Report an Error

ATI Hemlock

Default
Hemlock
Block Diagram
Block Diagram
Block Diagram 2
Block Diagram 2
Setup
Setup
ATI's Hemlock 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. Hemlock 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
Nov 18th, 2009
GPU Name
Hemlock
Desktop Variant
Cypress
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
302 W

All TeraScale 2 GPUs

ATI GPU Architecture History

Graphics cards using the ATI Hemlock GPU

Name Chip Memory Shaders TMUs ROPs GPU Clock Memory Clock
ATI Radeon HD 5970
Hemlock XT 1024 MB 1600 80 32 725 MHz 1000 MHz
ATI Radeon HD 5950
Hemlock PRO 1024 MB 1440 72 32 725 MHz 1000 MHz

Hemlock GPU Notes

Generation: Evergreen
Desktop Variant: Cypress
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
Nov 5th, 2024 13:25 EST change timezone

Latest GPU Drivers

New Forum Posts

Popular Reviews

Controversial News Posts