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
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
Memory
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G
GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X
Memory Size
16 GB
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
HBM
Memory Clock
2.000 GHz
0.500 GHz
Memory Speed
16.0 Gbps
1.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
512 GB/s
512 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
4,096 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 Speeds
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G
GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X
Base Clock
1.825 GHz
1.050 GHz
Boost Clock
2.250 GHz
1.050 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
2.02 GHz
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Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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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 Design
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G
GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X
TDP
300 W
275 W
TDP (up)
345 W
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Tjunction max
100 °C
90 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 8-Pin
2 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 & Fans
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G
GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial (Radiator)
Fan 1
3 x 80 mm
1 x 120 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
AIO 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
Connectivity
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G
GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.3
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HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1
1x HDMI 1.4a
DisplayPort
2x DP 1.4a
3x DP 1.2
USB-C
1
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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
Featureset
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G
GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X
Max. resolution
7680x4320
4096x2160
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_0
Raytracing
Yes
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
No
LED
Non addressable LED
No 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 Codecs
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G
GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode
VP8
Decode / Encode
No
VP9
Decode / Encode
No
AV1
Decode
No
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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
Dimensions
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G
GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X
Length
267 mm
210 mm
Height
120 mm
130 mm
Width
49 mm
40 mm
Width (Slots)
3 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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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.
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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.
The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.
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