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Graphics card comparison

Radeon R9 FURY X vs Radeon R9 Nano

AMD

Radeon R9 FURY X

4096 Mb HBM Released 24 Jun 2015 DESKTOP
Radeon R9 FURY X
AMD

Radeon R9 Nano

4096 Mb HBM Released 27 Aug 2015 DESKTOP
Radeon R9 Nano

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Radeon R9 FURY X106%
  • Radeon R9 Nano100%

Relative performance

Gaming performance index

  • Radeon R9 FURY X113%
  • Radeon R9 Nano100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider the Radeon R9 FURY X

  • 13% higher gaming performance.
  • Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
  • Supports FreeSync
  • Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
  • Supports TrueAudio
  • Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider the Radeon R9 Nano

  • 100 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 FURY X .
  • Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
  • Supports FreeSync
  • Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
  • Supports TrueAudio
  • Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Radeon R9 FURY X
Our verdict

HWSpot recommends the Radeon R9 FURY X

The Radeon R9 FURY X is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (103 combinations of games and resolutions).

Specifications

Core configuration

Radeon R9 FURY XRadeon R9 Nano
GPU NameFiji (Fiji XT C8)Fiji (Fiji XT CA)
Fab Process28 nm28 nm
Die Size596 mm²596 mm²
Transistors8,900 million8,900 million
Shaders40964096
Compute Units6464
Core clock1050 MHz1000 MHz
ROPs6464
TMUs256256

Memory configuration

Radeon R9 FURY XRadeon R9 Nano
Memory TypeHBMHBM
Bus Width4096 bit4096 bit
Memory Speed500 MHz
1000 MHz effective		500 MHz
1000 MHz effective
Memory Size4096 Mb4096 Mb

Additional details

Radeon R9 FURY XRadeon R9 Nano
TDP275 watts175 watts
Release Date24 Jun 201527 Aug 2015

Raw performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon R9 FURY X67.20 GP/s
  • Radeon R9 Nano64.00 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon R9 FURY X268.80 GT/s
  • Radeon R9 Nano256.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon R9 FURY X512.00 GB/s
  • Radeon R9 Nano512.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon R9 FURY X8602.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon R9 Nano8192.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • Radeon R9 FURY X18960
  • Radeon R9 Nano17760

Points (higher is better)

Game benchmarks

Alien Isolation

DX11, Max Detail, 2xMSAA 16xAF

  • Radeon R9 FURY X142
  • Radeon R9 Nano138

FPS (higher is better)

Anno 2205

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA

  • Radeon R9 FURY X75
  • Radeon R9 Nano64

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield 1

Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X116
  • Radeon R9 Nano110

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield Hardline

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait

  • Radeon R9 FURY X82
  • Radeon R9 Nano76

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield V

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X53
  • Radeon R9 Nano46

FPS (higher is better)

Borderlands 3

Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X43
  • Radeon R9 Nano39

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2018

Ultra quality TTA DirectX11 Windows10 x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X73
  • Radeon R9 Nano64

FPS (higher is better)

Destiny 2

Highest quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X79
  • Radeon R9 Nano72

FPS (higher is better)

Deus Ex Mankind Divided

Ultra quality DirectX12 Windows10 x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X90
  • Radeon R9 Nano78

FPS (higher is better)

Dishonored 2

Ultra Quality,DX11, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X59
  • Radeon R9 Nano54

FPS (higher is better)

Doom (2016)

Ultra, TSSAA 8tx, ASync on, Vsync off, VULKAN, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X176
  • Radeon R9 Nano161

FPS (higher is better)

F1 2017

Ultra quality,TTA,Melbourne,DirectX11,Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X86
  • Radeon R9 Nano75

FPS (higher is better)

Fallout 4

DX11, Ultra Details, Godrays, High shadows

  • Radeon R9 FURY X87
  • Radeon R9 Nano83

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 5

Ultra quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X79
  • Radeon R9 Nano71

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry Primal

DX11, Very High Settings

  • Radeon R9 FURY X77
  • Radeon R9 Nano69

FPS (higher is better)

Gears of War 4

Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X98
  • Radeon R9 Nano86

FPS (higher is better)

Ghost Recon - Wildlands

Very high Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X59
  • Radeon R9 Nano55

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • Radeon R9 FURY X96
  • Radeon R9 Nano90

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman (2016)

Ultra quality,16:1 HQ-AF,DirectX 12, windows 10 x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X110
  • Radeon R9 Nano96

FPS (higher is better)

Kingdom Come: Deliverance

Very high quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X70
  • Radeon R9 Nano60

FPS (higher is better)

Middle-Earth Shadow of War

Ultra Quality, HR Textures, DirectX11, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X62
  • Radeon R9 Nano55

FPS (higher is better)

Resident Evil 7

Maximun Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X118
  • Radeon R9 Nano103

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

Very High Details, Pure Hair On, FXAA/HBAO+ enabled, 16x AF, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X75
  • Radeon R9 Nano70

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest Details, Pure hair, HBAO+, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X56
  • Radeon R9 Nano50

FPS (higher is better)

Sniper Elite 4

Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X92
  • Radeon R9 Nano80

FPS (higher is better)

Star Wars Battlefront II

Ultra quality DirectX12 Windows10 x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X101
  • Radeon R9 Nano94

FPS (higher is better)

Strange Brigade

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X103
  • Radeon R9 Nano93

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • Radeon R9 FURY X63
  • Radeon R9 Nano58

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

DX11, Very High Details

  • Radeon R9 FURY X87
  • Radeon R9 Nano85

FPS (higher is better)

Tom Clancy's The Division

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF

  • Radeon R9 FURY X73
  • Radeon R9 Nano68

FPS (higher is better)

Total War: Warhammer

DX12, Max Detail, FXAA, 16:1 AF

  • Radeon R9 FURY X91
  • Radeon R9 Nano82

FPS (higher is better)

Watch Dogs 2

Ultra Quality, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X55
  • Radeon R9 Nano50

FPS (higher is better)

Wolfenstein II The New Colossus

Main Leben! quality preset- Vulkan Windows 10x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X56
  • Radeon R9 Nano54

FPS (higher is better)

Alien Isolation

DX11, Max Detail, 2xMSAA 16xAF

  • Radeon R9 FURY X109
  • Radeon R9 Nano99

FPS (higher is better)

Anno 2205

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA

  • Radeon R9 FURY X53
  • Radeon R9 Nano44

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield 1

Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X90
  • Radeon R9 Nano81

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield Hardline

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait

  • Radeon R9 FURY X60
  • Radeon R9 Nano55

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield V

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X43
  • Radeon R9 Nano37

FPS (higher is better)

Bioshock Infinite

DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA

  • Radeon R9 FURY X107
  • Radeon R9 Nano95

FPS (higher is better)

Borderlands 3

Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X32
  • Radeon R9 Nano29

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2018

Ultra quality TTA DirectX11 Windows10 x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X57
  • Radeon R9 Nano51

FPS (higher is better)

Destiny 2

Highest quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X58
  • Radeon R9 Nano52

FPS (higher is better)

Deus Ex Mankind Divided

Ultra quality DirectX12 Windows10 x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X59
  • Radeon R9 Nano51

FPS (higher is better)

Dishonored 2

Ultra Quality,DX11, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X44
  • Radeon R9 Nano40

FPS (higher is better)

Doom (2016)

Ultra, TSSAA 8tx, ASync on, Vsync off, VULKAN, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X120
  • Radeon R9 Nano108

FPS (higher is better)

Fallout 4

DX11, Ultra Details, Godrays, High shadows

  • Radeon R9 FURY X58
  • Radeon R9 Nano51

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 5

Ultra quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X59
  • Radeon R9 Nano52

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry Primal

DX11, Very High Settings

  • Radeon R9 FURY X56
  • Radeon R9 Nano52

FPS (higher is better)

Gears of War 4

Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X68
  • Radeon R9 Nano55

FPS (higher is better)

Ghost Recon - Wildlands

Very high Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X48
  • Radeon R9 Nano42

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • Radeon R9 FURY X74
  • Radeon R9 Nano68

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman (2016)

Ultra quality,16:1 HQ-AF,DirectX 12, windows 10 x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X83
  • Radeon R9 Nano71

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman Absolution

DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF

  • Radeon R9 FURY X83
  • Radeon R9 Nano76

FPS (higher is better)

Kingdom Come: Deliverance

Very high quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X46
  • Radeon R9 Nano40

FPS (higher is better)

Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor

DX11, Very High Detail

  • Radeon R9 FURY X97
  • Radeon R9 Nano86

FPS (higher is better)

Middle-Earth Shadow of War

Ultra Quality, HR Textures, DirectX11, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X44
  • Radeon R9 Nano39

FPS (higher is better)

Resident Evil 7

Maximun Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X83
  • Radeon R9 Nano66

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

Very High Details, Pure Hair On, FXAA/HBAO+ enabled, 16x AF, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X57
  • Radeon R9 Nano51

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X39
  • Radeon R9 Nano35

FPS (higher is better)

Sniper Elite 4

Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X71
  • Radeon R9 Nano63

FPS (higher is better)

Star Wars Battlefront II

Ultra quality DirectX12 Windows10 x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X75
  • Radeon R9 Nano67

FPS (higher is better)

Strange Brigade

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X78
  • Radeon R9 Nano69

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • Radeon R9 FURY X53
  • Radeon R9 Nano47

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

DX11, Very High Details

  • Radeon R9 FURY X70
  • Radeon R9 Nano65

FPS (higher is better)

Tom Clancy's The Division

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF

  • Radeon R9 FURY X55
  • Radeon R9 Nano51

FPS (higher is better)

Total War: Warhammer

DX12, Max Detail, FXAA, 16:1 AF

  • Radeon R9 FURY X69
  • Radeon R9 Nano63

FPS (higher is better)

Watch Dogs 2

Ultra Quality, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X39
  • Radeon R9 Nano35

FPS (higher is better)

Wolfenstein II The New Colossus

Main Leben! quality preset- Vulkan Windows 10x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X40
  • Radeon R9 Nano37

FPS (higher is better)

Alien Isolation

DX11, Max Detail, 2xMSAA 16xAF

  • Radeon R9 FURY X59
  • Radeon R9 Nano51

FPS (higher is better)

Anno 2205

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA

  • Radeon R9 FURY X35
  • Radeon R9 Nano28

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield 1

Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X49
  • Radeon R9 Nano42

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield Hardline

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait

  • Radeon R9 FURY X32
  • Radeon R9 Nano28

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield V

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X30
  • Radeon R9 Nano26

FPS (higher is better)

Borderlands 3

Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X19
  • Radeon R9 Nano17

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2018

Ultra quality TTA DirectX11 Windows10 x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X36
  • Radeon R9 Nano31

FPS (higher is better)

Destiny 2

Highest quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X36
  • Radeon R9 Nano32

FPS (higher is better)

Deus Ex Mankind Divided

Ultra quality DirectX12 Windows10 x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X30
  • Radeon R9 Nano26

FPS (higher is better)

Dishonored 2

Ultra Quality,DX11, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X31
  • Radeon R9 Nano29

FPS (higher is better)

Doom (2016)

Ultra, TSSAA 8tx, ASync on, Vsync off, VULKAN, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X62
  • Radeon R9 Nano53

FPS (higher is better)

F1 2017

Ultra quality,TTA,Melbourne,Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X44
  • Radeon R9 Nano37

FPS (higher is better)

Fallout 4

DX11, Ultra Details, Godrays, High shadows

  • Radeon R9 FURY X33
  • Radeon R9 Nano28

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 5

Ultra quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X33
  • Radeon R9 Nano28

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry Primal

DX11, Very High Settings

  • Radeon R9 FURY X34
  • Radeon R9 Nano31

FPS (higher is better)

Gears of War 4

Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X35
  • Radeon R9 Nano29

FPS (higher is better)

Ghost Recon - Wildlands

Very high Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X31
  • Radeon R9 Nano28

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • Radeon R9 FURY X42
  • Radeon R9 Nano36

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman (2016)

Ultra quality,16:1 HQ-AF,DirectX 12, windows 10 x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X44
  • Radeon R9 Nano37

FPS (higher is better)

Kingdom Come: Deliverance

Very high quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X23
  • Radeon R9 Nano19

FPS (higher is better)

Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor

DX11, Very High Detail

  • Radeon R9 FURY X54
  • Radeon R9 Nano46

FPS (higher is better)

Middle-Earth Shadow of War

Ultra Quality, HR Textures, DirectX11, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X25
  • Radeon R9 Nano21

FPS (higher is better)

Resident Evil 7

Maximun Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X33
  • Radeon R9 Nano27

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

Very High Details, Pure Hair On, FXAA/HBAO+ enabled, 16x AF, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X32
  • Radeon R9 Nano29

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X19
  • Radeon R9 Nano16

FPS (higher is better)

Sniper Elite 4

Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X49
  • Radeon R9 Nano42

FPS (higher is better)

Star Wars Battlefront II

Ultra quality DirectX12 Windows10 x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X38
  • Radeon R9 Nano35

FPS (higher is better)

Strange Brigade

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X52
  • Radeon R9 Nano45

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • Radeon R9 FURY X34
  • Radeon R9 Nano27

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

DX11, Very High Details

  • Radeon R9 FURY X39
  • Radeon R9 Nano35

FPS (higher is better)

Tom Clancy's The Division

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF

  • Radeon R9 FURY X34
  • Radeon R9 Nano31

FPS (higher is better)

Total War: Warhammer

DX12, Max Detail, FXAA, 16:1 AF

  • Radeon R9 FURY X40
  • Radeon R9 Nano33

FPS (higher is better)

Watch Dogs 2

Ultra Quality, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X21
  • Radeon R9 Nano19

FPS (higher is better)

Wolfenstein II The New Colossus

Main Leben! quality preset- Vulkan Windows 10x64

  • Radeon R9 FURY X24
  • Radeon R9 Nano21

FPS (higher is better)

Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor

DX11, Very High Detail

  • Radeon R9 FURY X33
  • Radeon R9 Nano28

FPS (higher is better)

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