GPU comparison with benchmarks

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G vs GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G 16 GB GDDR6 · 2.25 GHz · 300 W Speed index 19/100
GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X
GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X 4 GB HBM · 1.05 GHz · 275 W Speed index 7/100
In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G and the GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G is 168 % faster than the GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X.

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT 16GGIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X
Speed index
19/100
7/100
FP32
23.04 TFLOPS
8.60 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
2.25 GHz
1.05 GHz
Memory Size
16 GB GDDR6
4 GB HBM
Memory bandwidth
512 GB/s
512 GB/s
TDP
300 W
275 W
Launch Price
999 $
649 $

GPU

GPUGIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT 16GGIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X
Based onAMD Radeon RX 6900 XTAMD Radeon R9 FURY X
GPU ChipNavi 21Fiji XT C8
Streaming Multiprocessors8064
Shader51204096
Render Output Units12864
Texture Units320256
Raytracing Cores80--
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT and has 5120 texture shaders and 80 execution units.

GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X is based on AMD Radeon R9 FURY X, which has 4096 shaders and 64 execution units.

Memory

MemoryGIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT 16GGIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X
Memory Size16 GB4 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6HBM
Memory Clock2.000 GHz0.500 GHz
Memory Speed16.0 Gbps1.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth512 GB/s512 GB/s
Memory Interface256 bit4,096 bit
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G has 16 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X can access 4 GB HBM graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsGIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT 16GGIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X
Base Clock1.825 GHz1.050 GHz
Boost Clock2.250 GHz1.050 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock2.02 GHz--
OverclockingYesYes
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G clocks in the base with up to 1.825 GHz. The base frequency of the GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X is 1.050 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignGIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT 16GGIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X
TDP300 W275 W
TDP (up)345 W--
Tjunction max100 °C90 °C
PCIe-Power2 x 8-Pin2 x 8-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G is 300 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X has a TDP of 275 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansGIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT 16GGIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X
Fan-TypeAxialAxial (Radiator)
Fan 13 x 80 mm1 x 120 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAIO water cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB--
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X has 1 Axial (Radiator) fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Connectivity

ConnectivityGIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT 16GGIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.3--
HDMI1x HDMI 2.11x HDMI 1.4a
DisplayPort2x DP 1.4a3x DP 1.2
USB-C1--
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In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G.

The GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X supports a maximum of 4 screens.

Featureset

FeaturesetGIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT 16GGIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X
Max. resolution7680x43204096x2160
DirectX12_2 (Ultimate)12_0
RaytracingYesNo
DLSS / FSRYesNo
LEDNon addressable LEDNo LED lighting
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X is 4096x2160 pixels.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsGIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT 16GGIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode
VP8Decode / EncodeNo
VP9Decode / EncodeNo
AV1DecodeNo
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Dimensions

DimensionsGIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT 16GGIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X
Length267 mm210 mm
Height120 mm130 mm
Width49 mm40 mm
Width (Slots)3 Slots2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G is 267 mm long, 120 mm high and 49 mm wide.

The GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X is 210 mm long, 130 mm high and 40 mm wide.

Additional data

Additional dataGIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT 16GGIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X
GPU InterfacePCIe 4.0 x 16PCIe 3.0 x 16
Release dateQ2/2021Q2/2015
Launch Price999 $649 $
Structure size7 nm28 nm
Part-noGV-R69XT-16GC-BGV-R9FURYX-4GD-B
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G was released in Q2/2021 at a price of 999 $.

The GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X was introduced in Q2/2015 at a price of 649 $.

Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G +302.0 %

  1. 9,836
  2. 2,447

Port Royal (Raytracing)

  1. 9,889
  2. no data

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

  1. 3,619
  2. no data

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

  1. 64 fps (avg)
  2. no data

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. 75 fps (avg)
  2. no data

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. 114 fps (avg)
  2. no data

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

  1. 38 fps (avg)
  2. no data

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. 74 fps (avg)
  2. no data

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. 126 fps (avg)
  2. no data

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

  1. 110 fps (avg)
  2. no data

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. 200 fps (avg)
  2. no data

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. 200 fps (avg)
  2. no data

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 RX 6900 XT 16G +178.2 %

  1. 161,394
  2. 58,011

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G +147.6 %

  1. 161,439
  2. 65,197

Geekbench 6 - Metal GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G +301.5 %

  1. 235,478
  2. 58,643

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