AMD Radeon R8 8CU 720MHz GCN 3 vs AMD Radeon R7 6CU 720MHz GCN 2 Full Specs Comparison

AMD Radeon R8 8CU 720MHz GCN 3 vs AMD Radeon R7 6CU 720MHz GCN 2

AMD Radeon R8 8CU 720MHz GCN 3

AMD Radeon R7 6CU 720MHz GCN 2

512 Shaders Shared Memory 720MHz	384 Shaders Shared Memory 720MHz
Peak AI Performance 740 GFLOPS FP16	Peak AI Performance 550 GFLOPS FP16
FP32 740 GFLOPS	FP32 550 GFLOPS
FP16 740 GFLOPS	FP16 550 GFLOPS
Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor iGPU
TDP Shared	TDP Shared

Highlights

Theoretical Performance

Peak AI Performance

35% faster vs Radeon R7 6CU 720MHz GCN 2

26% slower vs Radeon R8 8CU 720MHz GCN 3

Radeon R8 8CU 720MHz GCN 3 - 740 GFLOPS FP16

x1.35

Radeon R7 6CU 720MHz GCN 2 - 550 GFLOPS FP16

FP32

35% faster vs Radeon R7 6CU 720MHz GCN 2

26% slower vs Radeon R8 8CU 720MHz GCN 3

Radeon R8 8CU 720MHz GCN 3 - 740 GFLOPS FP32

x1.35

Radeon R7 6CU 720MHz GCN 2 - 550 GFLOPS FP32

FP16

35% faster vs Radeon R7 6CU 720MHz GCN 2

26% slower vs Radeon R8 8CU 720MHz GCN 3

Radeon R8 8CU 720MHz GCN 3 - 740 GFLOPS FP16

x1.35

Radeon R7 6CU 720MHz GCN 2 - 550 GFLOPS FP16

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6

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Geekbench 5

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OctaneBench

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Manufacturer AMD	Manufacturer AMD
Chip Designer AMD	Chip Designer AMD
Architecture GCN 3	Architecture GCN 2
Family GCN 3	Family GCN 2
Codename Wani - -	Codename Spectre Variant Spectre Lite
Market Segment Laptop	Market Segment Laptop
Release Date 12/1/2015	Release Date 1/14/2014

Shading Units 512 Shaders	Shading Units 384 Shaders
Texture Mapping Units 32 TMUs	Texture Mapping Units 24 TMUs
Render Output Units 8 ROPs	Render Output Units 8 ROPs



Compute Units 8 CUs	Compute Units 6 CUs


L1 16KB/CU	L1 16KB/CU
L2 256KB Shared	L2 128KB Shared

Max Resolution 4096x2160	Max Resolution 4096x2160
Max Resolution Refresh Rate 60Hz	Max Resolution Refresh Rate 60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate	Variable Refresh Rate
Display Stream Compression (DSC) Not Supported	Display Stream Compression (DSC) Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support 3	Multi Monitor Support 3

Model VCE 3.1	Model VCE 2.0
Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265)	Codec AVC (H.264) -

AMD Radeon R8 8CU 720MHz GCN 3 vs AMD Radeon R7 6CU 720MHz GCN 2

Highlights

Theoretical Performance

Peak AI Performance

FP32

FP16

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6

Geekbench 5

OctaneBench

Tech Specs

Chip

Fabrication

Form

Core Configuration

Clock Speeds

Theoretical Performance

Cache

Memory

Power & Thermals

Ports

Video Output

Video Encoder

Video Decoder

API Support

Card

Competitors

Model UVD 6.0	Model UVD 4.2
Codec MPEG-1 MPEG-2 MPEG-4 JPEG VC-1 AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265)	Codec MPEG-1 MPEG-2 MPEG-4 - VC-1 AVC (H.264) -

Direct X 12 Direct 3D 12_0	Direct X 12 Direct 3D 12_0
OpenGL 4.6 OpenCL 2.1 Vulkan 1.2	OpenGL 4.6 OpenCL 2.1 Vulkan 1.2
Shader Model 6.5 GFX 8	Shader Model 6.5 GFX 7