AMD started Radeon R9 Nano sales 10 September 2015 at a recommended price of $649 . This is a desktop graphics card based on a GCN 1.2 architecture and made with 28 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamer market. 4 GB of High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) memory clocked at 500 GHz are supplied, and together with 4096 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is dual-slot card attached via PCIe 3.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 152 mm. 1x 8-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 175 Watt.

It provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at 21.91% of a leader's which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.

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General info

Some basic facts about Radeon R9 Nano: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in performance ranking	233
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Value for money	5.28
Architecture	GCN 1.2 (2015−2016)
GPU code name	Fiji
Market segment	Desktop
Design	reference
Release date	10 September 2015 (8 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$649
Current price	$27 (0x MSRP)	of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Technical specs

Radeon R9 Nano's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Radeon R9 Nano's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	4096	of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
Compute units	64
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	of 3599 (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Number of transistors	8,900 million	of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	of 4 (GeForce RTX 4080)
Power consumption (TDP)	175 Watt	of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate	256.0	of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB)
Floating-point performance	8,192 gflops	of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo)

Size and compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Radeon R9 Nano and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	152 mm
Width	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin
Bridgeless CrossFire	1

Memory

Parameters of memory installed on Radeon R9 Nano: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory type	High Bandwidth Memory (HBM)
High bandwidth memory (HBM)	+
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Memory bus width	4096 Bit	of 19000 (GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB)
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER)
Memory bandwidth	512 GB/s	of 3276 (Aldebaran)
Shared memory	-

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on Radeon R9 Nano. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Eyefinity	+
Number of Eyefinity displays	6
HDMI	+
DisplayPort support	+

Technologies

Technological solutions and APIs supported by Radeon R9 Nano. You'll probably need this information if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration	+
CrossFire	1
Enduro	-
FRTC	1
FreeSync	1
HD3D	+
LiquidVR	1
PowerTune	+
TressFX	1
TrueAudio	+
ZeroCore	+
VCE	+
DDMA audio	+

API support

APIs supported by Radeon R9 Nano, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	DirectX® 12
Shader Model	6.3
OpenGL	4.5	of 4.6 (GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile)
OpenCL	2.0
Vulkan	+
Mantle	+

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of Radeon R9 Nano. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

R9 Nano 21.91

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

R9 Nano 8486

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

R9 Nano 43546

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

R9 Nano 17282

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

R9 Nano 14362

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

R9 Nano 81374

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 8%

R9 Nano 402499

Unigine Heaven 4.0

This is an old DirectX 11 benchmark, a newer version of Unigine 3.0 with relatively small differences. It displays a fantasy medieval town sprawling over several flying islands. The benchmark is still sometimes used, despite its significant age, as it was released back in 2013.

Benchmark coverage: 1%

R9 Nano 1732

Gaming performance

Let's see how good Radeon R9 Nano is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular modern games across different resolutions:

Full HD	91
4K	45

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

35−40

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40
Battlefield 5	70−75
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	55−60
Cyberpunk 2077	35−40
Far Cry 5	55−60
Far Cry New Dawn	55−60
Forza Horizon 4	70−75
Hitman 3	60−65
Horizon Zero Dawn	45−50
Red Dead Redemption 2	35−40
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	45−50
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40
Battlefield 5	70−75
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	55−60
Cyberpunk 2077	35−40
Far Cry 5	55−60
Far Cry New Dawn	55−60
Forza Horizon 4	70−75
Hitman 3	60−65
Horizon Zero Dawn	45−50
Metro Exodus	35−40
Red Dead Redemption 2	35−40
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	45−50
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	45−50
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40
Battlefield 5	70−75
Cyberpunk 2077	35−40
Far Cry 5	55−60
Far Cry New Dawn	55−60
Forza Horizon 4	70−75
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	47
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30−35
Hitman 3	35−40
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30
Metro Exodus	21−24
Red Dead Redemption 2	16−18
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	27−30

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21−24
Battlefield 5	45−50
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14
Far Cry 5	35−40
Far Cry New Dawn	40−45
Forza Horizon 4	45−50
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27
Watch Dogs: Legion	16−18

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18
Hitman 3	20−22
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16
Metro Exodus	12−14
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	35

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14
Battlefield 5	24−27
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6
Far Cry 5	18−20
Far Cry New Dawn	21−24
Forza Horizon 4	30−35
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−11

Relative perfomance

Radeon R9 Nano's performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop video cards.

AMD Radeon RX 5500 103.7

AMD Radeon RX 480 101.73

AMD Radeon R9 295X2 101.6

AMD Radeon R9 Nano 100

AMD Hawaii 96.99

NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN 96.39

AMD Radeon RX 470 95.39

NVIDIA equivalent

According to our data, the closest NVIDIA alternative to Radeon R9 Nano is GeForce GTX TITAN, which is slower by 4% and lower by 6 positions in our ranking.

GeForce GTXTITAN

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Here are some closest NVIDIA rivals to Radeon R9 Nano:

NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK 106.62

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB 106.53

NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z 105.89

AMD Radeon R9 Nano 100

NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN 96.39

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 94.43

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 92.83