Much faster, ARM launched new Mali 8 GPU

Yesterday, ARM launched its new generation GPU. It has included the Mali-T820, Mali-T830 and Mali-T860. All of them can support OpenGL ES 1.1/2.0/3.1, OpenCL 1.1/1.2, DirectX 11, RenderScript Compute and other popular API.

Among the three GPU, Mali-T860 is the top one. Its running speed is about 45% faster than Mali-T628. It owns 16 shader cores and each core contains two ALU cores. It can support the DirectX 11.1. Mali-T830 is for middle end market. It owns 4 shader cores. And each core contains two ALU cores. It can support DirectX 11 FL 9_3. Mali-T820 is one low end product. It also owns 4 shader cores, but each core only contain one ALU core. It also can support DirectX 11 FL9_3. But it can not support DirectX 11.1.