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Side-by-side comparison of specifications and performance

Performance Comparison

AMD Radeon R9 FURY X

85%
85%

AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

118%
118%
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 is approximately 33% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationAMD Radeon R9 FURY XAMD Radeon RX Vega 56
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
Fiji
Vega 10
CoresDifferent
4096
3584
TMUsDifferent
256
224
ROPs
64
64
Memory SizeDifferent
4 GB
8 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
HBM
HBM2
Bus WidthDifferent
4096 bit
2048 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 FURY XAMD Radeon RX Vega 56
GPU NameDifferent
Fiji
Vega 10
GPU VariantDifferent
Fiji XT C8(215-0862040)
Vega 10 XL(215-0894216)
ArchitectureDifferent
GCN 3.0
GCN 5.0
FoundryDifferent
TSMC
GlobalFoundries
Process SizeDifferent
28 nm
14 nm
TransistorsDifferent
8,900 million
12,500 million
DensityDifferent
14.9M / mm²
25.3M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
596 mm²
495 mm²
Chip PackageDifferent
N/A
BGA-2013

Graphics Card

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 FURY XAMD Radeon RX Vega 56
Release DateDifferent
Jun 24th, 2015
Aug 14th, 2017
GenerationDifferent
Pirate Islands(R9 300)
Vega(RX Vega)
PredecessorDifferent
Volcanic Islands
Polaris
SuccessorDifferent
Arctic Islands
Navi
ProductionDifferent
End-of-life
Active
Launch PriceDifferent
649 USD
399 USD
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
33 in our database
23 in our database
Current PriceDifferent
N/A
Amazon/Newegg

Clock Speeds

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 FURY XAMD Radeon RX Vega 56
GPU ClockDifferent
1050 MHz
N/A
Memory ClockDifferent
500 MHz1000 Mbps effective
800 MHz1600 Mbps effective
Base ClockDifferent
N/A
1156 MHz
Boost ClockDifferent
N/A
1471 MHz
SOC ClockDifferent
N/A
960 MHz

Memory

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 FURY XAMD Radeon RX Vega 56
Memory SizeDifferent
4 GB
8 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
HBM
HBM2
Memory BusDifferent
4096 bit
2048 bit
BandwidthDifferent
512.0 GB/s
409.6 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 FURY XAMD Radeon RX Vega 56
Shading UnitsDifferent
4096
3584
TMUsDifferent
256
224
ROPs
64
64
Compute UnitsDifferent
64
56
L1 Cache
16 KB (per CU)
16 KB (per CU)
L2 CacheDifferent
2 MB
4 MB

Theoretical Performance

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 FURY XAMD Radeon RX Vega 56
Pixel RateDifferent
67.20 GPixel/s
94.14 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
268.8 GTexel/s
329.5 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)Different
8.602 TFLOPS (1:1)
21.09 TFLOPS (2:1)
FP32 (float)Different
8.602 TFLOPS
10.54 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
537.6 GFLOPS (1:16)
659.0 GFLOPS (1:16)

Board Design

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 FURY XAMD Radeon RX Vega 56
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
195 mm7.7 inches
280 mm11 inches
HeightDifferent
115 mm4.5 inches
111 mm4.4 inches
WidthDifferent
39 mm1.5 inches
40 mm1.6 inches
TDPDifferent
275 W
210 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
600 W
550 W
OutputsDifferent
1x HDMI 1.4a3x DisplayPort 1.2
1x HDMI 2.0b3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Power Connectors
2x 8-pin
2x 8-pin
Board NumberDifferent
109-C88037-00_04
109-D05057-00_02

Graphics Features

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 FURY XAMD Radeon RX Vega 56
DirectXDifferent
12 (12_0)
12 (12_1)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
2.1
VulkanDifferent
1.2.170
1.3
Shader ModelDifferent
6.5
6.7

Comparison Summary

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