Entire GCN Lineup – HD 7000 series Specs and Price Revealed
Two days before, we have seen the benchmarks of AMD Radeon HD 7970. As we all have expected, it didn’t show up to be a monster card, but yet it’s able to outperform GeForce GTX 580. Another fact is that unlike AMD’s tradition of competitive pricing, this time AMD has priced somewhat aggressively.
New and Confirmed Specifications of HD 7000 series
Now we have the specification, price and release date of entire GCN architecture based Radeon HD 7000 series, that is from HD 7750 to HD 7990. As we have already published, HD 7990 will be priced at 849$ and it will be the fastest graphic card on the earth, during its release time. But there is some change in the release date and price of the remaining cards in this lineup, from what we have published earlier. Now lets us see the release date and price of GCN architecture based AMD Radeon HD 7000 series cards.
AMD Radeon HD 7990
- Code Name: NewZealand
- Core clock speed of 850 MHz
- Memory clock speed of 1250 MHz
- 6GB Frame Buffer
- 2 x 384 bit Bus width
- 2 x 240 GB/s Memory Bus Width
- Release date: March 2012
- Price: 849 $
AMD Radeon HD 7970
- Code Name: Tahiti XT
- 3GB Frame Buffer
- Release Date: 9th Jan 2012
- Price: 549 $
AMD Radeon HD 7950
- Code Name: Tahiti Pro
- 3GB Frame Buffer
- Release Date: 9th Jan 2012
- Price: 449 $
AMD Radeon HD 7950
- Code Name: Tahiti Pro
- 1.5GB Frame Buffer
- Release Date: March 2012
- Price: 399 $
AMD Radeon HD 7890
- Code Name: Tahiti LE
- 1.5GB Frame Buffer
- Release Date: Q2 2012
- Price: 359 $
AMD Radeon HD 7000 series Specifications, Price and Release Date
| Model | Die Size | Core Clock | Memory Clock | Effective Memory Clock | Bus Width | Frame Buffer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HD 7990 | 2 x 365 mm^2 | 850 MHz | 1.25 GHz | 5 GHz GDDR5 | 2 x 384 bit | 2 x 3GB |
| HD 7970 | 365 mm^2 | 925 MHz | 1.375 GHz | 5.5 GHz GDDR5 | 384 bit | 3 GB |
| HD 7950 | 365 mm^2 | 900 MHz | 1.25 GHz | 5 GHz GDDR5 | 384 bit | 3 GB |
| HD 7950 | 365 mm^2 | 900 MHz | 1.25 GHz | 5 GHz GDDR5 | 384 bit | 1.5 GB |
| HD 7890 | 365 mm^2 | 900 MHz | 1.125 GHz | 4.5 GHz GDDR5 | 384 bit | 1.5 GB |
| HD 7870 | 245 mm^2 | 950 MHz | 1.375 GHz | 5.5 GHz GDDR5 | 256 bit | 2 GB |
| HD 7850 | 245 mm^2 | 900 MHz | 1.25 GHz | 5 GHz GDDR5 | 256 bit | 2 GB |
| HD 7850 | 245 mm^2 | 900 MHz | 1.25 GHz | 5 GHz GDDR5 | 256 bit | 1 GB |
| HD 7790 | 245 mm^2 | 900 MHz | 1.125 GHz | 4.5 GHz GDDR5 | 256 bit | 1 GB |
| HD 7770 | 164 mm^2 | 900 MHz | 1.375 GHz | 5.5 GHz GDDR5 | 128 bit | 1 GB |
| HD 7750 | 164 mm^2 | 900 MHz | 1.25 GHz | 5 GHz GDDR5 | 128 bit | 1 GB |
| Model | Code Name | Stream Processors | Texture Units | ROPs | Memory Bus Width | Price | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HD 7990 | New Zealand | 2 x 2048 | 2 x 128 | 2 x 32 | 2 x 240 GB/s | 849 $ | Mar-12 |
| HD 7970 | Tahiti XT | 2048 | 128 | 32 | 264 GB/s | 549 $ | 09-Jan-12 |
| HD 7950 | Tahiti pro | 1792 | 112 | 32 | 240 GB/s | 449 $ | 09-Jan-12 |
| HD 7950 | Tahiti pro | 1792 | 112 | 32 | 240 GB/s | 399 $ | Mar-12 |
| HD 7890 | Tahiti LE | 1536 | 96 | 32 | 216 GB/s | 359 $ | Q2 2012 |
| HD 7870 | Pitcairn XT | 1408 | 88 | 24 | 176 GB/s | 299 $ | Feb-12 |
| HD 7850 | Pitcairn Pro | 1280 | 80 | 24 | 160 GB/s | 249 $ | Feb-12 |
| HD 7850 | Pitcairn Pro | 1280 | 80 | 24 | 160 GB/s | 219 $ | Mar-12 |
| HD 7790 | Pitcairn LE | 1152 | 72 | 24 | 144 GB/s | 199 $ | Q2 2012 |
| HD 7770 | Cape Verde XT | 896 | 56 | 16 | 88 GB/s | 149 $ | Feb-12 |
| HD 7750 | Cape Verde Pro | 832 | 52 | 16 | 80 GB/s | 139 $ | Feb-12 |
