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AMD Cypress

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AMD's Cypress GPU uses the TeraScale 2 architecture and is made using a 40 nm production process at TSMC. With a die size of 334 mm² and a transistor count of 2,154 million it is a large chip. Cypress supports DirectX 11.2 (Feature Level 11_0). For GPU compute applications, OpenCL version 1.2 can be used. It features 1600 shading units, 80 texture mapping units and 32 ROPs.
Further reading: Evergreen Series Instruction Set Architecture

Graphics Processor

Released
Jun 1st, 2010
GPU Name
Cypress
Desktop Variant
Hemlock
Mobile Variant
Lexington
Generation
Evergreen
Architecture
TeraScale 2
Foundry
TSMC
Process Size
40 nm
Transistors
2,154 million
Density
6.4M / mm²
Die Size
334 mm²

Graphics Features

DirectX
11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL
4.4
OpenCL
1.2
Vulkan
N/A
Shader Model
5.0
WDDM
1.3
Compute
GFX4
DCE
4.0
UVD
2.3

Render Config

Shading Units
1600
TMUs
80
ROPs
32
Compute Units
20
Z-Stencil
40
L1 Cache
8 KB per CU
L2 Cache
512 KB
Max. TDP
225 W

All TeraScale 2 GPUs

AMD GPU Architecture History

Graphics cards using the AMD Cypress GPU

Name Chip Memory Shaders TMUs ROPs GPU Clock Memory Clock
AMD FireStream 9350
Cypress PRO GL 2 GB 1440 72 32 700 MHz 1000 MHz
AMD FireStream 9370
Cypress XT GL 4 GB 1600 80 32 825 MHz 1150 MHz
AMD Radeon HD 6870 1600SP Edition
Cypress XT 1024 MB 1600 80 32 850 MHz 1050 MHz
AMD Radeon HD 6850 1440SP Edition
Cypress PRO 1024 MB 1440 72 32 725 MHz 1000 MHz

Cypress GPU Notes

Generation: Evergreen
Desktop Variant: Hemlock
Mobile Variant: Lexington
Graphics/Compute: GFX4
Display Core Engine: 4.0
Unified Video Decoder: 2.3

Latest Drivers:
Windows XP / 8:
Catalyst Software Suite 14.4

Windows Vista :
Catalyst Software Suite 13.12

Windows 7 / 8.1 / 10:
Catalyst Software Suite 15.7.1 / 16.2.1 Beta
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