Radeon R9 Fury vs Radeon RX 580

In this comparison between Radeon R9 Fury and Radeon RX 580 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 R9 Fury will be the best choice, for others Radeon RX 580 will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

Main Specs

  Radeon R9 Fury Radeon RX 580
Power consumption (TDP) 275 Watt 185 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin
Memory type High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R9 Fury has 48% more power consumption, than Radeon RX 580.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Radeon RX 580 has 4 GB more memory, than Radeon R9 Fury.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Radeon R9 Fury is build with GCN 1.2 architecture, and Radeon RX 580 - with Polaris.
  • Radeon R9 Fury is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 580 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 580 is 7500 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 Fury.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 50−55 45−50
ultra / 1080p 30−35 30−33
QHD / 1440p 27−30 24−27
4K / 2160p 14−16 12−14
low / 720p 75−80 70−75
medium / 1080p 60−65 50−55
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 Fury in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 10% more, than Radeon RX 580.

Full Specs

  Radeon R9 Fury Radeon RX 580
Architecture GCN 1.2 Polaris
Code name Fiji Polaris 20
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 16 June 2015 18 April 2017
Pipelines 3584 2304
Core clock speed 1257 MHz
Boost Clock 1000 MHz 1340 MHz
Transistor count 8,900 million 5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 224.0 193.0
Floating-point performance 7,168 gflops 6,175 gflops
Length 241 mm
Memory bus width 4096 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 500 MHz 8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 512 GB/s 256.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 6.3 6.4
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
Vulkan + 1.2.131
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 800 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
TrueAudio +
Mantle +
Bridgeless CrossFire +
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
DisplayPort support +
CrossFire +
VCE +
DDMA audio +
Compute units 56
AppAcceleration +
High bandwidth memory (HBM) +
LiquidVR +
TressFX +
UVD +
FRTC +
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