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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 775 - 825 MHz (DDR3) or 620 - 670 MHz (GDDR5) and can access up to 2 GB of memory (128 bit, 1000 MHz).

The performance of the Radeon HD 8750M is similar to the Nvidia GeForce GT 730M and 740M. Overall, the DDR3 and the GDDR5 versions of the card are offering almost the same performance, as the higher core clock of the DDR3 modell is compensated by the additional memory bandwidth of the GDDR5 variant. Current and demanding games of 2013/2014 like Battlefield 4 will run 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.

Radeon HD 8700M Series

Radeon HD 8790M compare 384 @ 0.85 GHz128 Bit @ 4500 MHz
Radeon HD 8770M compare 384 @ 0.78 GHz128 Bit @ 4500 MHz
Radeon HD 8550G + HD 8750M Dual Graphics compare 640 @ 0.72 GHz128 Bit @ 1800 MHz
Radeon HD 8750M 384 @ 0.62 - 0.78 GHz128 Bit @ 2000 - 4000 MHz
Radeon HD 8730M compare 384 @ 0.65 GHz128 Bit @ 2000 MHz
CodenameMars Pro
ArchitectureGCN
Pipelines384 - unified
Core Speed620 - 775 (Boost) MHz
Memory Speed2000 - 4000 MHz
Memory Bus Width128 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR5, DDR3
Max. Amount of Memory2048 MB
Shared Memoryno
APIDirectX 11.1, Shader 5.0
Transistor Count900 Million
technology28 nm
Notebook Sizemedium sized
Date of Announcement16.11.2012

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy
0.5 pt (1%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
min: 5433     avg: 5910     median: 5610 (5%)     max: 7521 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
min: 7690     avg: 8445     median: 8524.5 (2%)     max: 8882 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
min: 1090     avg: 1192     median: 1186 (2%)     max: 1281 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
min: 1170     avg: 1278     median: 1276.5 (1%)     max: 1339 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics
min: 41642     avg: 55701     median: 54564 (6%)     max: 70678 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
min: 1512     avg: 1884     median: 1863.5 (2%)     max: 2515 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
min: 1379     avg: 1749     median: 1698 (1%)     max: 2662 Points
3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total +
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX +
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
min: 5951     avg: 6451     median: 6352 (3%)     max: 7610 Points
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +
3DMark 06
min: 8173     avg: 9095     median: 8901.5 (12%)     max: 10331 Points
SPECviewperf 11
specvp11 snx-01 +
specvp11 tcvis-02 +
specvp11 sw-02 +
specvp11 proe-05 +
specvp11 maya-03 +
specvp11 lightwave-01 +
specvp11 ensight-04 +
specvp11 catia-03 +
SPECviewperf 12
specvp12 sw-03 +
specvp12 snx-02 +
specvp12 showcase-01 +
specvp12 maya-04 +
specvp12 creo-01 +
specvp12 catia-04 +
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) +
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
min: 4687     avg: 6449     median: 6519 (5%)     max: 8055 points
Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit +
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 29.12     avg: 34.9     median: 34.8 (11%)     max: 39.75 fps
Cinebench R15
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit +
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit +
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
red legend - Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

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 detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

Thief

Thief

2014
low 1024x768
21  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
14.8  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
11.1  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
low 1024x768
59.8 63.5 ~ 62 fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
30.4 33.3 ~ 32 fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
13.1 14 ~ 14 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
11.7  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1024x768
30  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
28.8  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
23.7  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
low 1024x768
35.3  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
32.7  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
14.3  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1024x768
48.7 49.6 ~ 49 fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
33 37.9 ~ 35 fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
22.4 28 ~ 25 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
8.1  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1024x768
70  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
43  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
27  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
F1 2013

F1 2013

2013
low 1024x768
80 92 ~ 86 fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
54 66 ~ 60 fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
37 60 ~ 49 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
23 29 ~ 26 fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Fifa 14

Fifa 14

2013
low 1024x768
229.4 253.6 316.3 ~ 266 fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
146.5 147.9 182.7 ~ 159 fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
122.5 142.3 157.9 ~ 141 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
78.3 97.5 99.2 ~ 92 fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
low 1024x768
41 62.3 66.9 ~ 57 fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
32 50 54.8