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Radeon HD 8000 series

AMD Radeon HD 8000 Series (OEM)
AMD Radeon graphics logo
Release date 2013
Codename Southern Islands
Sea Islands
Solar System
Richland
Kabini
Architecture GCN 1st gen
Fabrication process and transistors
  • 1.040M (Oland) 28 nm
  • 2.080M (Bonaire) 28 nm
Cards
Entry-level 8350
8450
8470
8490
8570
8670
8730
Mid-range 8750
8760
8770
8850
High-end 8870
8950
8970
Enthusiast 8990
API support
Direct3D
OpenCL OpenCL 1.2
OpenGL OpenGL 4.5
History
Predecessor Radeon HD 7000 Series
Successor Radeon Rx 200 series

The HD 8000 series is a family of computer GPUs developed by AMD. AMD was initially rumored to release the family in the second quarter of 2013, with the cards manufactured on a 28 nm process and making use of the improved Graphics Core Next architecture. However the 8000 series turned out to be an OEM rebadge of the 7000 series (although, Oland is of newer development).

The Radeon HD 8000 series marked AMD's shift from VLIW (TeraScale) to RISC/SIMD architecture (Graphics Core Next). The newer, more powerful cards were equipped with GCN cores, the less powerful ones with older TeraScale2/3 cores, see table below. GCN desktop cards were code-named Southern Islands, while mobile ones were code-named Solar System.

The AMD Eyefinity-branded on-die display controllers were introduced in September 2009 in the Radeon HD 5000 Series and have been present in all products since.

Both Unified Video Decoder (UVD) and Video Coding Engine (VCE) are present on the dies of all products and supported by AMD Catalyst and by the free and open-source graphics device driver#ATI/AMD.

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