Ellesmere vs Hawaii
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Hawaii and Ellesmere, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
Hawaii outperforms Ellesmere by a small 9% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 253 | 282 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | GCN 2.0 (2013−2017) | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) |
| GPU code name | Hawaii | Ellesmere |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | no data | no data |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 2816 | 2304 |
| Number of transistors | 6,200 million | 5,700 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 14 nm |
| ROPs | 64 | 32 |
| TMUs | 176 | 144 |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.170 | 1.3 |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 21.30 | 19.59 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 14 nm |
Hawaii has a 8.7% higher aggregate performance score.
Ellesmere, on the other hand, has a 100% more advanced lithography process.
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Hawaii and Ellesmere.
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