AMD Radeon R9 Fury vs AMD Radeon R9 290X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 Fury and AMD Radeon R9 290X2 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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

AMD Radeon R9 290X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 Fury

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 275 Watt vs 580 Watt

Launch date	10 July 2015 vs 24 June 2014
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	275 Watt vs 580 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X2

9.7x more texture fill rate: 2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 224.0 GTexel / s
Around 57% higher pipelines: 2x 2816 vs 3584
Around 57% better floating-point performance: 2x 5,632 gflops vs 7,168 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 2x 4 GB vs 4 GB
10.8x more memory clock speed: 5400 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 49% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 19.441 vs 13.082

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 224.0 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 2816 vs 3584
Floating-point performance	2x 5,632 gflops vs 7,168 gflops
Maximum memory size	2x 4 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	19.441 vs 13.082

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 Fury
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290X2

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

13.082

19.441

Name	AMD Radeon R9 Fury	AMD Radeon R9 290X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	9593
PassMark - G2D Mark	795
Geekbench - OpenCL	53223
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	140.274
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	3595.432
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	13.082	19.441
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	132.701
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	789.536
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	10116
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	10116
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4739

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 Fury	AMD Radeon R9 290X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Fiji	Hawaii
Design	AMD Radeon R9 Fury Series
Launch date	10 July 2015	24 June 2014
Launch price (MSRP)	$549	$1,399
Place in performance rating	290	292
Price now	$399.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	35.98
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Compute units	56
Floating-point performance	7,168 gflops	2x 5,632 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	3584	2x 2816
Stream Processors	3584
Texture fill rate	224.0 GTexel / s	2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	275 Watt	580 Watt
Transistor count	8,900 million	6,200 million
Core clock speed		1000 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x 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	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	4x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (12_0)
Mantle
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Vulkan
Memory
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2x 4 GB
Memory bandwidth	512 GB/s	2x 345.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	4096 bit	2x 512 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	5400 MHz
Memory type	High Bandwidth Memory (HBM)	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
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)