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AMD Radeon HD 8750M

AMD Radeon HD 8750M

The AMD Radeon HD 8750M (sometimes known as the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 8750) is a DirectX 11.1 graphics card for laptops. It is based on the Mars chip (28nm GCN architecture) with 384 shader cores, 24 TMUs, and 8 ROPs. The core is clocked at 620 - 775 MHz (or up to 670 - 825 MHz with Boost) and can access DDR3 or GDDR5 VRAM (1000 MHz) depending on the model variant.

The performance of the Radeon HD 8750M should be slightly below the GeForce GT 640M. Current and demanding games like Far Cry 3 should run (more or less) fluently in medium resolutions and detail settings.

The 384 shaders can be used with OpenCL 1.2 for general-purpose calculations (as 6 compute units). Compared to old TeraScale 2 chips, the GCN-based Mars architecture offers improved performance in this framework.

Features of the 8750M include video decoding via UVD3 for decoding MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, VC-1, MPEG-2, and Flash directly from the AMD GPU. Multi-View Codec (MVC) and MPEG-4 part 2 (DivX, xVid) HD videos are now compatible as well.

The 8700M series also supports automatic graphics switching between the integrated GPU and discrete GPU. Called Enduro, the technology supersedes AMD's Dynamic Switchable Graphics and is similar to Nvidia's Optimus. Furthermore, the 8750M can directly support up to 2 connected monitors using Eyefinity Technology if Enduro is disabled.

Other features of the 8700M series include ZeroCore for reducing power consumption when the display is turned off and Power Gating to power down areas of the chip that are not used. PowerTune allows automatic overclocking and underclocking of the graphics card as long as the GPU is within its TDP limit. For example, the chip may be underclocked when running FurMark and OCCT, but will overclock in certain games like Lost Planet, Crysis or Resident Evil 5.

The integrated HD audio processor is able to transmit HD Audio (TrueHD or DTS Master Audio) over HDMI and DisplayPort (e.g., for Blu-Ray videos). Additionally, it now allows audio to output simultaneously and in parallel to multiple devices with the new Discrete Digital Multipoint Audio (DDMA) feature.

The power consumption should be similar to or slightly below that of the old HD 7670M. As a result, the 8750M is best suited for 13-inch notebooks or larger.

ManufacturerAMD
Radeon HD 8700M Series

Radeon HD 8790M

 384 cores @ 850 MHz128 Bit @ 1125 MHz

Radeon HD 8770M

 384 cores @ 775 MHz128 Bit @ 1125 MHz
Radeon HD 8750M 384 cores @ 620 - 775 MHz128 Bit @ 1000 MHz

Radeon HD 8730M

 384 cores @ 650 MHz128 Bit @ 1000 MHz
ArchitectureGCN
Pipelines384 - unified
Core Speed *620 - 775 MHz
Shader Speed *620 - 775 MHz
Memory Speed *1000 MHz
Memory Bus Width128 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR5, DDR3
Max. Amount of Memory2048 MB
Shared Memoryno
DirectXDirectX 11.1, Shader 5.0
Transistors900 Million
technology28 nm
Notebook Sizemedium sized
Date of Announcement16.11.2012
* The specified clock rates are only guidelines for the manufacturer and can be altered by them.

Benchmarks

3DMark (2013) - Ice Storm Standard Graphics 1280x720
0% 100%
min: 50531     avg: 53219.7 (19%)     max: 54956 Points
3DMark (2013) - Cloud Gate Standard Graphics 1280x720
0% 100%
min: 8465     avg: 8538 (18%)     max: 8652 Points
3DMark (2013) - Fire Strike Standard Graphics 1920x1080
0% 100%
min: 1170     avg: 1241 (18%)     max: 1281 Points
3DMark 11 - Performance 1280x720
0% 100%
min: 1512     avg: 1706.3 (13%)     max: 1918 points
3DMark 11 - Performance GPU 1280x720
0% 100%
min: 1379     avg: 1569.7 (11%)     max: 1796 points
3DMark Vantage - P Result no PhysX 1280x1024
0% 100%
min: 6803     avg: 6821.5 (19%)     max: 6840 Points
3DMark Vantage - P GPU no PhysX 1280x1024
0% 100%
min: 6188     avg: 6270 (14%)     max: 6352 Points
3DMark 06
0% 100%
min: 8727     avg: 9258.3 (31%)     max: 9764 Points
3DMark 05 - Standard 1024x768
0% 100%
min: 13484     avg: 13642.5 (37%)     max: 13801 Points
3DMark 03 - Standard 1024x768
0% 100%
min: 18964     avg: 18964 (13%)     max: 18964 Points
Unigine Heaven 2.1 - high, Tesselation (normal), DirectX11 1280x1024
0% 100%
min: 22.6     avg: 22.6 (15%)     max: 22.6 fps
PCMark Vantage - Gaming Score 1024x768
0% 100%
min: 4366     avg: 5275.5 (20%)     max: 6185 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - OpenGL 64Bit
0% 100%
min: 31.23     avg: 32.1 (37%)     max: 33 Points
Cinebench R10 - Shading 32Bit
0% 100%
min: 5571     avg: 5571 (51%)     max: 5571 Points
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailled information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

BioShock Infinite
low:
59.8  fps      Compare
med.:
34.8  fps      Compare
high:
30.6  fps      Compare
ultra:
10.6  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm
low:
181.2  fps      Compare
med.:
71.7  fps      Compare
high:
42.8  fps      Compare
ultra:
15.3  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
SimCity
SimCity (2013)
low:
42.5 66 ~ 54 fps      Compare
med.:
26 26.8 ~ 26 fps      Compare
high:
19 20.1 ~ 20 fps      Compare
ultra:
10.8  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Tomb Raider
Tomb Raider (2013)
low:
71.2  fps      Compare
med.:
38.7  fps      Compare
high:
25.3  fps      Compare
ultra:
11.8  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
Crysis 3
Crysis 3 (2013)
low:
32.5 36 ~ 34 fps      Compare
med.:
20.8 22 ~ 21 fps      Compare
high:
14 14.5 ~ 14 fps      Compare
ultra:
5.8  fps      Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
Dead Space 3
Dead Space 3 (2013)
low:
119.8 138 ~ 129 fps      Compare
med.:
54 54.9 ~ 54 fps      Compare
high:
42 42.8 ~ 42 fps      Compare
ultra:
25.5  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Far Cry 3
Far Cry 3 (2012)
low:
57  fps      Compare
med.:
40  fps      Compare
high:
18.5  fps      Compare
ultra:
6  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
Assassin´s Creed III
med.:
20.9  fps      Compare
high:
19.4  fps      Compare
ultra:
7.3  fps      Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
Hitman: Absolution
low:
22.7  fps      Compare
med.:
20.1  fps      Compare
high:
15.7  fps      Compare
ultra:
6  fps      Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
low:
74.6  fps      Compare
med.:
54.3  fps      Compare
high:
26  fps      Compare
ultra:
18.3  fps      Compare