Radeon HD 7990 vs Radeon R9 Fury

In this comparison between Radeon HD 7990 and Radeon R9 Fury you will find out which graphics card performs better in today's games. Bear in mind that third-party versions may have more efficient cooling and higher clock speeds. This will increase cards' performance, though not by much. In addition to raw power you should also take into account the dimensions. Thicker models simply will not fit into a small mini-ITX case. The resolution of your monitor also affects the choice, since 4K gameplay requires a more powerful GPU. And don't overspend on the graphics card. Other parts of your build may also need to be upgraded, save some money for the CPU or power supply. For some people Radeon HD 7990 will be the best choice, for others Radeon R9 Fury will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

Main Specs

  Radeon HD 7990 Radeon R9 Fury
Power consumption (TDP) 375 Watt 275 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 High Bandwidth Memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 7990 has 36% more power consumption, than Radeon R9 Fury.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Radeon R9 Fury has 1 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7990.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Radeon HD 7990 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Radeon R9 Fury - with GCN 1.2.
  • Radeon HD 7990 and Radeon R9 Fury are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7990 is 5500 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 Fury.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 50−55
ultra / 1080p 21−24 30−35
QHD / 1440p 16−18 27−30
4K / 2160p 10−11 14−16
low / 720p 60−65 75−80
medium / 1080p 40−45 60−65
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 Fury in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 37% more, than Radeon HD 7990.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 7990 Radeon R9 Fury
Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN 1.2
Code name Malta Fiji
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 24 April 2013 16 June 2015
Pipelines 2048 3584
Core clock speed 950 MHz
Boost Clock 1000 MHz 1000 MHz
Transistor count 4,313 million 8,900 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 128.0 224.0
Floating-point performance 2x 4,096 gflops 7,168 gflops
Length 307 mm
Memory bus width 384 Bit 4096 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 500 MHz
Memory bandwidth 288.0 GB/s 512 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1 6.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131 +
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 459 Mh/s 800 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
TrueAudio +
Mantle +
Bridgeless CrossFire +
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
DisplayPort support +
CrossFire +
VCE +
DDMA audio +
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Compute units 56
AppAcceleration +
High bandwidth memory (HBM) +
LiquidVR +
TressFX +
UVD +
FRTC +
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