2 and 12.0 with the latest drivers (Initially came with DirectX 11.1 support) and also support the Mantle and Vulkan API.
  • HD 7790 model is designed more like the 7800/7900 models rather than the 7700 featuring 2x primitive rate instead of 1x which is found in the other 7700 cards.[11]
  • Bonaire is in the Caribbean Sea, Malta is in the Mediterranean Sea. These parts are reverse rebranded out of the Sea Island Series to appear in the 7000 Series in 2013.[clarification needed]
  • Bonaire XT is the only card in the 7000 series to support True Audio.
  • The HD 7990 "Malta" was discontinued few months after its release.
  • According to AMD CodeXL, HD 7990's code name is New Zealand.
  • HD 7790 Caution: In Windows XP (Clean DirectX 9) the Performance (GFlop) is lower than a HD4770 (960 GFlops)
Model Launch Code name Fab (nm) Transistors (Million) Die Size (mm2) Bus interface Clock rate Config core1 Fillrate Memory2 Processing Power
GFLOPS		 TDP3 (W) API support (version) Release Price (USD)
Core (MHz) Boost (MHz) Memory (MHz) Pixel (GP/s) Texture (GT/s) Size (MB) Bandwidth (GB/s) Bus type Bus width (bit) Single Precision Double Precision Idle Max. DirectX OpenGL OpenCL
Radeon HD 7350 Jan 2012 (OEM) Cedar 40 292 59 PCIe 2.1 ×16 400
650		 400
800
900		 80:8:4 1.6
2.6		 3.2
5.2		 256
512		 6.4
12.8		 DDR2
DDR3		 64 104 No 6.4 19.1 11.0 4.1 1.2 OEM
Radeon HD 7450 Jan 2012 (OEM) Caicos 40 370 67 PCIe 2.1 ×16 625
750		 533
800		 160:8:4 2.5
3.0		 5.0
6.0		 512
1024		 8.5
12.8		 GDDR3 64 200
240		 No 9 18 11.0 4.1 1.2 OEM
Radeon HD 7470 Jan 2012 (OEM) Caicos 40 370 67 PCIe 2.1 ×16 625
750		 800
900		 160:8:4 2.5
3.0		 5.0
6.0		 512
1024		 25.6
28.8		 GDDR3
GDDR5		 64 200
240		 No 9 27 11.0 4.1 1.2 OEM
Radeon HD 7510 Feb 2013 (OEM) Turks LE 40 716 118 PCIe 2.1 ×16 650 667 320:16:4 2.6 10.4 1024 21.3 GDDR3 128 416 No 11.0 4.1 1.2 OEM
Radeon HD 7570 Jan 2012 (OEM) Turks PRO-L 40 716 118 PCIe 2.1 ×16 650 900
1000		 480:24:8 5.2 15.6 512
1024		 28.8
64		 GDDR3
GDDR5		 128 624 No 10
11		 44
60		 11.0 4.1 1.2 OEM
Radeon HD 7670 Jan 2012 (OEM) Turks XT 40 716 118 PCIe 2.1 ×16 800 1000 480:24:8 6.4 19.2 512
1024		 64 GDDR5 128 768 No 12 66 11.0 4.1 1.2 OEM
Radeon HD 7730 April, 2013 Cape Verde LE 28 1500 123 PCIe 3.0 ×16 800 1125 384:24:8 6.4 19.2 1024 25.6
72		 GDDR3
GDDR5		 128 614.4 38.4 10 47 12.0 4.5 1.2[12] $60
Radeon HD 7750 Feb 15, 2012 Cape Verde PRO 28 1500 123 PCIe 3.0 ×16 800
900		 800
1125		 512:32:16 12.8
14.4		 25.6
28.8		 1024
2048
4096		 25.6
72		 GDDR3
GDDR5		 128 819.2
921.6		 51.2
57.6		 10 55
75		 12.0 4.5 1.2 $110
Radeon HD 7770
GHz Edition		 Feb 15, 2012 Cape Verde XT 28 1500 123 PCIe 3.0 ×16 1000 1125 640:40:16 16 40 1024
2048		 72 GDDR5 128 1280 80 10 80 12.0 4.5 1.2 $160
Radeon HD 7790 Mar 22, 2013 Bonaire XT 28 2080 160 PCIe 3.0 ×16 1000 1500 896:56:16 16.0 56.0 1024
2048		 96 GDDR5 128 1792 128 10 85 12.0 4.5 2.1 $150
Radeon HD 7850 Mar 19, 2012 Pitcairn PRO 28 2800 212 PCIe 3.0 ×16 800 1200 1024:64:32 27.52 55.04 1024
2048		 153.6 GDDR5 256 1761.28 110.08 10 130 12.0 4.5 1.2 $250
Radeon HD 7870
GHz Edition		 Mar 19, 2012 Pitcairn XT 28 2800 212 PCIe 3.0 ×16 1000 1200 1280:80:32 32 80 2048 153.6 GDDR5 256 2560 160 10 175 12.0 4.5 1.2 $350
Radeon HD 7870 XT Nov 19, 2012 Tahiti LE 28 4313 352 PCIe 3.0 ×16 925 975 1500 1536:96:32 29.6 88.8 2048 192.0 GDDR5 256 2841.6
2995.2		 710.4
748.8		 15 185 12.0 4.5 1.2 $270
Radeon HD 7950 Jan 31, 2012 Tahiti PRO
Tahiti PRO-H		 28 4313 352 PCIe 3.0 ×16 800 1250 1792:112:32 25.6 89.6 3072 240 GDDR5 384 2867.2 717 15 200 12.0 4.5 1.2 $450
Radeon HD 7950 Boost Aug 14, 2012 Tahiti PRO2
Tahiti PRO-H2		 28 4313 352 PCIe 3.0 ×16 850 925 1250 1792:112:32 29.6 103.6 3072 240 GDDR5 384 3046.4
3315.2		 761.6
828.8		 15 225+ 12.0 4.5 1.2 $330
Radeon HD 7970 Jan 9, 2012 Tahiti XT 28 4313 352 PCIe 3.0 ×16 925 1375 2048:128:32 29.6 118.4 3072
6144		 264 GDDR5 384 3788.8 947.2 15 250 12.0 4.5 1.2 $550
Radeon HD 7970
GHz Edition		 Jun 22, 2012 Tahiti XT2 28 4313 352 PCIe 3.0 ×16 1000 1050 1500 2048:128:32 32 128.0 3072
6144		 288 GDDR5 384 4096
4300		 1024
1075		 15 250+ 12.0 4.5 1.2 $500
Radeon HD 7990 Apr 24, 2013 New Zealand 28 4313 ×2 352 ×2 PCIe 3.0 ×16 950 1000 1500 2048:128:32 ×2 32 ×2 128 ×2 3072 ×2 288 ×2 GDDR5 384 ×2 8200 1894 15 375 12.0 4.5 1.2 $1000
Model Launch Code name Fab (nm) Transistors (Million) Die Size (mm2) Bus interface Core (MHz) Boost (MHz) Memory (MHz) Config core1 Pixel (GP/s) Texture (GT/s) Size (MB) Bandwidth (GB/s) Bus type Bus width (bit) Single Precision Double Precision Idle Max. DirectX OpenGL OpenCL Release Price (USD)
Clock rate Fillrate Memory2 Processing Power
GFLOPS		 TDP3 (W) API support (version)

1 Unified shaders : Texture mapping units : Render output units
2 The effective data transfer rate of GDDR5 is quadruple its nominal clock, instead of double as with other DDR memory.
3 The TDP is reference design TDP values from AMD. Different non-reference board designs from vendors may lead to slight variations in actual TDP.

IGP (HD 7xxx)

  • All models include DirectX 11, OpenGL 4.4 and OpenCL 1.2
  • All models feature the UNB/MC Bus interface
  • All models do not feature double-precision FP
  • All models feature angle independent anisotropic filtering, UVD3.2, and Eyefinity capabilities, with up to four outputs.
  • All models are based on the TeraScale 3 (VLIW4) used in the Radeon HD 69xx Series (Cayman) GPUs.
Model Released Code name Fab (nm) Core Clock (MHz) Config core Fillrate Shared Memory GFLOPS Combined TDP1 (W) APU
Pixel (GP/s) Texture (GT/s) Bandwidth (GB/s) Bus type Bus width (bit) Idle Max.
Radeon HD 7480D June 1, 2012 Scrapper 32 723 128:8:4 2.87 5.76 25.6 DDR3-1600 128 185 Unknown 65 A4-4000 A4-5300
Radeon HD 7540D June 1, 2012 Devastator 32 760 192:12:4 3.02 9.12 29.9 DDR3-1866 128 292 Unknown 65 A6-5400K
Radeon HD 7560D June 1, 2012 Devastator 32 760 256:16:8 6.08 12.16 29.9 DDR3-1866 128 389 Unknown 65 - 100 A8-5500 A8-5600K
Radeon HD 7660D June 1, 2012 Devastator 32 760
800		 384:24:8 6.08
6.4		 18.24
19.2		 29.9 DDR3-1866 128 584
614		 Unknown 65 - 100 A10-5700 (760 MHz) A10-5800K (800 MHz)

1TDP specified for AMD reference designs, includes CPU power consumption. Actual TDP of retail products may vary.

Mobile products

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Main article: Radeon HD 7xxxM Series

Integrated (IGP) products

Trinity APU Series (HD 7xxxD)

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Main articles: "Trinity", "Richland"desktop, and "Richland" mobile
Model Released Code name Fab (nm) Core Clock (MHz) Config core1 Fillrate Shared Memory GFLOPS Combined TDP2 (W) Notes
Pixel (GP/s) Texture (GT/s) Bandwidth (GB/s) Bus type Bus width (bit) Idle Max.
Radeon HD 7480D June 1, 2012 Devastator 32 723 128:8:4  ?  ? 25.6 DDR3-1600 128 185 Unknown 65 used in A4-5300 APU
Radeon HD 7540D June 1, 2012 Devastator 760 192:12:4  ?  ? 29.9 DDR3-1866 128 292 Unknown 65 used in A6-5400K APU
Radeon HD 7560D June 1, 2012 Devastator 760 256:16:4  ?  ? 29.9 DDR3-1866 128 389 Unknown 65-100 used in A8-5500 and A8-5600K APUs
Radeon HD 7660D June 1, 2012 Devastator 760-800 384:24:8 2.7 16.2 29.9 DDR3-1866 128 584-614 Unknown 65-100 used in A10-5700 (760 MHz) and A10-5800K (800 MHz) APUs
Model Launch Code name Fab
(nm)		 Clock rate (MHz) Config core1 Fillrate Shared memory GFLOPS (Single-precision)
Core (Base) Core (Boost) Pixel (GP/s) Texture (GT/s) Bandwidth (GB/s) Bus type2 Bus width (bit)
Radeon HD 7400G September 1, 2012 - 32 327 424 192:12:4 1.31 3.92 21.33 to 34.13 DDR3-1333 to 2133 128 125.57
Radeon HD 7420G June 1, 2012 Scrapper 480 655 128:8:4 1.92 3.84 122.88
Radeon HD 7500G May 15, 2012 - 327 424 256:16:8 2.62 5.23 167.42
Radeon HD 7520G June 1, 2012 Scrapper 496 685 192:12:4 1.98 5.95 190.46
Radeon HD 7600G September 1, 2012 - 320 424 384:24:8 2.56 7.68 245.76
Radeon HD 7620G May 15, 2012 - 360 497 384:24:8 2.88 8.64 276.48
Radeon HD 7640G May 15, 2012 Devastator 496 685 256:16:8 3.97 7.94 253.95
Radeon HD 7660G May 15, 2012 Devastator 496 685 384:24:8 3.97 11.9 380.93

TDP specified for AMD reference designs, includes CPU power consumption. Actual TDP of retail products may vary.

Graphics device drivers

AMD's proprietary graphics device driver "Catalyst"

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Main article: AMD Catalyst

AMD Catalyst is being developed for Microsoft Windows and Linux. As of July 2014, other operating system are not officially supported. This may be different for the AMD FirePro brand, which is based on identical hardware but features OpenGL-certified graphics device drivers.

AMD Catalyst supports of course all features advertised for the Radeon brand.

Free and open-source graphics device driver "Radeon"

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Main article: free and open-source "radeon" graphics device driver

The free and open-source drivers are primarily developed on Linux and for Linux, but have been ported to other operating systems as well. Each driver is composed out of five parts:

  1. Linux kernel component DRM
  2. Linux kernel component KMS driver: basically the device driver for the display controller
  3. user-space component libDRM
  4. user-space component in Mesa 3D;
  5. a special and distinct 2D graphics device driver for X.Org Server, which if finally about to be replaced by Glamor

The free and open-source "Radeon" graphics driver supports most of the features implemented into the Radeon line of GPUs.[14]

The free and open-source "Radeon" graphics device drivers are not reverse engineered, but based on documentation released by AMD.[15]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Corresponding to 32 cores in "the closest reasonable mapping to the equivalent in a CPU".[7]:60

References

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  9. ↑ http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-7730-cape-verde-review,3575.html
  10. ↑ http://www.amd.com/en-us/products/graphics/desktop/7000/7700#
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