{"id":78917,"date":"2015-07-23T13:30:33","date_gmt":"2015-07-23T11:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=78917"},"modified":"2015-08-11T13:41:46","modified_gmt":"2015-08-11T11:41:46","slug":"radeon-r9-nano-crushes-the-r9-290x-in-unigine-heaven-benchmark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/78917-radeon-r9-nano-crushes-the-r9-290x-in-unigine-heaven-benchmark","title":{"rendered":"Radeon R9 Nano crushes the R9 290X in Unigine Heaven benchmark"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reportedly based on a fully unlocked but slightly downclocked Fiji XT, the same GPU that powers the impressive Radeon R9 Fury X<\/a>, we\u2019ve suspected for some time now<\/a> that AMD\u2019s 6 inch (approximately 15 centimetres) Radeon R9 Nano would be the most powerful mini-ITX GPU around.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s hard to see how any other card of its type could compete with 4096 stream processors, 256 texture units, 64 raster operations pipelines and a 4096-bit memory interface. After all, a bus that wide, in tandem with 4GB of high-bandwidth running at 1 GHZ, means 512GB\/s of bandwidth.<\/p>\n

Just for comparison, NVIDIA\u2019s fastest mini-ITX card is based on the GTX 970, a fantastic card to be sure, but only capable of a little under 224GB\/s of bandwidth. It\u2019s no match for the Fiji XT, let\u2019s put it that way.<\/p>\n

Now, fortunately, thanks to the Chinese website iyd.kr<\/a>, we\u2019ve seen the R9 Nano in the wild, as it\u2019s apparently ready for distribution to its selected partners.<\/p>\n

\"AMD's<\/a>

AMD’s Radeon R9 Nano<\/p><\/div>\n

Many are pinning the R9 Nano\u2019s frequency at between 830 MHz and 900 MHz, as opposed to the Fury X\u2019s 1050 MHz, but the R9 Nano is still going to be a phenomenal performer.<\/p>\n

WCCF Tech<\/a> suggests 890 MHz:<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Category
\n<\/span><\/th>\n		Radeon R9 Fury X<\/span><\/th>\nRadeon R9 Nano<\/span><\/th>\nRadeon R9 Fury<\/span><\/th>\nRadeon R9 290X<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
GPU<\/td>\nFiji XT<\/td>\nFiji XT (TBC)<\/td>\nFiji Pro<\/td>\nHawaii XT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stream Processors<\/td>\n4096<\/td>\n4096 (TBC)<\/td>\n3584<\/td>\n2816<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GCN Compute Units<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n64 (TBC)<\/td>\n56<\/td>\n44<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Render Output Units<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n64 (TBC)<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Texture Mapping Units<\/td>\n256<\/td>\n256 (TBC)<\/td>\n224<\/td>\n176<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GPU Frequency<\/td>\n1050Mhz<\/td>\n890Mhz (TBC)<\/td>\n1000 MHz<\/td>\n1000Mhz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Memory<\/td>\n4GB HBM<\/td>\n4GB HBM<\/td>\n4GB HBM<\/td>\n4GB GDDR5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Memory Interface<\/td>\n4096bit<\/td>\n4096bit<\/td>\n4096bit<\/td>\n512bit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Memory Frequency<\/td>\n500Mhz<\/td>\n500Mhz<\/td>\n500Mhz<\/td>\n1250Mhz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Effective Memory Speed<\/td>\n1Gbps<\/td>\n1Gbps<\/td>\n1Gbps<\/td>\n5Gbps<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Memory Bandwidth<\/td>\n512GB\/s<\/td>\n512GB\/s<\/td>\n512GB\/s<\/td>\n320GB\/s<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cooling<\/td>\nLiquid, 120mm Radiator<\/td>\nAir, Single Axial Fan<\/td>\nAir, Custom AIB Solutions<\/td>\nAir, Single Blower Fan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Performance (SPFP)<\/td>\n8.6 TFLOPS<\/td>\n7.3 TFLOPS (TBC)<\/td>\n7.2 TFLOPS<\/td>\n5.6 TFLOPS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TDP<\/td>\n275W<\/td>\n175W<\/td>\n275W<\/td>\n250W<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Power Connectors<\/td>\nDual 8-Pin<\/td>\n8-Pin<\/td>\nDual 8-Pin<\/td>\n6+8 Pin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GFLOPS\/Watt<\/td>\n31.3<\/td>\n42 (TBC)<\/td>\n26.2<\/td>\n22.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Launch Price<\/td>\n$649<\/td>\nTBA<\/td>\n$549<\/td>\n$549<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Launch Date<\/td>\nJune 24 2015<\/td>\nAugust 2015<\/td>\nJuly 10 2015<\/td>\nOctober 24 2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

*Table courtesy of WCCF Tech<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Thanks to iyd.kr, we also have some Unigine Heaven benchmark results to report, and they\u2019re promising indeed.<\/p>\n

\"Radeon<\/a>

Radeon R9 Nano vs. R9 290X – Unigine Heaven benchmark<\/p><\/div>\n

You\u2019ll have to look close to see the results, but the gist of it is that the R9 Nano is more than twice as fast as the R9\u00a0290X.<\/p>\n

These numbers aren\u2019t to be taken lightly, especially when the Nano scores (according to WCCF Tech) around 26.6 fps in a 4K benchmark. Just don\u2019t take them as guaranteed just yet.<\/p>\n

Come the Nano\u2019s release in August, we can\u2019t wait to see the sort of performance compact PCs will manage.<\/p>\n

\n

\u00a0Source: WCCF Tech<\/a>, KitGuru<\/a>, Feature image courtesy of iyd.kr<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n

In other related news<\/strong><\/h4>\n

NVIDIA\u2019s GP100 Pascal GPUs to feature 4-Hi HBM2 and a 4096-bit memory bus<\/a><\/p>\n

The ultimate 4K showdown: Radeon R9 Fury X Quad Crossfire vs. Titan X Quad SLI<\/a><\/p>\n

Samsung developing 11K display for mobile devices<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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