AMD Radeon R9 Fury

The AMD Radeon R9 Fury is a high-end desktop graphics card. In 2015 it was the second-fastest model in the AMD lineup (after the Radeon R9 Fury X). As the flagship, the R9 Fury is based on the Fiji chip, but only 3,584 of the 4,096 shaders are activated. The chip is manufactured in 28 nm at TSMC and features the third generation of the GCN architecture (also known as GCN 1.2). Another similarity is the 4 GB of HBM graphics memory that is also clocked at 500 MHz (4,096 bit = 512 GB/s).

The gaming performance of the R9 Fury is slightly above a GeForce GTX 980 (desktop and notebook) at maximum details and in high resolution settings. By reducing details and settings, the GTX980 is able to pull ahead thanks to the more efficient drivers. However, this may change in future DirectX 12 games. Compared to laptop graphics solutions, the R9 Fury is slightly slower than two GeForce GTX 980M cards in SLI configuration (but without the micro-stuttering problems).

The Fiji chip fully supports DirectX 12 (feature level 12_0) in hardware and also integrates a new Unified Video Decoder (UVD). Like the Carrizo APUs, the R9 Fury is able to decode H.265 UHD videos on the chip. However, the HDMI outputs still only support HDMI 1.4 and therefore 4K at 30 Hz. HDMI 2.0 and HDCP 2.2, like the GeForce GTX 960, are not supported.

The power consumption is on a level with the faster AMD Radeon Fury X and rated at 275 Watt (typical). Therefore, a 750 W power supply is recommended. Compared to the GeForce GTX 980, the power consumption under load is noticeably higher and also the efficiency is not as good.

Manufacturer

AMD

R9 Fury Series

Radeon R9 Fury

3584 @ 1000 MHz

4096 Bit @ 500 MHz

Codename

Fiji

Architecture

GCN 1.2

Pipelines

3584 - unified

Core Speed *

1000 MHz

Memory Speed *

500 MHz

Memory Bus Width

4096 Bit

Memory Type

HBM

Max. Amount of Memory

4096 MB

Shared Memory

DirectX

DirectX 12 (FL 12_0)

Power Consumption

275 Watt

Transistors

8900 Million

technology

28 nm

Features

Mantle, Eyefinity, App Acceleration, CrossFire, PowerTune, ZeroCore, HD3D, TrueAudio

Date of Announcement

16.06.2015

Information

PCI-E 3.0

* The specified clock rates are only guidelines for the manufacturer and can be altered by them.

Benchmarks

Power Consumption - FurMark 1.18 GPU Stress Test Power Consumption (external Monitor) ultra

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min: 340 avg: 340 (90%) median: 340 (90%) max: 340 Watt

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Unigine Valley 1.0 - Extreme HD DirectX 1920x1080

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min: 73.5 avg: 73.5 (51%) median: 73.5 (51%) max: 73.5 fps

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GFXBench 3.0 - Manhattan Offscreen OGL off screen

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min: 175 avg: 175 (32%) median: 175 (32%) max: 175 fps

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GFXBench 3.0 - Manhattan Onscreen OGL on screen

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min: 34 avg: 34 (15%) median: 34 (15%) max: 34 fps

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GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7
T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 1920x1080 +

T-Rex HD Onscreen C24Z16 +

3DMark - Time Spy Graphics 2560x1440

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min: 4712 avg: 4712 (36%) median: 4712 (36%) max: 4712 Points

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3DMark - Time Spy Score 2560x1440

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min: 4720 avg: 4720 (46%) median: 4720 (46%) max: 4720 Points

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3DMark - Fire Strike Graphics 1920x1080

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min: 14580 avg: 14580 (36%) median: 14580 (36%) max: 14580 Points

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3DMark - Fire Strike Score 1920x1080

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min: 23381 avg: 23381 (100%) median: 23381 (100%) max: 23381 Points

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3DMark - Cloud Gate Standard Graphics 1280x720

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min: 80439 avg: 80439 (49%) median: 80439 (49%) max: 80439 Points

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3DMark - Cloud Gate Standard Score 1280x720

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min: 27379 avg: 27379 (55%) median: 27379 (55%) max: 27379 Points

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3DMark - Ice Storm Extreme Graphics 1920x1080

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min: 319815 avg: 319815 (83%) median: 319815 (83%) max: 319815 Points

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3DMark - Ice Storm Standard Graphics 1280x720

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min: 353807 avg: 353807 (47%) median: 353807 (47%) max: 353807 Points

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ComputeMark v2.1 - Normal, Score 1024x600

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min: 11890 avg: 11890 (53%) median: 11890 (53%) max: 11890 Points

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LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - Room GPUs-only

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min: 1566 avg: 1566 (30%) median: 1566 (30%) max: 1566 Samples/s

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LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - Sala GPUs-only

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min: 3125 avg: 3125 (30%) median: 3125 (30%) max: 3125 Samples/s

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3DMark 11 - Performance GPU 1280x720

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min: 17543 avg: 17543 (34%) median: 17543 (34%) max: 17543 points

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3DMark 11 - Performance 1280x720

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min: 14860 avg: 14860 (52%) median: 14860 (52%) max: 14860 points

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3DMark Vantage
P GPU no PhysX 1280x1024 +

P Result 1280x1024 +

3DMark 06 Standard 1280x1024 +

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Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailled information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.