Quick look: AMD Radeon R9 Nano
1. Features
AMD launched the Radeon R9 Fury X graphics card back in June this year, which X uses a scaled-up GCN architecture and HBM memory for increased bandwidth and potential to build smaller cards, such as the R9 Nano we are taking a look at today. Looking at the specs of the Nano R9 card you can realize that it uses the full complement of Fiji cores available to the Fury X card. Not only does the R9 Nano feature a full-fat Fiji XT die, the core frequency, quoted as up to 1,000MHz is impressive for a 175W TDP.
| AMD Radeon R9 Fury X | AMD Radeon R9 Fury | AMD Radeon R9 Nano | |
| Stream Processors | 4096 | 3584 | 4096 |
| Texture Units | 256 | 224 | 256 |
| ROPs | 64 | 64 | 64 |
| Boost Clock | 1050MHz | 1000MHz | 1000MHz |
| Memory Clock | 1Gbps HBM | 1Gbps HBM | 1Gbps HBM |
| Memory Bus Width | 4096-bit | 4096-bit | 4096-bit |
| VRAM | 4GB | 4GB | 4GB |
| FP64 | 1/16 | 1/16 | 1/16 |
| TrueAudio | Y | Y | Y |
| Transistor Count | 8.9B | 8.9B | 8.9B |
| Typical Board Power | 275W | 275W | 175W |
| Manufacturing Process | TSMC 28nm | TSMC 28nm | TSMC 28nm |
| GPU | Fiji | Fiji | Fiji |
| Price | $649 | $549 | $649 |
The Radeon R9 Nano is in fact very close to the potential of the Fury X card; the only meaningful difference, from a performance point of view, appears to be a slightly reduced core speed.
But besides the performance potential, the advantage of the R9 Nano is its size, which allows it to easily fit into Mini ITX systems. AMD advertises the R9 Nano as a high-performing graaphics card for gamers who want a small-form-factor system. On paper it's also a good candidate for a deluxe Steam Box for the living room, though it lacks HDMI 2.0 so you may not be able to play games on your new 4K TV.
