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AMD revealed their new 300 series video cards today at their E3 press event in Los Angeles this morning.
Targeting massively popular online titles, the R7 300 series is designed for outstanding performance at 1080p. AMD announced two video cards for the R7 300 series, the R7 360 and R7 370, which we have here in a chart compared to their previous generation equivalents.
| Comparison |
| Specs |
R7 260 |
R7 360 |
R9 270 |
R7 370 |
| GPU Architecture |
28nm |
28nm |
28nm |
28nm |
| API Support |
DX 12, Mantle, OpenGL 4.3, OpenCL |
DX 12, OpenGL 4.5, Vulkan, Mantle, OpenCL 2.0 |
DX 12, Mantle, OpenGL 4.3, OpenCL |
DX 12, OpenGL 4.5, Vulkan, Mantle, OpenCL 2.0 |
| GPU Clock Speed |
Up to 1GHz |
Up to 1.05GHz |
Up to 925MHz |
Up to 975MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth |
96GB/s |
112GB/s |
179.2GB/s |
179.2GB/s |
| Memory Interface |
128-bit GDDR5 |
128-bit GDDR5 |
256-bit GDDR5 |
256-bit GDDR5 |
| Memory Amount |
Up to 2GB GDDR5 |
2GB GDDR5 |
Up to 2GB GDDR5 |
2GB or 4GB GDDR5 |
| Stream Processing Units |
768 (12 Compute Units) |
768 (12 Compute Units) |
1280 (20 Compute Units) |
1024 (16 Compute Units) |
| Required PSU Connectors |
1 x 6-pin |
1 x 6-pin |
1 x 6-pin |
1 x 6-pin |
| AMD CrossFire Support (Max GPU's and CF Bridge Required) |
2, no bridge |
2, no bridge |
2, bridge required |
2, bridge required |
| Cooling |
Air |
Air |
Air |
Air |
For the higher end, AMD have announced three new R9 300 series cards, the R9 380, R9 390, and R9 390X, for 2K and 4K gaming experiences. We’ve also put together a chart to compare the 300 series cards to their 200 series counterparts.
| Comparison |
| Specs |
R9 280 |
R9 380 |
R9 290 |
R9 390 |
R9 290X |
R9 390X |
| GPU Architecture |
28nm |
28nm |
28nm |
28nm |
28nm |
28nm |
| API Support |
DX 12, Mantle, OpenGL 4.3, OpenCL |
DX 12, OpenGL 4.5, Vulkan, Mantle, OpenCL 2.0 |
DX 12, Mantle, OpenGL 4.3, OpenCL |
DX 12, OpenGL 4.5, Vulkan, Mantle, OpenCL 2.0 |
DX 12, Mantle, OpenGL 4.3, OpenCL |
DX 12, OpenGL 4.5, Vulkan, Mantle, OpenCL 2.0 |
| GPU Clock Speed |
Up to 933MHz |
Up to 970MHz |
Up to 947MHz |
Up to 1000MHz |
Up to 1000MHz |
Up to 1050MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth |
240GB/s |
182.4GB/s |
320GB/s |
384GB/s |
352GB/s |
384GB/s |
| Memory Interface |
384-bit GDDR5 |
256-bit GDDR5 |
512-bit GDDR5 |
512-bit GDDR5 |
512-bit GDDR5 |
512-bit GDDR5 |
| Memory Amount |
Up to 3GB GDDR5 |
Up to 4GB GDDR5 |
Up to 4GB GDDR5 |
8GB GDDR5 |
Up to 8GB GDDR5 |
8GB GDDR5 |
| Stream Processing Units |
1792 (28 Compute Units) |
1792 (28 Compute Units) |
2560 (40 Compute Units) |
2560 (40 Compute Units) |
2816 (44 Compute Units) |
2816 (44 Compute Units) |
| Required PSU Connectors |
1 x 6-pin,
1 x 8-pin |
2 x 6-pin |
1 x 6-pin,
1 x 8-pin |
1 x 6-pin,
1 x 8-pin |
1 x 6-pin
+ 1 x 8-pin |
1 x 6-pin,
1 x 8-pin |
| AMD CrossFire Support (Max GPU's and CF Bridge Required) |
4, bridge required |
2, no bridge |
4, no bridge |
4, no bridge |
4, no bridge |
4, no bridge |
| Cooling |
Air |
Air |
Air |
Air |
Air |
Air |
| Specifications |
| Specs |
R9 Fury X |
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| GPU Architecture |
28nm |
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| API Support |
DX 12, Mantle, OpenGL 4.5, Vulkan, OpenCL 2.0 |
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| GPU Clock Speed |
Up to 1050MHz |
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| Memory Bandwidth |
512GB/s |
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| Memory Interface |
4096-bit HBM |
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| Memory Amount |
4GB HBM |
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| Stream Processing Units |
4096 (64 Compute Units) |
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| Required PSU Connectors |
2 x 8-pin |
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| AMD CrossFire Support (Max GPU's and CF Bridge Required) |
4, no bridge |
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| Cooling |
Liquid-Cooled |
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Finally, AMD unveiled their new video cards based on the Fiji architecture. The liquid-cooled AMD Radeon R9 Fury X and air-cooled Fury cards promise unrivaled performance at 4K, with AMD even demoing the new Fury X at 5K resolutions. AMD also teased the R9 Nano, an ultra-small Fiji-based video card that packs twice the performance per watt of the 290X into a card that measures in at a mini-ITX friendly size of 6", as well as an unnamed dual-Fiji video card. So far, only the R9 Fury X has had its specifications made officially available which we’ve gone ahead and listed.
AMD definitely made waves at their E3 press event and Fury X looks to be a very promising platform for developers to work with (and for rival NVIDIA to compete against). We expect to see synthetic benchmarks as well as the raw, real-world performance of these new cards as they make their way throughout various review channels and eventually hit online/retail shops in the coming weeks.
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