Radeon R9 370X vs R9 FURY X

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	217	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	6.83	no data
Power efficiency	6.25	no data
Architecture	GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code name	Fiji	Trinidad
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	24 June 2015 (9 years ago)	27 August 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$649	$199

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores	4096	1280
Compute units	64	no data
Core clock speed	no data	980 MHz
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz	1030 MHz
Number of transistors	8,900 million	2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	275 Watt	180 Watt
Texture fill rate	268.8	82.40
Floating-point processing power	8.602 TFLOPS	2.637 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	32
TMUs	256	80

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 support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	191 mm	221 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	2x 6-pin
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 type	High Bandwidth Memory (HBM)	GDDR5
High bandwidth memory (HBM)	+	no data
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	4096 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1050 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory bandwidth	512 GB/s	179.2 GB/s

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 Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Eyefinity	+	-
Number of Eyefinity displays	6	no 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.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	6.3	5.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	1.2
Vulkan	+	1.2.131
Mantle	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	24 June 2015	27 August 2015
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Power consumption (TDP)	275 Watt	180 Watt

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