AMD Radeon R9 FURY X
VS
AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
AMD Radeon R9 FURY X
VS
AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon R9 FURY X and AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

125
Place in performance rating
75
no data
Value for money (0-100)
9.53
GCN 3.0
Architecture
GCN 5.0
Fiji
Code name
Vega 10
Desktop
Type
Desktop
24 June 2015 (6 years ago)
Release date
27 June 2017 (4 years ago)
$649
Launch price (MSRP)
$999
$545 (0.8x MSRP)
Price now
$645 (0.6x MSRP)
reference
Design
no data
22.86
Value for money
35.93
Fiji
GPU code name
Vega 10
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon R9 FURY X and AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

4096
Pipelines
4096
no data
Core clock speed
1382 MHz
1050 MHz
Boost Clock
1600 MHz
8,900 million
Transistor count
12,500 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
275 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
300 Watt
268.8
Texture fill rate
409.6
8,602 gflops
Floating-point performance
13,107 gflops
64
Compute units
no data
4096
Pipelines / CUDA cores
4096
1050 MHz
Boost clock speed
1600 MHz
8,900 million
Number of transistors
12,500 million
275 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
300 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon R9 FURY X and AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
191 mm
Length
267 mm
2x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
2x 8-pin
PCIe 3.0
Bus support
no data
1
Bridgeless CrossFire
no data

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Radeon R9 FURY X and AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition can be seen in this section.

High Bandwidth Memory (HBM)
Memory type
HBM2
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
16 GB
4096 Bit
Memory bus width
2048 Bit
1050 MHz
Memory clock speed
1890 MHz
512 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
483.8 GB/s
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High bandwidth memory (HBM)
no data

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon R9 FURY X and AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition, the size and number of monitors.

1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1
Eyefinity
no data
6
Number of Eyefinity displays
no data
+
HDMI
+
+
DisplayPort support
no data

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon R9 FURY X and AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition is the additional functionality.

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AppAcceleration
no data
1
CrossFire
no data
1
FRTC
no data
1
FreeSync
no data
+
HD3D
no data
1
LiquidVR
no data
+
PowerTune
no data
1
TressFX
no data
+
TrueAudio
no data
-
ZeroCore
no data
+
VCE
no data
+
DDMA audio
no data
-
Enduro
no data
+
UVD
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon R9 FURY X and AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX® 12
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.5
OpenGL
4.6
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Vulkan
no data
6.3
Shader Model
no data
2.0
OpenCL
no data
+
Mantle
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R9 FURY X and AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon R9 FURY X or AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R9 FURY X
AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R9 FURY X
AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R9 FURY X
AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R9 FURY X
AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R9 FURY X
AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 FURY X

Cheaper ($545 (0.8x MSRP) vs $645 (0.6x MSRP))

Less power consumption (275 Watt vs 300 Watt)

More memory bandwidth (512 GB/s vs 483.8 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

64.32% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (16 GB vs 4 GB)

So, AMD Radeon R9 FURY X or AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition .

AMD Radeon R9 FURY X versus AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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