AMD has launched a new videocard today: the Radeon HD 7790 based on a Bonaire codenamed GPU. The HD 7790 is based on the new GCN 1.1 architecture and this graphics card fills the gap between the Radeon HD 7770 and the Radeon HD 7850. The HD 7790 targets NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 650 Ti. The Radeon HD 7790 is priced at USD $149.
Radeon HD 7790 main specifications:
- GPU: Bonaire with GCN 1.1 architecture, 1000MHz, TSMC 28nm
- Stream processors: 896
- Compute units: 14 (64 shader processors per CU)
- Texture units: 56 (4 per CU)
- Color ROP units: 16
- Z/Stencil ROP units: 64
- Memory: 1024MB GDDR5 @ 6GHz effective speed, 128-bit
- TDP: 85W (idle power < 3W)
- Power connectors: one 6-pin
- 3D APIs: OpenGL 4.3, Direct3D 11.1
- GPU Computing: OpenCL 1.2, DirectCompute 11, Microsoft C++ AMP
Quick comparison between AMD GPUs:
- Oland : 6 CU, 1 primitive / cycle, 16 ROP, 128-bit
- Cape Verde : 10 CU, 1 primitive / cycle, 16 ROP, 128-bit
- Bonaire : 14 CU, 2 primitives / cycle, 16 ROP, 128-bit
- Pitcairn : 20 CU, 2 primitive / cycle, 32 ROP, 256-bit
- Tahiti : 32 CU, 2 primitive / cycle, 32 ROP, 384-bit
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