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GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X vs GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 4G

GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X
GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X 4 GB HBM · 1.05 GHz · 275 W Speed index 7/100

The GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X is based on the AMD Radeon R9 FURY X (Fiji) and has 4 GB HBM graphics memory with a bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 4G
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 4G 4 GB GDDR5 · 1.27 GHz · 150 W Speed index 5/100

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 4G is based on the AMD Radeon RX 480 (Ellesmere) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X is 48 % faster than the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 4G.

GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury XGIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 4G
Speed index
7/100
5/100
FP32
8.60 TFLOPS
5.83 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.05 GHz
1.27 GHz
Memory Size
4 GB HBM
4 GB GDDR5
Memory bandwidth
512 GB/s
224 GB/s
TDP
275 W
150 W
Launch Price
649 $
199 $

GPU

GPUGIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury XGIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 4G
Based onAMD Radeon R9 FURY XAMD Radeon RX 480
GPU ChipFiji XT C8Polaris 10 XT
Streaming Multiprocessors6436
Shader40962304
Render Output Units6432
Texture Units256144
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The GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X has the Fiji XT C8 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Fiji architecture.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 4G is based on the graphics chip Polaris 10 XT, which comes from the Ellesmere architecture.

Memory

MemoryGIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury XGIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 4G
Memory Size4 GB4 GB
Memory TypeHBMGDDR5
Memory Clock0.500 GHz1.750 GHz
Memory Speed1.0 Gbps7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth512 GB/s224 GB/s
Memory Interface4,096 bit256 bit
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The graphics memory of the GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X clocks at 0.500 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 1.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 4G is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsGIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury XGIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 4G
Base Clock1.050 GHz1.120 GHz
Boost Clock1.050 GHz1.266 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignGIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury XGIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 4G
TDP275 W150 W
Tjunction max90 °C100 °C
PCIe-Power2 x 8-Pin1 x 8-Pin
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The GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 275 W.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 4G has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 150 W.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansGIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury XGIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 4G
Fan-TypeAxial (Radiator)Axial
Fan 11 x 120 mm2 x 80 mm
Cooler-TypeAIO water coolingAir cooling
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The GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X is equipped with a total of 1 Axial (Radiator) main fans.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 4G has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Connectivity

ConnectivityGIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury XGIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 4G
Max. Displays44
HDCP--2.2
HDMI1x HDMI 1.4a1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort3x DP 1.23x DP 1.4a
DVI--1
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 4G supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

Featureset

FeaturesetGIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury XGIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 4G
Max. resolution4096x21607680x4320
DirectX12_012_0
RaytracingNoNo
DLSS / FSRNoYes
LEDNo LED lightingAddressable LED
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With the GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 4G is 7680x4320 pixels.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsGIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury XGIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 4G
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecodeDecode / Encode
VP8NoNo
VP9NoNo
AV1NoNo
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

Dimensions

DimensionsGIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury XGIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 4G
Length210 mm232 mm
Height130 mm116 mm
Width40 mm40 mm
Width (Slots)2 Slots2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 4G needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

Additional data

Additional dataGIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury XGIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 4G
GPU InterfacePCIe 3.0 x 16PCIe 3.0 x 16
Release dateQ2/2015Q2/2016
Launch Price649 $199 $
Structure size28 nm14 nm
Part-noGV-R9FURYX-4GD-BGV-RX480WF2-4GD
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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The GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X has been manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers since Q2/2015.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 4G came on the market in Q2/2016 and will have a structure width of 14 nanometers manufactured.

Benchmark results

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X +35.9 %

  1. 58,011
  2. 42,694

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X +42.9 %

  1. 65,197
  2. 45,619

Geekbench 6 - Metal GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X +40.1 %

  1. 58,643
  2. 41,864

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