AMD Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)

The AMD Radeon R7 Graphics width 512 Cores is an integrated GPU in the AMD A10-7850K, A10-7800 and A10 PRO-7850B Kaveri Desktop APUs. 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 the top line A10 Kaveri Desktop APUs, the graphics card offers 512 shader cores (8 compute cores) with a maximum core clock of 720 MHz. The similar named AMD Radeon R7 in the A10-7700K, A8-7650K and A8-7600 offers only 384 Shaders but is in games only slightly slower.
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 slightly faster than the Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 (in the Schenker S413). Depending on the game either one of the GPUs lead, but all in all the R7 was faster in two more games (in March 2014). In most cases, the Radeon R7 is sufficient for a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels and medium 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 | 512 - 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 in Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) | GPU Base Speed | GPU Boost / Turbo |
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AMD A10-7850K | 4 x 3700 MHz, 95 W | 720 MHz | ? MHz |
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Benchmarks
Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy
8.7 pt (9%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Score
567 Points (3%)
A10-7850K Asus A88-XM-PLUS | A10-7850K | 16384 MB | | | 567 |
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3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Graphics
508 Points (3%)
A10-7850K Asus A88-XM-PLUS | A10-7850K | 16384 MB | | | 508 |
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics
91999 Points (15%)
A10-7850K Asus A88-XM-PLUS | A10-7850K | 16384 MB | | | 91999 |
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Graphics
58792 Points (8%)
A10-7850K Asus A88-XM-PLUS | A10-7850K | 16384 MB | | | 58792 |
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3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
6770 Points (9%)
A10-7850K Asus A88-XM-PLUS | A10-7850K | 16384 MB | | | 6770 |
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3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
10341 Points (5%)
A10-7850K Asus A88-XM-PLUS | A10-7850K | 16384 MB | | | 10341 |
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3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
1477 Points (4%)
A10-7850K Asus A88-XM-PLUS | A10-7850K | 16384 MB | | | 1477 |
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NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 -1%
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3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
1616 Points (3%)
A10-7850K Asus A88-XM-PLUS | A10-7850K | 16384 MB | | | 1616 |
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NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 -4%
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics
85679 Points (11%)
A10-7850K Asus A88-XM-PLUS | A10-7850K | 16384 MB | | | 85679 |
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3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
2444 Points (6%)
A10-7850K Asus A88-XM-PLUS | A10-7850K | 16384 MB | | | 2444 |
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1%
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3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
2302 Points (4%)
A10-7850K Asus A88-XM-PLUS | A10-7850K | 16384 MB | | | 2302 |
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti -1%
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3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX +3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
7550 Points (7%)
A10-7850K Asus A88-XM-PLUS | A10-7850K | 16384 MB | | | 7550 |
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ATI Radeon HD 4850 -2%
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3DMark 03 - 3DMark 03 - Standard
29153 Points (15%)
A10-7850K Asus A88-XM-PLUS | A10-7850K | 16384 MB | | | 29153 |
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3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard
14908 Points (22%)
A10-7850K Asus A88-XM-PLUS | A10-7850K | 16384 MB | | | 14908 |
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3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +9878 Points (18%)
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A10-7850K Asus A88-XM-PLUS | A10-7850K | 16384 MB | | | 9878 |
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NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 3%
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Unigine Valley 1.0 - Unigine Valley 1.0 DX
6.9 fps (3%)
A10-7850K Asus A88-XM-PLUS | A10-7850K | 16384 MB | | | 6.9 |
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Unigine Heaven 3.0 - Unigine Heaven 3.0 DX 11
19.7 fps (7%)
A10-7850K Asus A88-XM-PLUS | A10-7850K | 16384 MB | | | 19.7 |
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Unigine Heaven 3.0 - Unigine Heaven 3.0 OpenGL
17.6 fps (8%)
A10-7850K Asus A88-XM-PLUS | A10-7850K | 16384 MB | | | 17.6 |
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Unigine Heaven 2.1 - Heaven 2.1 high
26.8 fps (5%)
A10-7850K Asus A88-XM-PLUS | A10-7850K | 16384 MB | | | 26.8 |
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SPECviewperf 12
specvp12 sw-03 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03
28.9 fps (13%)
A10-7850K Asus A88-XM-PLUS | A10-7850K | 16384 MB | | | 28.9 |
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specvp12 snx-02 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02
5.9 fps (2%)
A10-7850K Asus A88-XM-PLUS | A10-7850K | 16384 MB | | | 5.9 |
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specvp12 showcase-01 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01
9.2 fps (4%)
A10-7850K Asus A88-XM-PLUS | A10-7850K | 16384 MB | | | 9.2 |
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specvp12 mediacal-01 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01
4.9 fps (4%)
A10-7850K Asus A88-XM-PLUS | A10-7850K | 16384 MB | | | 4.9 |
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specvp12 maya-04 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04
14.6 fps (6%)
A10-7850K Asus A88-XM-PLUS | A10-7850K | 16384 MB | | | 14.6 |
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specvp12 energy-01 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01
0.3 fps (1%)
A10-7850K Asus A88-XM-PLUS | A10-7850K | 16384 MB | | | 0.27 |
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specvp12 creo-01 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01
14.8 fps (8%)
A10-7850K Asus A88-XM-PLUS | A10-7850K | 16384 MB | | | 14.8 |
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specvp12 catia-04 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04
16.9 fps (6%)
A10-7850K Asus A88-XM-PLUS | A10-7850K | 16384 MB | | | 16.9 |
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Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) +Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
7410 points (35%)
A10-7850K Asus A88-XM-PLUS | A10-7850K | 16384 MB | | | 7410 |
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Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit +Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit
41 fps (18%)
A10-7850K Asus A88-XM-PLUS | A10-7850K | 16384 MB | | | 40.96 |
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Cinebench R15
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit +Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit
43.5 fps (12%)
A10-7850K Asus A88-XM-PLUS | A10-7850K | 16384 MB | | | 43.5 |
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Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit +Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit
98 % (98%)
A10-7850K Asus A88-XM-PLUS | A10-7850K | 16384 MB | | | 98 |
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GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7
GLBench 2.7 T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 +GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - GLBench 2.7 T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16
128 fps (1%)
A10-7850K Asus A88-XM-PLUS | A10-7850K | 16384 MB | | | 128 |
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GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Offscreen
33.5 fps (4%)
A10-7850K Asus A88-XM-PLUS | A10-7850K | 16384 MB | | | 33.5 |
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LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Room GPU
266 Samples/s (3%)
A10-7850K Asus A88-XM-PLUS | A10-7850K | 16384 MB | | | 266 |
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LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Sala GPU
470 Samples/s (1%)
A10-7850K Asus A88-XM-PLUS | A10-7850K | 16384 MB | | | 470 |
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ComputeMark v2.1 - ComputeMark v2.1 Result
1495 points (3%)
A10-7850K Asus A88-XM-PLUS | A10-7850K | 16384 MB | | | 1495 |
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Power Consumption - Furmark Stress Test Power Consumption - external Monitor *
93.7 Watt (17%)
A10-7850K Asus A88-XM-PLUS | A10-7850K | 16384 MB | | | 93.7 |
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Power Consumption - The Witcher 3 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
76.6 Watt (13%)
A10-7850K Asus A88-XM-PLUS | A10-7850K | 16384 MB | | | 76.6 |
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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 detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.
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Additional Benchmarks
Medium Preset 4xAF TAA 1366x768
25.7 [X] A10-7850K Asus A88-XM-PLUSAMD A10-7850K 3.7GHz
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21 fps, max:
32 fps
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21.8 [X] A10-7850K Asus A88-XM-PLUSDX11
AMD A10-7850K 3.7GHz
Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)
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6 fps, max:
32 fps
24.9 [X] A10-7850K Asus A88-XM-PLUSDX12
AMD A10-7850K 3.7GHz
Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)
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17 fps, max:
32 fps
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Additional Benchmarks
Medium (Render Scale 100 %) 2xAF FXAA 1920x1080
27.3 [X] A10-7850K Asus A88-XM-PLUSAMD A10-7850K 3.7GHz
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