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AMD Cape Verde

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Cape Verde
Cape Verde LE
Cape Verde LE
Cape Verde PRO
Cape Verde PRO
Cape Verde PRO GL
Cape Verde PRO GL
Cape Verde XT
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AMD's Cape Verde GPU uses the GCN 1.0 architecture and is made using a 28 nm production process at TSMC. With a die size of 123 mm² and a transistor count of 1,500 million it is a small chip. Cape Verde supports DirectX 12 (Feature Level 11_1). For GPU compute applications, OpenCL version 2.1 (1.2) can be used. It features 640 shading units, 40 texture mapping units and 16 ROPs.
Further reading: GCN 1.0 Architecture Whitepaper , Southern Islands Instruction Set Architecture

Graphics Processor

Released
Feb 15th, 2012
GPU Name
Cape Verde
Mobile Variant
Chelsea / Heathrow
Mobile Variant 2
Venus / Tropo
Generation
Southern Islands
Architecture
GCN 1.0
Foundry
TSMC
Process Size
28 nm
Transistors
1,500 million
Density
12.2M / mm²
Die Size
123 mm²
Package
FCBGA-962

Graphics Features

DirectX
12 (11_1)
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1 (1.2)
Vulkan
1.2.170
Shader Model
6.5 (5.1)
WDDM
2.7
Compute
GFX6 (gfx601)
DCE
6.0
UVD
4.0
VCE
1.0
CLRX
GCN 1.0.0

Render Config

Shading Units
640
TMUs
40
ROPs
16
Compute Units
10
Z-Stencil
64
ACEs
2
GEs
1
L1 Cache
16 KB per CU
L2 Cache
256 KB
Max. TDP
80 W

All GCN 1.0 GPUs

AMD GPU Architecture History

Graphics cards using the AMD Cape Verde GPU

Name Chip Memory Shaders TMUs ROPs GPU Clock Memory Clock
AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
Cape Verde XT 1024 MB 640 40 16 1000 MHz 1125 MHz
AMD Radeon HD 7750
Cape Verde PRO 1024 MB 512 32 16 800 MHz 1125 MHz
AMD FirePro W600
Cape Verde PRO GL 2 GB 512 32 16 750 MHz 1000 MHz
AMD Radeon HD 8760 OEM
Latte XT 2 GB 640 40 16 1000 MHz 1125 MHz
AMD Radeon HD 7730
Cape Verde LE 1024 MB 384 24 8 800 MHz 1125 MHz
AMD Radeon HD 8730 OEM
Cape Verde LE 1024 MB 384 24 8 800 MHz 1125 MHz
AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM
Cape Verde PRX 2 GB 512 32 16 900 MHz 1150 MHz
AMD Radeon HD 8740 OEM
Cape Verde PRO 1024 MB 512 32 16 800 MHz 1125 MHz
AMD Radeon R7 250X
Cape Verde XT 1024 MB 640 40 16 950 MHz 1125 MHz
AMD Radeon R7 250E
Cape Verde PRO-E 1024 MB 512 32 16 800 MHz 1125 MHz
AMD FirePro W4100
Cape Verde PRO GL 2 GB 512 32 16 630 MHz 1000 MHz
AMD Radeon R7 250XE
Cape Verde XT 1024 MB 640 40 16 860 MHz 1125 MHz
AMD Radeon R7 450 OEM
Cape Verde PRO2 2 GB 512 32 16 925 MHz 1125 MHz
AMD Radeon R7 250
Cape Verde PRO 1024 MB 512 32 16 700 MHz 900 MHz
AMD Radeon R7 250
Cape Verde PRO2 1024 MB 512 32 16 925 MHz 900 MHz
AMD Radeon R7 350
Cape Verde PRO MOCHA 2 GB 512 32 16 800 MHz 1125 MHz
AMD Radeon R7 350 640SP
Cape Verde XT 2 GB 640 40 16 925 MHz 1125 MHz

Cape Verde GPU Notes

Generation: Southern Islands
Mobile Variant: Chelsea / Heathrow / Venus / Tropo
Graphics/Compute: GFX6 (gfx601)
Display Core Engine: 6.0
Unified Video Decoder: 4.0
Video Compression Engine: 1.0
CLRX: GCN 1.0
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