FirePro S9050 vs Radeon R9 FURY X

In this comparison between FirePro S9050 and Radeon R9 FURY X 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 FirePro S9050 will be the best choice, for others Radeon R9 FURY X will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

Main Specs

  FirePro S9050 Radeon R9 FURY X
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 275 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 2x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 High Bandwidth Memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 1x DisplayPort 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R9 FURY X has 22% more power consumption, than FirePro S9050.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • FirePro S9050 has 8 GB more memory, than Radeon R9 FURY X.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro S9050 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Radeon R9 FURY X - with GCN 3.0.
  • FirePro S9050 and Radeon R9 FURY X are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • FirePro S9050 is 63 mm longer, than Radeon R9 FURY X.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro S9050 is 4450 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 FURY X.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 20−22 50−55
ultra / 1080p 12−14 30−35
QHD / 1440p 6−7 27−30
4K / 2160p 5−6 14−16
low / 720p 35−40 75−80
medium / 1080p 24−27 60−65
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 FURY X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 144% more, than FirePro S9050.

Full Specs

  FirePro S9050 Radeon R9 FURY X
Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN 3.0
Code name Tahiti Fiji
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 7 August 2014 24 June 2015
Pipelines 1792 4096
Core clock speed 900 MHz
Boost Clock 1050 MHz
Transistor count 4,313 million 8,900 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 100.8 268.8
Floating-point performance 3,226 gflops 8,602 gflops
Length 254 mm 191 mm
Memory bus width 384 Bit 4096 Bit
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz 1050 MHz
Memory bandwidth 264 GB/s 512 GB/s
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 PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 858 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
TrueAudio +
Mantle +
Design reference
Bridgeless CrossFire +
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
DisplayPort support +
CrossFire +
VCE +
DDMA audio +
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Compute units 64
Form factor full height / full length
AppAcceleration +
High bandwidth memory (HBM) +
LiquidVR +
TressFX +
UVD +
FRTC +
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