AMD Radeon R9 FURY X videocard review

AMD Radeon R9 FURY X

Radeon R9 FURY X videocard released by AMD; release date: 24 June 2015. At the time of release, the videocard cost $649. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on GCN 3.0 microarchitecture codenamed Fiji.

Boost clock speed - 1050 MHz. Texture fill rate - 268.8 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 4096. Floating-point performance - 8,602 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 8,900 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 275 Watt.

Memory type: High Bandwidth Memory (HBM). Maximum RAM amount - 4 GB. Memory bus width - 4096 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1050 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 512 GB/s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38582
9580
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
799
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
155.307 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
3431.249 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
12.490 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
153.089 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
857.575 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
8673 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
8925 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3361 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
8673.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
8925.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3361.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
36466
5170
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 9580
PassMark - G2D Mark 799
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 155.307 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 3431.249 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 12.490 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 153.089 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 857.575 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 8673 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 8925 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3361 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 8673.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 8925.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3361.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 5170

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture GCN 3.0
Code name Fiji
Design AMD Radeon R9 Fury Series
Launch date 24 June 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $649
Place in performance rating 236
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1050 MHz
Compute units 64
Floating-point performance 8,602 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Pipelines 4096
Stream Processors 4096
Texture fill rate 268.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 275 Watt
Transistor count 8,900 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 191 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12
Mantle
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.5

Memory

High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 512 GB/s
Memory bus width 4096 Bit
Memory clock speed 1050 MHz
Memory type High Bandwidth Memory (HBM)

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
FRTC
HD3D
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)