AMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge)
The AMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge) is an integrated graphics card for the fastest mobile AMD Carrizo APUs. At its launch, the R7 is available on the top model FX9830P with 512 GCN shader units and a core clock of 900 MHz. The technical specifications do not differ from the AMD Radeon R7 in Carrizo, but the clock is up to 100 MHz higher. Depending on the cooling and the configurable TDP (12-45 Watts), the performance can differ quite a lot. The performance also depends on the memory (best performance with dual-channel DDR4).
Architecture and Features
According to AMD, the Radeon R7 consists of eight cores based on the third GCN generation (often called GCN 1.2 or 2.0 in the press). It is therefore very similar to the Tonga desktop chip and supports DirectX 12 (FL 12_0). Furthermore, its shaders can be used with Mantle, OpenGL and OpenCL. HSA 1.0 is supported for running code on both CPU and GPU cores simultaneously.
Compared to the Kaveri generation (Kaveri R7 with GCN 1.1), the new color compression in particular results in better memory utilization and improves the gaming performance by 5-7 %.
The improved video decoder of Carrizo/Bristol Ridge now includes UVD 6 (Unified Video Decoder), which can decode HVEC / H.265 up to 4K in hardware. Furthermore, the VCE (Video Codec Engine) has been improved for faster transcoding of H.264. More information on architecture and features of the Bristol Ridge architecture can be found in our launch article.
Performance
Depending on the configurable TDP of the Bristol Ridge chips between 12 up to 45 Watts, there can be significant differences in games. Overall, the results are slightly better compared to the Carrizo Radeon R7 due to the higher clocks for comparable model. You can still use the Kaveri R7 benchmarks to check the gaming performance.
Power Consumption
Depending on the configurable TDP (cTDP), the 28 nm chip is specified at 12-45 Watts. It can therefore be used for thin and light notebooks as well as medium-sized devices or All-in-Ones (AiO).
| Manufacturer | AMD |
| Radeon R (Stoney / Bristol Ridge) Series | |
| Codename | Bristol Ridge |
| Architecture | GCN 1.2 |
| Pipelines | 512 - unified |
| Core Speed | 900 (Boost) MHz |
| Memory Bus Width | 64/128 Bit |
| Shared Memory | yes |
| DirectX | DirectX 12 (FL 12_0) |
| Transistor Count | 2410 Million |
| technology | 28 nm |
| Features | UVD 6, VCE |
| Notebook Size | medium sized |
| Date of Announcement | 01.06.2016 |
Benchmarks
Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy
5.3 pt (6%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Score
min: 338 avg: 365 median: 358 (2%) max: 398 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Graphics
min: 325 avg: 344 median: 347 (2%) max: 359 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics
min: 34845 avg: 49654 median: 52245.5 (10%) max: 59281 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Graphics
min: 32062 avg: 34971 median: 32389 (4%) max: 40461 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
min: 3162 avg: 4026 median: 3942 (6%) max: 5173 Points
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ATI Radeon HD 4850 7%
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3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
min: 3477 avg: 5531 median: 5311 (3%) max: 8107 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
min: 667 avg: 938 median: 866 (3%) max: 1230 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
min: 750 avg: 1081 median: 1013 (2%) max: 1466 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics
min: 44545 avg: 48082 median: 46007 (6%) max: 53693 Points
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3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
min: 1737 avg: 1859 median: 1794 (5%) max: 2130 Points
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3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
min: 1820 avg: 1913 median: 1852 (3%) max: 2210 Points
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NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 -1%
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3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total +3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
5568 Points (7%)
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3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX +3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
5111 Points (6%)
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ATI Radeon HD 5670 4%
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3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +min: 5635 avg: 6645 median: 6644.5 (14%) max: 7654 Points
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NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 3%
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Unigine Valley 1.0 - Unigine Valley 1.0 DX
3.5 fps (2%)
| HP Envy x360 15z m6-ar004dx | FX-9800P | 8192 MB | | | 3.5 |
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Unigine Heaven 3.0 - Unigine Heaven 3.0 DX 11
13.9 fps (5%)
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Unigine Heaven 2.1 - Heaven 2.1 high
19.5 fps (4%)
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Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) +Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
min: 4680 avg: 4943 median: 4845 (24%) max: 5403 points
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Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit +Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 18.06 avg: 20.1 median: 18.3 (10%) max: 25.65 fps
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Cinebench R15
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit +Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 22.88 avg: 25.1 median: 23.2 (9%) max: 31.43 fps
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Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit +Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit
98 % (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
90 fps (1%)
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GLBench 2.7 T-Rex HD Onscreen C24Z16 +GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - GLBench 2.7 T-Rex HD Onscreen C24Z16
87.2 fps (3%)
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GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Offscreen
25.9 fps (4%)
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GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan
25.7 fps (7%)
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GFXBench - GFXBench Car Chase Offscreen
23.8 fps (5%)
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GFXBench - GFXBench Car Chase Onscreen
23.7 fps (9%)
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ARM Mali-G57 MP5 5%
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LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Room GPU
min: 175 avg: 179 median: 178.5 (2%) max: 182 Samples/s
| HP Envy x360 15z m6-ar004dx | FX-9800P | 8192 MB | | | 175 |
| HP 15-ba077ng | A12-9700P | 8192 MB | 300-758 / MHz | | 182 |
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LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Sala GPU
min: 358 avg: 363 median: 362.5 (2%) max: 367 Samples/s
| HP Envy x360 15z m6-ar004dx | FX-9800P | 8192 MB | | | 358 |
| HP 15-ba077ng | A12-9700P | 8192 MB | 300-758 / MHz | | 367 |
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ComputeMark v2.1 - ComputeMark v2.1 Result
min: 1093 avg: 1346 median: 1450 (3%) max: 1495 points
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Power Consumption - The Witcher 3 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
29.1 Watt (6%)
Acer Aspire E15 E5-553G-15FM  | A12-9700P | 8192 MB | | | 29.1 |
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Clock Speed - GPU Clock Witcher 3 ultra
472 MHz (25%)
| Acer Aspire E15 E5-553G-15FM | A12-9700P | 8192 MB | | | 472 |
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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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