Radeon “Fiji” with 4,096 stream processors is glimpsed in performance tests

The graphics giant Nvidia’s dominance in the top performance layer will soon face competition from AMD’s graphics processor Fiji, which the company has already confirmed will be the first to come out with the stacked memory technology. High-Bandwidth Memory (HBM). Previous data on a substantial increase in computing power against its predecessor Hawaii are now being strengthened.

The Compubench performance database includes a graphics card entitled AMD Radeon Graphics Processor, which is identified as Fiji. Upon closer inspection, it appears that the graphics processor has 64 compute units, which provided that AMD has not completely renovated the basic architecture means 4,096 stream processors.

Another interesting detail is that the graphics processor’s maximum clock frequency is set to 1,000 MHz, which is exactly the same as for the Hawaii-based Radeon R9 290X in reference version. This together with the number of stream processors gives an increased theoretical computing power of 45 percent against Hawaii-based R9 290X.

In the actual performance tests, the results are a mixed compote of gains and losses. In Ocean Surface Simulation and TVL1 Optical Flow, Radeon Fiji takes home the victory over the Geforce Titan X, and that it performs 40 and 28 percent better than an R9 290X, respectively. In Face Detection and Particle Simulation, Nvidia takes home the winners by a good margin, probably because those tests are better suited to the company’s graphics architectures Kepler and Maxwell.

Assuming the results are genuine, it is a definite increase in performance, but the numbers should normally be taken with a pinch of salt. Firstly, they show how the graphics cards stand in scenarios that are not related to games, but also because it is about a new graphics processor that can get further optimizations with newer drivers.

The launch of the next generation Radeon graphics card will take place on June 16 during the PC Gaming Show event, in conjunction with the E3 gaming fair.