AMD Radeon R9 FURY X vs ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 FURY X and ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R9 FURY X

ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 FURY X

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 5 month(s) later
26.9x more texture fill rate: 268.8 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
69.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9484 vs 137
Around 58% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 799 vs 507

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	24 June 2015 vs 24 January 2006
Texture fill rate	268.8 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9484 vs 137
PassMark - G2D Mark	799 vs 507

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

2.8x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 275 Watt
Around 38% higher memory clock speed: 1450 MHz vs 1050 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 275 Watt
Memory clock speed	1450 MHz vs 1050 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 FURY X
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9484

137

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

799

507

Name	AMD Radeon R9 FURY X	ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark	9484	137
PassMark - G2D Mark	799	507
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	155.307
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	3431.249
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	12.49
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	153.089
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	857.575
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8673
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	8925
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8673
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	8925
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	5170

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 FURY X	ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	R500
Code name	Fiji	R580
Design	AMD Radeon R9 Fury Series
Launch date	24 June 2015	24 January 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$649
Place in performance rating	220	322
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Compute units	64
Floating-point performance	8,602 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	4096
Stream Processors	4096
Texture fill rate	268.8 GTexel / s	10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	275 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	8,900 million	384 million
Core clock speed		625 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	191 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12	9.0c
Mantle
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	512 GB/s	46.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	4096 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1050 MHz	1450 MHz
Memory type	High Bandwidth Memory (HBM)	GDDR3
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)