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Side-by-side comparison of specifications and performance

Performance Comparison

AMD Radeon R9 FURY

503%
503%

AMD Radeon HD 6790

22%
22%
AMD Radeon R9 FURY is approximately 481% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationAMD Radeon R9 FURYAMD Radeon HD 6790
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
Fiji
Barts
CoresDifferent
3584
800
TMUsDifferent
224
40
ROPsDifferent
64
16
Memory SizeDifferent
4 GB
1024 MB
Memory TypeDifferent
HBM
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
4096 bit
256 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 FURYAMD Radeon HD 6790
GPU NameDifferent
Fiji
Barts
GPU VariantDifferent
Fiji PRO CB(215-0862046)
Barts LE(215-0798002)
ArchitectureDifferent
GCN 3.0
TeraScale 2
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process SizeDifferent
28 nm
40 nm
TransistorsDifferent
8,900 million
1,700 million
DensityDifferent
14.9M / mm²
6.7M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
596 mm²
255 mm²
Chip PackageDifferent
N/A
HFCBGA-1737

Graphics Card

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 FURYAMD Radeon HD 6790
Release DateDifferent
Jul 10th, 2015
Apr 4th, 2011
GenerationDifferent
Pirate Islands(R9 300)
Northern Islands(HD 6700)
PredecessorDifferent
Volcanic Islands
Evergreen
SuccessorDifferent
Arctic Islands
Southern Islands
Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
549 USD
149 USD
Bus InterfaceDifferent
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
38 in our database
37 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 FURYAMD Radeon HD 6790
GPU ClockDifferent
1000 MHz
840 MHz
Memory ClockDifferent
500 MHz1000 Mbps effective
1050 MHz4.2 Gbps effective

Memory

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 FURYAMD Radeon HD 6790
Memory SizeDifferent
4 GB
1024 MB
Memory TypeDifferent
HBM
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
4096 bit
256 bit
BandwidthDifferent
512.0 GB/s
134.4 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 FURYAMD Radeon HD 6790
Shading UnitsDifferent
3584
800
TMUsDifferent
224
40
ROPsDifferent
64
16
Compute UnitsDifferent
56
10
L1 CacheDifferent
16 KB (per CU)
8 KB (per CU)
L2 CacheDifferent
2 MB
512 KB

Theoretical Performance

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 FURYAMD Radeon HD 6790
Pixel RateDifferent
64.00 GPixel/s
13.44 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
224.0 GTexel/s
33.60 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)Different
7.168 TFLOPS (1:1)
N/A
FP32 (float)Different
7.168 TFLOPS
1,344.0 GFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
448.0 GFLOPS (1:16)
N/A

Board Design

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 FURYAMD Radeon HD 6790
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
195 mm7.7 inches
198 mm7.8 inches
HeightDifferent
115 mm4.5 inches
N/A
WidthDifferent
39 mm1.5 inches
N/A
TDPDifferent
275 W
150 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
600 W
450 W
OutputsDifferent
1x HDMI 1.4a3x DisplayPort 1.2
2x DVI1x HDMI 1.3a1x DisplayPort 1.1
Power ConnectorsDifferent
2x 8-pin
2x 6-pin
Board NumberDifferent
109-C88037-00_04
C220, 109-C22237-00

Graphics Features

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 FURYAMD Radeon HD 6790
DirectXDifferent
12 (12_0)
11.2 (11_0)
OpenGLDifferent
4.6
4.4
OpenCLDifferent
2.1
1.2
VulkanDifferent
1.2.170
N/A
Shader ModelDifferent
6.5
5.0

Comparison Summary

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