Radeon Vega 6 Mobile Efficient vs R9 FURY X

VS

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking217not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation6.89no data
Power efficiency6.30no data
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code nameFijiRaven
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Designreferenceno data
Release date24 June 2015 (9 years ago)23 April 2018 (6 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 cores4096384
Compute units64no data
Core clock speedno data300 MHz
Boost clock speed1050 MHz1011 MHz
Number of transistors8,900 million4,940 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)275 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate268.824.26
Floating-point processing power8.602 TFLOPS0.7764 TFLOPS
ROPs648
TMUs25624

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 x16IGP
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® 1212 (12_1)
Shader Model6.36.4
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL2.02.0
Vulkan+1.2.131
Mantle+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 24 June 2015 23 April 2018
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 275 Watt 15 Watt

Vega 6 Mobile Efficient has an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 1733.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 FURY X and Radeon Vega 6 Mobile Efficient. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R9 FURY X is a desktop card while Radeon Vega 6 Mobile Efficient is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite graphics card.


AMD Radeon R9 FURY X
Radeon R9 FURY X
AMD Radeon Vega 6 Mobile Efficient
Radeon Vega 6 Mobile Efficient

Comparisons with similar GPUs

We selected several comparisons of graphics cards with performance close to those reviewed, providing you with more options to consider.

Community ratings

Here you can see the user ratings of the compared graphics cards, as well as rate them yourself.


4.3 84 votes

Rate Radeon R9 FURY X on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
3.3 4 votes

Rate Radeon Vega 6 Mobile Efficient on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about this comparison, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.