ION vs Radeon R9 FURY X

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R9 FURY X with ION, including specs and performance data.

R9 FURY X
2015
4 GB High Bandwidth Memory (HBM), 275 Watt
24.85
+11195%

R9 FURY X outperforms ION by a whopping 11195% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking2181376
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation6.90no data
Power efficiency6.190.75
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameFijiC7A-ION
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Designreferenceno data
Release date24 June 2015 (9 years ago)3 June 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$649 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores409616
Compute units64no data
Core clock speedno data450 MHz
Boost clock speed1050 MHzno data
Number of transistors8,900 million282 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)275 Watt20 Watt
Texture fill rate268.83.600
Floating-point processing power8.602 TFLOPS0.0352 TFLOPS
ROPs644
TMUs2568

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCI
Length191 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pinno data
Bridgeless CrossFire+-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeHigh Bandwidth Memory (HBM)System Shared
High bandwidth memory (HBM)+no data
Maximum RAM amount4 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width4096 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1050 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth512 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno data+

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortNo outputs
Eyefinity+-
Number of Eyefinity displays6no data
HDMI+-
DisplayPort support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration+-
CrossFire+-
FRTC+-
FreeSync+-
HD3D+-
LiquidVR+-
PowerTune+-
TressFX+-
TrueAudio+-
UVD+-
VCE+-
DDMA audio+no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectXDirectX® 1211.1 (10_0)
Shader Model6.34.0
OpenGL4.53.3
OpenCL2.0N/A
Vulkan+N/A
Mantle+-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

R9 FURY X 24.85
+11195%
ION 0.22

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

R9 FURY X 9575
+11299%
ION 84

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 24.85 0.22
Recency 24 June 2015 3 June 2008
Chip lithography 28 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 275 Watt 20 Watt

R9 FURY X has a 11195.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, and a 132.1% more advanced lithography process.

ION, on the other hand, has 1275% lower power consumption.

The Radeon R9 FURY X is our recommended choice as it beats the ION in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R9 FURY X is a desktop card while ION is a notebook one.


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