Radeon R9 290X vs Radeon R9 Fury

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Radeon R9 290X and Radeon R9 Fury. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between Radeon R9 290X and Radeon R9 Fury. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

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Main Specs

	Radeon R9 290X	Radeon R9 Fury
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	275 Watt
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Memory type	GDDR5	High Bandwidth Memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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Radeon R9 Fury has 10% more power consumption, than Radeon R9 290X.
Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
Radeon R9 290X and Radeon R9 Fury have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
Both cards are used in Desktops.
Radeon R9 290X is build with GCN architecture, and Radeon R9 Fury - with GCN 1.2.
Radeon R9 290X and Radeon R9 Fury are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
Memory clock speed of Radeon R9 290X is 750 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 Fury.

Game benchmarks


high / 1080p	35−40	50−55
ultra / 1080p	24−27	30−35
QHD / 1440p	18−20	27−30
4K / 2160p	10−11	14−16
low / 720p	60−65	75−80
medium / 1080p	45−50	60−65
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 Fury in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 33% more, than Radeon R9 290X.
high / 1080p	60−65	75−80
ultra / 1080p	50−55	70−75
QHD / 1440p	35−40	55−60
4K / 2160p	18−20	27−30
low / 720p	110−120	130−140
medium / 1080p	65−70	85−90
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 Fury in Battlefield 5 is 28% more, than Radeon R9 290X.
low / 768p	50−55	45−50
QHD / 1440p	0−1	−
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 290X in Call of Duty: Warzone is 10% more, than Radeon R9 Fury.
low / 768p	250−260	250−260
medium / 768p	220−230	230−240
ultra / 1080p	190−200	−
QHD / 1440p	110−120	150−160
4K / 2160p	70−75	100−110
high / 768p	210−220	220−230
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 Fury in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 10% more, than Radeon R9 290X.
low / 768p	60−65	70−75
medium / 1080p	55−60	50−55
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 Fury in Cyberpunk 2077 is 3% more, than Radeon R9 290X.
low / 768p	120−130	120−130
medium / 768p	110−120	110−120
ultra / 1080p	100−110	110−120
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 Fury in Dota 2 is 2% more, than Radeon R9 290X.
high / 1080p	45−50	65−70
ultra / 1080p	45−50	60−65
QHD / 1440p	30−35	40−45
4K / 2160p	16−18	21−24
low / 720p	85−90	100−110
medium / 1080p	50−55	65−70
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 Fury in Far Cry 5 is 29% more, than Radeon R9 290X.
high / 1080p	65−70	90−95
ultra / 1080p	50−55	70−75
QHD / 1440p	30−35	45−50
4K / 2160p	27−30	21−24
low / 720p	180−190	220−230
medium / 1080p	120−130	140−150
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 Fury in Fortnite is 23% more, than Radeon R9 290X.
high / 1080p	65−70	85−90
ultra / 1080p	45−50	65−70
QHD / 1440p	35−40	50−55
4K / 2160p	24−27	30−35
low / 720p	110−120	130−140
medium / 1080p	70−75	90−95
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 Fury in Forza Horizon 4 is 28% more, than Radeon R9 290X.
low / 768p	140−150	160−170
medium / 768p	130−140	150−160
high / 1080p	75−80	95−100
ultra / 1080p	30−35	45−50
QHD / 1440p	24−27	40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 Fury in Grand Theft Auto V is 21% more, than Radeon R9 290X.
high / 1080p	27−30	35−40
ultra / 1080p	21−24	30−35
QHD / 1440p	18−20	24−27
4K / 2160p	9−10	14−16
low / 720p	70−75	95−100
medium / 1080p	35−40	50−55
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 Fury in Metro Exodus is 38% more, than Radeon R9 290X.
low / 768p	130−140	120−130
medium / 1080p	120−130	−
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 290X in Minecraft is 8% more, than Radeon R9 Fury.
high / 1080p	−	75−80
ultra / 1080p	14−16	55−60
4K / 2160p	−	18−20
low / 720p	100−110	120−130
medium / 1080p	18−20	85−90
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 Fury in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is 95% more, than Radeon R9 290X.
high / 1080p	27−30	35−40
ultra / 1080p	18−20	24−27
QHD / 1440p	12−14	16−18
4K / 2160p	8−9	10−12
low / 720p	70−75	95−100
medium / 1080p	35−40	55−60
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 Fury in Red Dead Redemption 2 is 41% more, than Radeon R9 290X.
low / 768p	140−150	180−190
medium / 768p	90−95	120−130
high / 1080p	50−55	70−75
ultra / 1080p	27−30	40−45
4K / 2160p	16−18	24−27
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 Fury in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is 34% more, than Radeon R9 290X.
low / 768p	90−95	120−130
medium / 768p	60−65	−
ultra / 1080p	55−60	65−70
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 Fury in World of Tanks is 28% more, than Radeon R9 290X.

Full Specs

	Radeon R9 290X	Radeon R9 Fury
Architecture	GCN	GCN 1.2
Code name	Hawaii XT	Fiji
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	24 October 2013	16 June 2015
Pipelines	2816	3584
Boost Clock	947 MHz	1000 MHz
Transistor count	6,200 million	8,900 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Texture fill rate	176.0	224.0
Floating-point performance	5,632 gflops	7,168 gflops
Length	275 mm
Memory bus width	512 Bit	4096 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	320 GB/s	512 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-
Shader Model	6.3	6.3
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
OpenCL	2.0	2.0
Vulkan	+	+
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight)	0.76 kh/s
FreeSync	+	+
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	PCIe 3.0
HDMI	+	+
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256)	623 Mh/s	800 Mh/s
Eyefinity	+	+
HD3D	+	+
PowerTune		+
TrueAudio	+	+
Mantle		+
Design	reference
Bridgeless CrossFire		+
Number of Eyefinity displays		6
DisplayPort support	+	+
CrossFire	+	+
VCE		+
DDMA audio	+	+
Decred / DCR (Decred)	1.07 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto)	25.75 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash)	350 Sol/s
Compute units		56
AppAcceleration	+	+
High bandwidth memory (HBM)		+
LiquidVR	+	+
TressFX	+	+
UVD	+	+
FRTC		+
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Radeon R9 290X vs Radeon R9 Fury

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