AMD Radeon HD 8790M
The AMD Radeon HD 8790M is a graphics card released on January 1, 2013, built on the GCN architecture using a 28 nm process. It has 384 shading units, 2 GB of GDDR5 memory and a boost clock of 850 MHz. It scores 1,306 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.4.
Depth: 32 recorded fields
Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark, AMD.com Specifications and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 7 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.
Performance
The AMD Radeon HD 8790M scores 1,306 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 59.4% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #1,249), measured across 70 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 751.
Theoretical throughput
Texture fill rate (20.4 GTexel/s) is calculated by Feex from stored specifications, not stated by AMD.
As stated by PassMark
PassMark's own listing for the AMD Radeon HD 8790M states the PCIe 3.0 x8 interface, up to 2 GB of memory, a core clock of 850 MHz, DirectX 11.1 and OpenGL 4.4, first benchmarked on 2014-12-01. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.
Not to be confused with
This page covers the AMD Radeon HD 8790M specifically. It is a different product from AMD Radeon HD 8790M / R9 M290X, which have their own specifications. Check the exact model name before comparing figures.
Graphics processor
The AMD Radeon HD 8790M is based on the GCN architecture, uses the Mars XTX graphics processor and is manufactured on a 28 nm process.
Shader configuration
The AMD Radeon HD 8790M has 384 shading units, 6 compute units, 24 texture mapping units and 8 render output units.
The AMD Radeon HD 8790M does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the AMD Radeon HD 8790M.
Clock speeds
The AMD Radeon HD 8790M runs at a base clock of 850 MHz and boosts to 850 MHz.
Memory
The AMD Radeon HD 8790M is equipped with 2 GB of GDDR5 memory.
Board and power
The AMD Radeon HD 8790M it connects over PCIe 3.0 x8.
Market
The AMD Radeon HD 8790M was released on January 1, 2013.
Benchmarks
Graphics and compute APIs
The AMD Radeon HD 8790M supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.4.
CUDA is an NVIDIA technology and does not apply to the AMD Radeon HD 8790M. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the AMD Radeon HD 8790M. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the AMD Radeon HD 8790M.
Frequently asked questions
How much VRAM does the AMD Radeon HD 8790M have?
The AMD Radeon HD 8790M has 2 GB of GDDR5 memory.
How fast is the AMD Radeon HD 8790M?
The AMD Radeon HD 8790M scores 1,306 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 59.4% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #1,249.
What bus interface does the AMD Radeon HD 8790M use?
The AMD Radeon HD 8790M connects over PCIe 3.0 x8.
When was the AMD Radeon HD 8790M released?
The AMD Radeon HD 8790M was released on January 1, 2013.
Corrections to this record
After an audit, 1 empty field was filled from sources. Each change is listed with its old value, new value, rule and sources.
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- Architecture: GCN (was Not recorded). Rule: Architecture from chip codename. chip Mars -> GCN 1. Sources: Wikipedia: List of AMD graphics processing units (revision 1376670003).
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