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).
Radeon R (Stoney / Bristol Ridge) Series
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| Codename | Bristol Ridge | |||||||||||||||
| Architecture | GCN 1.2 | |||||||||||||||
| Pipelines | 512 - unified | |||||||||||||||
| Core Speed | 900 (Boost) MHz | |||||||||||||||
| Memory Bus Width | 64/128 Bit | |||||||||||||||
| Shared Memory | yes | |||||||||||||||
| API | DirectX 12 (FL 12_0), OpenGL 4.4 | |||||||||||||||
| Power Consumption | 12-45 Watt | |||||||||||||||
| Transistor Count | 2.4 Billion | |||||||||||||||
| technology | 28 nm | |||||||||||||||
| Features | UVD 6, VCE | |||||||||||||||
| Notebook Size | medium sized | |||||||||||||||
| Date of Announcement | 01.06.2016 | |||||||||||||||
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- Average benchmark valuesThe 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.
For more games that might be playable and a list of all games and graphics cards visit our Gaming List
Asus VivoBook S15 S510QR-BR011T: AMD FX-9800P, 15.60", 1.7 kg
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Lenovo ThinkPad A275: AMD PRO A12-9800B, 12.50", 1.6 kg
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Lenovo Ideapad 320-15ABR-80XS007XGE: AMD A12-9720P, 15.60", 2.2 kg
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HP Pavilion 15-cd0000nu: AMD A12-9720P, 15.60", 2 kg
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HP Envy 15-bq015nd x360: AMD A12-9720P, 15.60", 2.2 kg
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HP EliteBook 755 G4 Z2W11EA: AMD PRO A12-9800B, 15.60", 1.8 kg
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HP EliteBook 745 G4 Z2W06EA: AMD PRO A12-9800B, 14.00", 1.5 kg
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Lenovo Ideapad 310-15ABR 80ST: AMD A12-9700P, 15.60", 2.2 kg
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Asus X555QG: AMD FX-9800P, 15.60", 2.2 kg
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