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Side-by-side comparison of specifications and performance

Performance Comparison

AMD Radeon R9 FURY

140%
140%

AMD Radeon R9 290

85%
85%
AMD Radeon R9 FURY is approximately 55% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationAMD Radeon R9 FURYAMD Radeon R9 290
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
Fiji
Hawaii
CoresDifferent
3584
2560
TMUsDifferent
224
160
ROPs
64
64
Memory Size
4 GB
4 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
HBM
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
4096 bit
512 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 FURYAMD Radeon R9 290
GPU NameDifferent
Fiji
Hawaii
GPU VariantDifferent
Fiji PRO CB(215-0862046)
Hawaii PRO(215-0852020)
ArchitectureDifferent
GCN 3.0
GCN 2.0
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process Size
28 nm
28 nm
TransistorsDifferent
8,900 million
6,200 million
DensityDifferent
14.9M / mm²
14.2M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
596 mm²
438 mm²

Graphics Card

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 FURYAMD Radeon R9 290
Release DateDifferent
Jul 10th, 2015
Nov 5th, 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
399 USD
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
38 in our database
69 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 FURYAMD Radeon R9 290
GPU ClockDifferent
1000 MHz
947 MHz
Memory ClockDifferent
500 MHz1000 Mbps effective
1250 MHz5 Gbps effective

Memory

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 FURYAMD Radeon R9 290
Memory Size
4 GB
4 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
HBM
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
4096 bit
512 bit
BandwidthDifferent
512.0 GB/s
320.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 FURYAMD Radeon R9 290
Shading UnitsDifferent
3584
2560
TMUsDifferent
224
160
ROPs
64
64
Compute UnitsDifferent
56
40
L1 Cache
16 KB (per CU)
16 KB (per CU)
L2 CacheDifferent
2 MB
1024 KB

Theoretical Performance

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 FURYAMD Radeon R9 290
Pixel RateDifferent
64.00 GPixel/s
60.61 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
224.0 GTexel/s
151.5 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)Different
7.168 TFLOPS (1:1)
N/A
FP32 (float)Different
7.168 TFLOPS
4.849 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
448.0 GFLOPS (1:16)
606.1 GFLOPS (1:8)

Board Design

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 FURYAMD Radeon R9 290
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
195 mm7.7 inches
275 mm10.8 inches
HeightDifferent
115 mm4.5 inches
109 mm4.3 inches
WidthDifferent
39 mm1.5 inches
36 mm1.4 inches
TDP
275 W
275 W
Suggested PSU
600 W
600 W
OutputsDifferent
1x HDMI 1.4a3x DisplayPort 1.2
2x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a1x DisplayPort 1.2
Power ConnectorsDifferent
2x 8-pin
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Board NumberDifferent
109-C88037-00_04
109-C67157-00_02

Graphics Features

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 FURYAMD Radeon R9 290
DirectX
12 (12_0)
12 (12_0)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
2.1
Vulkan
1.2.170
1.2.170
Shader Model
6.5
6.5

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