AMD Radeon R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)

The AMD Radeon R7 Graphics with 384 Shaders is integrated in the AMD Desktop Kaveri APUs AMD A10-7700K, A8-7650K and A8-7600. It is an integrated GPU without dedicated graphics memory and is based on the GCN 1.1 (or 2.0) architecture of the Hawaii desktop graphics cards (e.g. R9 290). However, it was altered for HSA use in the APU.
In the AMD A10-7700K, A8-7650K and 7600, the graphics card offers 384 of the 512 shader cores (6 of the 8 compute cores) with a maximum core clock of 720 MHz. Without 3D load, the R7 clocks at 351 MHz. It supports DirectX 12 (FL 12_0) in hardware, which is a big advantage over some GPUs from the competition (Intel Haswell e.g. 11.1, Nvidia Kepler and Maxwell v1 11.0).
The gaming performance in our tests was quite similar to the Radeon R7 in the A10-7850K. The missing shaders did not hurt in most of the gaming tests, as the memory bandwidth limits the performance. Compared to the Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 (in the Schenker S413), the Radeon R7 is positioned on the same level or slightly below on average. Many current games as of 2014 can be played fluently in medium resolutions and detail settings.
Test system: Asus A88XM-PLUS mainboard, 16 GB DDR3-2133 AMD Gamer memory
Manufacturer | AMD |
Radeon R (Kaveri) Series | |
Codename | Kaveri Spectre |
Architecture | GCN |
Pipelines | 384 - unified |
Core Speed | 720 MHz |
Shared Memory | yes |
DirectX | DirectX 12 (FL 12_0), Shader 5.2 |
technology | 28 nm |
Features | HSA, OpenCL 2.0, DirectCompute 5.0 |
Date of Announcement | 14.01.2014 |
CPU | GPU Base Speed | GPU Boost / Turbo |
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AMD A10-7700K | 4 x 3400 MHz, 95 W | 720 MHz | ? MHz |
AMD A8-7650K | 4 x 3300 MHz, 95 W | 351 MHz | 720 MHz |
min. - max. | | 351 - 720 MHz | 720 - 720 MHz |
Benchmarks
3DMark - Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics Score 1280x720 offscreen
min: 89776 avg: 89954 median: 89954 (17%) max: 90132 Points
| A10-7700K | 16384 MB | | 14.2 | 89776 |
A8-7650K Asus A88-XM-PLUS | A8-7650K | 16384 MB | | 14.11+ | 90132 |
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3DMark - Ice Storm Extreme Graphics 1920x1080
min: 56057 avg: 56941 median: 56941 (8%) max: 57825 Points
| A10-7700K | 16384 MB | | 14.2 | 56057 |
A8-7650K Asus A88-XM-PLUS | A8-7650K | 16384 MB | | 14.11+ | 57825 |
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3DMark - Cloud Gate Standard Score 1280x720

min: 6201 avg: 6340.5 median: 6340.5 (11%) max: 6480 Points
A8-7650K Asus A88-XM-PLUS | A8-7650K | 16384 MB | | 14.11+ | 6201 |
| A10-7700K | 16384 MB | | 14.2 | 6480 |
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3DMark - Cloud Gate Standard Graphics 1280x720
min: 9511 avg: 9650.5 median: 9650.5 (5%) max: 9790 Points
A8-7650K Asus A88-XM-PLUS | A8-7650K | 16384 MB | | 14.11+ | 9511 |
| A10-7700K | 16384 MB | | 14.2 | 9790 |
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3DMark - Fire Strike Score 1920x1080
min: 1274 avg: 1302 median: 1302 (5%) max: 1330 Points
A8-7650K Asus A88-XM-PLUS | A8-7650K | 16384 MB | | 14.11+ | 1274 |
| A10-7700K | 16384 MB | | 14.2 | 1330 |
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3DMark - Fire Strike Graphics 1920x1080
min: 1374 avg: 1405.5 median: 1405.5 (3%) max: 1437 Points
A8-7650K Asus A88-XM-PLUS | A8-7650K | 16384 MB | | 14.11+ | 1374 |
| A10-7700K | 16384 MB | | 14.2 | 1437 |
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3DMark - Ice Storm Standard Graphics 1280x720
min: 83946 avg: 83978.5 median: 83978.5 (11%) max: 84011 Points
| A10-7700K | 16384 MB | | 14.2 | 83946 |
A8-7650K Asus A88-XM-PLUS | A8-7650K | 16384 MB | | 14.11+ | 84011 |
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3DMark 11 - Performance 1280x720
min: 2151 avg: 2152 median: 2152 (7%) max: 2153 points
A8-7650K Asus A88-XM-PLUS | A8-7650K | 16384 MB | | 14.11+ | 2151 |
| A10-7700K | 16384 MB | | 14.2 | 2153 |
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3DMark 11 - Performance GPU 1280x720
min: 1987 avg: 1987.5 median: 1987.5 (4%) max: 1988 points
| A10-7700K | 16384 MB | | 14.2 | 1987 |
A8-7650K Asus A88-XM-PLUS | A8-7650K | 16384 MB | | 14.11+ | 1988 |
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3DMark Vantage
P Result 1280x1024 +3DMark Vantage - P Result 1280x1024
7338 Points (10%)
A8-7650K Asus A88-XM-PLUS | A8-7650K | 16384 MB | | 14.11+ | 7338 |
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P GPU no PhysX 1280x1024 +3DMark Vantage - P GPU no PhysX 1280x1024
min: 6690 avg: 6691.5 median: 6691.5 (9%) max: 6693 Points
A8-7650K Asus A88-XM-PLUS | A8-7650K | 16384 MB | | 14.11+ | 6690 |
| A10-7700K | 16384 MB | | 14.2 | 6693 |
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3DMark 03 - Standard 1024x768
28651 Points (15%)
| A10-7700K | 16384 MB | | 14.2 | 28651 |
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3DMark 05 - Standard 1024x768
16508 Points (35%)
| A10-7700K | 16384 MB | | 14.2 | 16508 |
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3DMark 06 Standard 1280x1024 +3DMark 06

min: 9605 avg: 9937.5 median: 9937.5 (21%) max: 10270 Points
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| A10-7700K | 16384 MB | | 14.2 | 9605 |
A8-7650K Asus A88-XM-PLUS | A8-7650K | 16384 MB | | 14.11+ | 10270 |
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Unigine Heaven 3.0 - DX 11, Normal Tessellation, High Shaders 1920x1080

17.8 fps (7%)
A8-7650K Asus A88-XM-PLUS | A8-7650K | 16384 MB | | 14.11+ | 17.8 |
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Unigine Heaven 3.0 - OpenGL, Normal Tessellation, High Shaders 1920x1080

17.6 fps (10%)
A8-7650K Asus A88-XM-PLUS | A8-7650K | 16384 MB | | 14.11+ | 17.6 |
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Unigine Heaven 2.1 - high, Tesselation (normal), DirectX11 1280x1024
24.5 fps (11%)
A8-7650K Asus A88-XM-PLUS | A8-7650K | 16384 MB | | 14.11+ | 24.5 |
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Cinebench R10 Shading 32Bit +Cinebench R10 - Shading 32Bit

min: 6950 avg: 7140.5 median: 7140.5 (36%) max: 7331 Points
| A10-7700K | 16384 MB | | 14.2 | 6950 |
A8-7650K Asus A88-XM-PLUS | A8-7650K | 16384 MB | | 14.11+ | 7331 |
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Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64Bit +Cinebench R11.5 - OpenGL 64Bit
min: 38.56 avg: 38.8 median: 38.8 (23%) max: 39 Points
| A10-7700K | 16384 MB | | 14.2 | 38.56 |
A8-7650K Asus A88-XM-PLUS | A8-7650K | 16384 MB | | 14.11+ | 39 |
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Cinebench R15
OpenGL 64Bit +Cinebench R15 - OpenGL 64Bit

min: 39.43 avg: 40.8 median: 40.8 (16%) max: 42.2 Points
| A10-7700K | 16384 MB | | 14.2 | 39.43 |
A8-7650K Asus A88-XM-PLUS | A8-7650K | 16384 MB | | 14.11+ | 42.2 |
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Ref. Match 64Bit +Cinebench R15 - Ref. Match 64Bit

98 Points (98%)
| A10-7700K | 16384 MB | | 14.2 | 98 |
A8-7650K Asus A88-XM-PLUS | A8-7650K | 16384 MB | | 14.11+ | 98 |

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LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - Room GPUs-only
min: 218 avg: 220.5 median: 220.5 (4%) max: 223 Samples/s
| A10-7700K | 16384 MB | | 14.2 | 218 |
A8-7650K Asus A88-XM-PLUS | A8-7650K | 16384 MB | | 14.11+ | 223 |
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LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - Sala GPUs-only

min: 381 avg: 388.5 median: 388.5 (4%) max: 396 Samples/s
| A10-7700K | 16384 MB | | 14.2 | 381 |
A8-7650K Asus A88-XM-PLUS | A8-7650K | 16384 MB | | 14.11+ | 396 |
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ComputeMark v2.1 - Normal, Score 1024x600
min: 1133 avg: 1142.5 median: 1142.5 (4%) max: 1152 Points
A8-7650K Asus A88-XM-PLUS | A8-7650K | 16384 MB | | 14.11+ | 1133 |
| A10-7700K | 16384 MB | | 14.2 | 1152 |
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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.









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