AMD Caicos

Caicos

Caicos PRO

E6460

Block Diagram

AMD's Caicos GPU uses the TeraScale 2 architecture and is made using a 40 nm production process at TSMC. With a die size of 67 mm² and a transistor count of 370 million it is a very small chip. Caicos supports DirectX 11.2 (Feature Level 11_0). For GPU compute applications, OpenCL version 1.2 can be used. It features 160 shading units, 8 texture mapping units and 4 ROPs.

Further reading: TeraScale 2 Instruction Set Architecture

Graphics Processor

Released: Feb 7th, 2011

GPU Name: Caicos

Mobile Variant: Seymour

Generation: Northern Islands

Architecture: TeraScale 2

Foundry: TSMC

Process Size: 40 nm

Transistors: 370 million

Density: 5.5M / mm²

Die Size: 67 mm²

Package: FCBGA-631

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: 5.0

UVD: 3.1

Render Config

Shading Units: 160

TMUs: 8

ROPs: 4

Compute Units: 2

Z-Stencil: 16

L1 Cache: 8 KB per CU

L2 Cache: 128 KB

Max. TDP: 35 W

All TeraScale 2 GPUs

AMD GPU Architecture History

2024 RDNA 4.0
2024 RDNA 3.5
2023-2024 CDNA 3.0
2022-2024 RDNA 3.0
2021 CDNA 2.0
2020 CDNA 1.0
2020-2024 RDNA 2.0
2019-2020 RDNA 1.0
2018-2022 GCN 5.1
2017-2020 GCN 5.0
2016-2020 GCN 4.0
2014-2019 GCN 3.0
2013-2017 GCN 2.0
2011-2020 GCN 1.0
2010-2013 TeraScale 3
2009-2015 TeraScale 2
2005-2013 TeraScale
2005-2007 Ultra-Threaded SE

Graphics cards using the AMD Caicos GPU

Name	Chip	Memory	Shaders	TMUs	ROPs	GPU Clock	Memory Clock
AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM	Khalidster	1024 MB	160	8	4	750 MHz	900 MHz
AMD Radeon HD 7450 OEM	Caimour	512 MB	160	8	4	625 MHz	533 MHz
AMD Radeon HD 6450	Caicos PRO	512 MB	160	8	4	625 MHz	500 MHz
AMD Radeon HD 6450 OEM	Junbonator	512 MB	160	8	4	625 MHz	533 MHz
AMD Radeon HD 7450A		512 MB	160	8	4	625 MHz	800 MHz
AMD Radeon HD 6450A		512 MB	160	8	4	625 MHz	533 MHz
AMD Radeon E6460	E6460	512 MB	160	8	4	600 MHz	800 MHz
AMD Radeon HD 8450 OEM	Caicos PRO-L	1024 MB	160	8	4	625 MHz	667 MHz
AMD Radeon HD 8470 OEM	Caicos XT	1024 MB	160	8	4	775 MHz	800 MHz
AMD Radeon HD 8490 OEM	Caicos XTX	1024 MB	160	8	4	875 MHz	900 MHz
AMD Radeon HD 7470A		512 MB	160	8	4	625 MHz	800 MHz
AMD Radeon R5 235 OEM	Caicos XT	1024 MB	160	8	4	775 MHz	900 MHz
AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM	Caicos XTX	1024 MB	160	8	4	875 MHz	900 MHz
AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM	Caicos PRO	1024 MB	160	8	4	625 MHz	667 MHz
AMD Radeon R5 230	Caicos PRO	1024 MB	160	8	4	625 MHz	667 MHz
AMD Radeon R5 310 OEM	Caicos XT	2 GB	160	8	4	775 MHz	805 MHz
AMD Radeon R5 A220	Caicos XT	1024 MB	160	8	4	775 MHz	900 MHz
AMD Radeon E6465		2 GB	160	8	4	600 MHz	800 MHz
AMD Radeon R5 310 OEM	Caicos XT	1024 MB	160	8	4	875 MHz	900 MHz

Caicos GPU Notes

Generation: Northern Islands
Mobile Variant: Seymour
Graphics/Compute: GFX4
Display Core Engine: 5.0
Unified Video Decoder: 3.1

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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