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AMD's Saturn GPU uses the GCN 2.0 architecture and is made using a 28 nm production process at TSMC. With a die size of 160 mm² and a transistor count of 2,080 million it is a small chip. Saturn supports DirectX 12 (Feature Level 12_0). For GPU compute applications, OpenCL version 2.1 can be used. It features 896 shading units, 56 texture mapping units and 16 ROPs.
Further reading: Sea Islands Instruction Set Architecture

Graphics Processor

Released
May 14th, 2013
GPU Name
Saturn
Desktop Variant
Bonaire / Tobago
Mobile Variant
Strato / Emerald
Generation
Sea Islands
Architecture
GCN 2.0
Foundry
TSMC
Process Size
28 nm
Transistors
2,080 million
Density
13.0M / mm²
Die Size
160 mm²
Package
FCBGA-1093

Graphics Features

DirectX
12 (12_0)
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2.170
Shader Model
6.5
WDDM
2.7
Compute
GFX7 (gfx704)
DCE
8.2
UVD
4.2
VCE
2.0
SDMA
1.0.0
CLRX
GCN 1.1.0

Render Config

Shading Units
896
TMUs
56
ROPs
16
Compute Units
14
Z-Stencil
64
ACEs
2
GEs
2
L1 Cache
16 KB per CU
L2 Cache
256 KB
Max. TDP
100 W

All GCN 2.0 GPUs

AMD GPU Architecture History

Graphics cards using the AMD Saturn GPU

Name Chip Memory Shaders TMUs ROPs GPU Clock Memory Clock
Saturn XT GL 2 GB 768 48 16 1075 MHz 1375 MHz
Saturn XT 4 GB 896 56 16 900 MHz 1375 MHz
Saturn PRO 2 GB 768 48 16 900 MHz 1375 MHz
Saturn ES8870 4 GB 768 48 16 1000 MHz 1500 MHz
Saturn XT 2 GB 896 56 16 1000 MHz 1500 MHz
Saturn XT 2 GB 768 48 16 1075 MHz 1375 MHz
Saturn ES8870 4 GB 768 48 16 1000 MHz 1500 MHz

Saturn GPU Notes

Generation: Sea Islands
Desktop Variant: Bonaire / Tobago
Mobile Variant: Strato / Emerald
Graphics/Compute: GFX7 (gfx704)
Display Core Engine: 8.2
Unified Video Decoder: 4.2
Video Compression Engine: 2.0
System DMA: 1.0.0
CLRX: GCN 1.1.0

Latest Drivers:
Windows 7:
32-bit: Radeon Software: Adrenalin Edition 18.9.3
64-bit: AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 22.6.1

Windows 8.1:
32-bit: Radeon Software: Crimson ReLive Edition 16.12.2 / 17.1.2
64-bit: Radeon Software: Crimson ReLive Edition 17.4.4 / 17.7.1

Windows 10:
32-bit: Radeon Software: Adrenalin Edition 18.9.3
64-bit: AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 22.6.1
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