AMD Radeon R8 8CU 720MHz GCN 3 vs AMD Radeon R7 8CU 800MHz GCN 2 Full Specs Comparison

AMD Radeon R8 8CU 720MHz GCN 3 vs AMD Radeon R7 8CU 800MHz GCN 2

AMD Radeon R8 8CU 720MHz GCN 3

AMD Radeon R7 8CU 800MHz GCN 2

512 Shaders Shared Memory 720MHz	512 Shaders Shared Memory 800MHz
Peak AI Performance 740 GFLOPS FP16	Peak AI Performance 820 GFLOPS FP16
FP32 740 GFLOPS	FP32 820 GFLOPS
FP16 740 GFLOPS	FP16 820 GFLOPS
Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor iGPU
TDP Shared	TDP Shared

Highlights

Theoretical Performance

Peak AI Performance

10% slower vs Radeon R7 8CU 800MHz GCN 2

11% faster vs Radeon R8 8CU 720MHz GCN 3

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

Radeon R7 8CU 800MHz GCN 2 - 820 GFLOPS FP16

x1.11

FP32

10% slower vs Radeon R7 8CU 800MHz GCN 2

11% faster vs Radeon R8 8CU 720MHz GCN 3

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

Radeon R7 8CU 800MHz GCN 2 - 820 GFLOPS FP32

x1.11

FP16

10% slower vs Radeon R7 8CU 800MHz GCN 2

11% faster vs Radeon R8 8CU 720MHz GCN 3

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

Radeon R7 8CU 800MHz GCN 2 - 820 GFLOPS FP16

x1.11

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6

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Geekbench 5

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OctaneBench

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Change Comparison

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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
Market Segment Laptop	Market Segment Laptop
Release Date 12/1/2015	Release Date 9/29/2015

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



Compute Units 8 CUs	Compute Units 8 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 8CU 800MHz 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