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AMD Radeon R4 (Kaveri)

AMD Radeon R4 (Kaveri)

The AMD Radeon R4 (Kaveri) is an integrated DirectX 12 graphics card found on a number of AMD Kaveri APUs. The GPU offers 192 shaders and 3 compute cores and can be found in the A6 Pro-7050B (memory support up to DDR3-1600).

Architecture and Features

Thanks to the new GCN 1.1 architecture, the Kaveri GPUs are significantly more efficient with higher performance compared to its VLIW-based predecessors Richland and Trinity. The graphics card can now handle both DirectX 12 (FL 12_0) and the AMD Mantle API. The GPU is also able to accelerate various applications like Adobe Photoshop by utilizing OpenCL.

The revised video engine of Kaveri includes UVD 4.2 (Unified Video Decoder) and VCE 2.0 (Video Codec Engine). H.264 codec support has been slightly improved in several areas. However, H.265 is still not fully supported in hardware.

Performance

Due to the low core clock speed and only 192 shaders, the Radeon R4 is just as fast as the Intel HD Graphics (Haswell) or HD Graphics 4000. Accordingly, games of 2014 can be played fluently only in low settings at 1024 x 768 pixels.

Power Consumption

The power consumption of the entire A6 Pro-7050B APU is rated at 17 watts. Thus, the 28 nm chip is suited for smaller or medium sized (sub-)notebooks.

Radeon R (Kaveri) Series

Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) compare 512 @ 0.72 GHz
Radeon R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) compare 384 @ 0.72 GHz
Radeon R7 (Kaveri) compare 512 @ 0.55 - 0.69 GHz64/128 Bit
Radeon R6 (Kaveri) compare 384 @ 0.53 - 0.65 GHz64/128 Bit
Radeon R5 (Kaveri) compare 256 @ 0.51 - 0.63 GHz64/128 Bit
Radeon R4 (Kaveri) 192 @ 0.53 GHz64/128 Bit
CodenameKaveri
ArchitectureGCN 1.1
Pipelines192 - unified
Core Speed533 MHz
Memory Bus Width64/128 Bit
Shared Memoryyes
APIDirectX 12 (FL 12_0), Shader 5.0
Transistor Count2.4 Billion
technology28 nm
Date of Announcement04.06.2014
CPU in Radeon R4 (Kaveri)GPU Base SpeedGPU Boost / Turbo
AMD A6 Pro-7050B2 x 2200 MHz, 17 W? MHz533 MHz
AMD A6-70002 x 2200 MHz, 17 W? MHz533 MHz
min. - max.? MHz533 MHz

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy
0.2 pt (1%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
min: 403     avg: 433.5     median: 433.5 (0%)     max: 464 Points
3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total +
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX +
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +
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 +
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) +
Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit +
Cinebench R15
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit +
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit +
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 +
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- 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.

Fifa 15

Fifa 15

2014
low 1280x720
14.4  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
4.5  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
Sims 4

Sims 4

2014
low 1024x768
62.6  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
13.8  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
6.9  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Thief

Thief

2014
low 1024x768
6.4  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
4.9  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
4.2  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
Fifa 14

Fifa 14

2013
low 1024x768
28.5  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
22.8  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
16.8  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
14.6  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
Dota 2

Dota 2

2013
low 1024x768
15.7 23.6 ~ 20 fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
14.7 16.8 ~ 16 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
6.8  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
low 1280x720
17.6  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
10.7  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
8.9  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
3.3  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
low 1024x768
24  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
12.7  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
8.8  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
3.7  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
low 1024x768
27.9  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
19.8  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
16.7  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
13.2  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
low 1024x768
29.1  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
19.6  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
15.8  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
10.8  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
Mafia 2

Mafia 2

2010
low 800x600
15.2  fps    + Compare
med. 1024x768
13.9  fps    + Compare
high 1360x768
12.1  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
Trackmania Nations Forever

Trackmania Nations Forever

2008
low 640x480
92.1  fps    + Compare
high 1024x768
20.3  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
6.6  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
lowmed.highultraQHD4K
Fifa 1514.44.5
Sims 462.613.86.9
Thief6.44.94.2
Fifa 1428.522.816.814.6
Dota 220166.8
BioShock Infinite17.610.78.93.3
Tomb Raider2412.78.83.7
Counter-Strike: GO27.919.816.713.2
Diablo III29.119.615.810.8
Mafia 215.213.912.1
Trackmania Nations Forever92.120.36.6
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