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AMD's Wimbledon GPU uses the GCN 1.0 architecture and is made using a 28 nm production process at TSMC. With a die size of 212 mm² and a transistor count of 2,800 million it is a medium-sized chip. Wimbledon supports DirectX 12 (Feature Level 11_1). For GPU compute applications, OpenCL version 2.1 (1.2) can be used. It features 1280 shading units, 80 texture mapping units and 32 ROPs.
Further reading: GCN 1.0 Architecture Whitepaper , Southern Islands Instruction Set Architecture

Graphics Processor

Released
Apr 24th, 2012
GPU Name
Wimbledon
Desktop Variant
Pitcairn / Curacao
Mobile Variant
Neptune
Generation
Southern Islands
Architecture
GCN 1.0
Foundry
TSMC
Process Size
28 nm
Transistors
2,800 million
Density
13.2M / mm²
Die Size
212 mm²
Package
FCBGA-1737

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
1280
TMUs
80
ROPs
32
Compute Units
20
Z-Stencil
128
ACEs
2
GEs
2
L1 Cache
16 KB per CU
L2 Cache
512 KB
Max. TDP
200 W

All GCN 1.0 GPUs

AMD GPU Architecture History

Graphics cards using the AMD Wimbledon GPU

Name Chip Memory Shaders TMUs ROPs GPU Clock Memory Clock
AMD Radeon HD 7970M
Wimbledon XT 2 GB 1280 80 32 850 MHz 1200 MHz
AMD Radeon HD 7950M
Wimbledon PRO 2 GB 1280 80 32 700 MHz 1000 MHz
AMD Radeon HD 7970M X2
Wimbledon XT 2 GB 1280 80 32 850 MHz 1200 MHz

Wimbledon GPU Notes

Generation: Southern Islands
Desktop Variant: Pitcairn / Curacao / Trinidad
Mobile Variant: Wimbledon
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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