AMD Radeon R9 Fury vs AMD Radeon R9 390X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 Fury and AMD Radeon R9 390X 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 Fury

  • Around 21% higher texture fill rate: 224.0 GTexel / s vs 184.8 GTexel / s
  • Around 27% higher pipelines: 3584 vs 2816
  • Around 21% better floating-point performance: 7,168 gflops vs 5,914 gflops
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9593 vs 9416
  • Around 23% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 140.274 vs 114.288
  • Around 23% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3595.432 vs 2911.861
  • Around 20% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 13.082 vs 10.947
  • Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 132.701 vs 118.411
  • Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 789.536 vs 683.568
  • Around 12% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4739 vs 4242
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 224.0 GTexel / s vs 184.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines 3584 vs 2816
Floating-point performance 7,168 gflops vs 5,914 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 9593 vs 9416
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 140.274 vs 114.288
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3595.432 vs 2911.861
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.082 vs 10.947
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 132.701 vs 118.411
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 789.536 vs 683.568
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 vs 3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 vs 3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4739 vs 4242

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 390X

  • Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
  • 2.1x more memory clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 824 vs 795
  • Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11675 vs 10116
  • Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11675 vs 10116
Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed 1050 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed 1050 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 824 vs 795
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11675 vs 10116
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11675 vs 10116

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 Fury
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 390X

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
9593
9416
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
795
824
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
140.274
114.288
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3595.432
2911.861
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13.082
10.947
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
132.701
118.411
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
789.536
683.568
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10116
11675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10116
11675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
4739
4242
Name AMD Radeon R9 Fury AMD Radeon R9 390X
PassMark - G3D Mark 9593 9416
PassMark - G2D Mark 795 824
Geekbench - OpenCL 53223
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 140.274 114.288
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3595.432 2911.861
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.082 10.947
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 132.701 118.411
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 789.536 683.568
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 10116 11675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 10116 11675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4739 4242

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R9 Fury AMD Radeon R9 390X

Essentials

Architecture GCN 3.0 GCN 2.0
Code name Fiji Grenada
Design AMD Radeon R9 Fury Series AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch date 10 July 2015 18 June 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $549 $429
Place in performance rating 290 291
Price now $399.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 35.98

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1000 MHz 1050 MHz
Compute units 56 44
Floating-point performance 7,168 gflops 5,914 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 3584 2816
Stream Processors 3584 2816
Texture fill rate 224.0 GTexel / s 184.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 275 Watt 275 Watt
Transistor count 8,900 million 6,200 million

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 6
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCIe 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors ​2x 8-pin 1 x 6-pin, 1 x 8-pin
Length 275 mm

API support

DirectX 12 12
Mantle
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 512 GB/s 384 GB/s
Memory bus width 4096 bit 512 bit
Memory clock speed 500 MHz 1050 MHz
Memory type High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) GDDR5
Shared memory 0 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)
HDMI 4K Support
ZeroCore