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Performance Comparison

AMD Radeon R9 FURY

243%
243%

AMD Radeon R9 270X

45%
45%
AMD Radeon R9 FURY is approximately 198% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationAMD Radeon R9 FURYAMD Radeon R9 270X
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
Fiji
Curacao
CoresDifferent
3584
1280
TMUsDifferent
224
80
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 R9 270X
GPU NameDifferent
Fiji
Curacao
GPU VariantDifferent
Fiji PRO CB(215-0862046)
Curacao XT(215-0848004)
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 R9 270X
Release DateDifferent
Jul 10th, 2015
Oct 8th, 2013
GenerationDifferent
Pirate Islands(R9 300)
Volcanic Islands(R9 200)
PredecessorDifferent
Volcanic Islands
Sea Islands
SuccessorDifferent
Arctic Islands
Pirate Islands
Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
549 USD
199 USD
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
38 in our database
90 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 FURYAMD Radeon R9 270X
GPU ClockDifferent
1000 MHz
N/A
Memory ClockDifferent
500 MHz1000 Mbps effective
1400 MHz5.6 Gbps effective
Base ClockDifferent
N/A
1000 MHz
Boost ClockDifferent
N/A
1050 MHz

Memory

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 FURYAMD Radeon R9 270X
Memory SizeDifferent
4 GB
2 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
HBM
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
4096 bit
256 bit
BandwidthDifferent
512.0 GB/s
179.2 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 FURYAMD Radeon R9 270X
Shading UnitsDifferent
3584
1280
TMUsDifferent
224
80
ROPsDifferent
64
32
Compute UnitsDifferent
56
20
L1 Cache
16 KB (per CU)
16 KB (per CU)
L2 CacheDifferent
2 MB
512 KB

Theoretical Performance

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 FURYAMD Radeon R9 270X
Pixel RateDifferent
64.00 GPixel/s
33.60 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
224.0 GTexel/s
84.00 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)Different
7.168 TFLOPS (1:1)
N/A
FP32 (float)Different
7.168 TFLOPS
2.688 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
448.0 GFLOPS (1:16)
168.0 GFLOPS (1:16)

Board Design

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 FURYAMD Radeon R9 270X
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
195 mm7.7 inches
241 mm9.5 inches
HeightDifferent
115 mm4.5 inches
109 mm4.3 inches
WidthDifferent
39 mm1.5 inches
36 mm1.4 inches
TDPDifferent
275 W
180 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
600 W
450 W
OutputsDifferent
1x HDMI 1.4a3x DisplayPort 1.2
2x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a1x DisplayPort 1.2
Power ConnectorsDifferent
2x 8-pin
2x 6-pin
Board NumberDifferent
109-C88037-00_04
C631, 109-C63257-00A_02, 109-C63257-12_02

Graphics Features

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 FURYAMD Radeon R9 270X
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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