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Performance Comparison

AMD Radeon R9 FURY

174%
174%

AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

63%
63%
AMD Radeon R9 FURY is approximately 111% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationAMD Radeon R9 FURYAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
Fiji
Tahiti
CoresDifferent
3584
2048
TMUsDifferent
224
128
ROPsDifferent
64
32
Memory SizeDifferent
4 GB
3 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
HBM
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
4096 bit
384 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 FURYAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
GPU NameDifferent
Fiji
Tahiti
GPU VariantDifferent
Fiji PRO CB(215-0862046)
Tahiti XT2(215-0821065)
ArchitectureDifferent
GCN 3.0
GCN 1.0
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process Size
28 nm
28 nm
TransistorsDifferent
8,900 million
4,313 million
DensityDifferent
14.9M / mm²
12.3M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
596 mm²
352 mm²

Graphics Card

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 FURYAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Release DateDifferent
Jul 10th, 2015
Jun 22nd, 2012
GenerationDifferent
Pirate Islands(R9 300)
Southern Islands(HD 7900)
PredecessorDifferent
Volcanic Islands
Northern Islands
SuccessorDifferent
Arctic Islands
Sea Islands
Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
549 USD
499 USD
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
38 in our database
191 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 FURYAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
GPU ClockDifferent
1000 MHz
N/A
Memory ClockDifferent
500 MHz1000 Mbps effective
1500 MHz6 Gbps effective
Base ClockDifferent
N/A
1000 MHz
Boost ClockDifferent
N/A
1050 MHz

Memory

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 FURYAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Memory SizeDifferent
4 GB
3 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
HBM
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
4096 bit
384 bit
BandwidthDifferent
512.0 GB/s
288.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 FURYAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Shading UnitsDifferent
3584
2048
TMUsDifferent
224
128
ROPsDifferent
64
32
Compute UnitsDifferent
56
32
L1 Cache
16 KB (per CU)
16 KB (per CU)
L2 CacheDifferent
2 MB
768 KB

Theoretical Performance

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 FURYAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Pixel RateDifferent
64.00 GPixel/s
33.60 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
224.0 GTexel/s
134.4 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)Different
7.168 TFLOPS (1:1)
N/A
FP32 (float)Different
7.168 TFLOPS
4.301 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
448.0 GFLOPS (1:16)
1,075.2 GFLOPS (1:4)

Board Design

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 FURYAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
195 mm7.7 inches
275 mm10.8 inches
HeightDifferent
115 mm4.5 inches
111 mm4.4 inches
WidthDifferent
39 mm1.5 inches
38 mm1.5 inches
TDPDifferent
275 W
300 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
600 W
700 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 + 1x 8-pin
Board NumberDifferent
109-C88037-00_04
109-C38637-00

Graphics Features

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 FURYAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
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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