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Side-by-side comparison of specifications and performance

Performance Comparison

AMD Radeon R9 FURY

300%
300%

AMD Radeon HD 7850

37%
37%
AMD Radeon R9 FURY is approximately 263% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationAMD Radeon R9 FURYAMD Radeon HD 7850
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
Fiji
Pitcairn
CoresDifferent
3584
1024
TMUsDifferent
224
64
ROPsDifferent
64
32
Memory SizeDifferent
4 GB
2 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
HBM
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
4096 bit
256 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 FURYAMD Radeon HD 7850
GPU NameDifferent
Fiji
Pitcairn
GPU VariantDifferent
Fiji PRO CB(215-0862046)
Pitcairn PRO(215-0828062)
ArchitectureDifferent
GCN 3.0
GCN 1.0
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process Size
28 nm
28 nm
TransistorsDifferent
8,900 million
2,800 million
DensityDifferent
14.9M / mm²
13.2M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
596 mm²
212 mm²
Chip PackageDifferent
N/A
FCBGA-1737

Graphics Card

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 FURYAMD Radeon HD 7850
Release DateDifferent
Jul 10th, 2015
Mar 5th, 2012
GenerationDifferent
Pirate Islands(R9 300)
Southern Islands(HD 7800)
PredecessorDifferent
Volcanic Islands
Northern Islands
SuccessorDifferent
Arctic Islands
Sea Islands
Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
549 USD
249 USD
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
38 in our database
71 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 FURYAMD Radeon HD 7850
GPU ClockDifferent
1000 MHz
860 MHz
Memory ClockDifferent
500 MHz1000 Mbps effective
1200 MHz4.8 Gbps effective

Memory

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 FURYAMD Radeon HD 7850
Memory SizeDifferent
4 GB
2 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
HBM
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
4096 bit
256 bit
BandwidthDifferent
512.0 GB/s
153.6 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 FURYAMD Radeon HD 7850
Shading UnitsDifferent
3584
1024
TMUsDifferent
224
64
ROPsDifferent
64
32
Compute UnitsDifferent
56
16
L1 Cache
16 KB (per CU)
16 KB (per CU)
L2 CacheDifferent
2 MB
512 KB

Theoretical Performance

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 FURYAMD Radeon HD 7850
Pixel RateDifferent
64.00 GPixel/s
27.52 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
224.0 GTexel/s
55.04 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)Different
7.168 TFLOPS (1:1)
N/A
FP32 (float)Different
7.168 TFLOPS
1.761 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
448.0 GFLOPS (1:16)
110.1 GFLOPS (1:16)

Board Design

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 FURYAMD Radeon HD 7850
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
195 mm7.7 inches
210 mm8.3 inches
HeightDifferent
115 mm4.5 inches
N/A
WidthDifferent
39 mm1.5 inches
N/A
TDPDifferent
275 W
130 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
600 W
300 W
OutputsDifferent
1x HDMI 1.4a3x DisplayPort 1.2
1x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a2x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
Power ConnectorsDifferent
2x 8-pin
1x 6-pin
Board NumberDifferent
109-C88037-00_04
109-C40147-00, 109-C40337-00A

Graphics Features

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 FURYAMD Radeon HD 7850
DirectXDifferent
12 (12_0)
12 (11_1)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
OpenCLDifferent
2.1
2.1 (1.2)
Vulkan
1.2.170
1.2.170
Shader ModelDifferent
6.5
6.5 (5.1)

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