AMD Radeon R9 270X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 270X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270X

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
  • Around 20% higher boost clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 876 MHz
  • Around 39% lower typical power consumption: 180 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 63.87 vs 62.027
  • Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1314.72 vs 1218.137
  • Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 6.354 vs 5.835
  • 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 85.21 vs 36.842
  • Around 46% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 315.412 vs 215.546
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 8 October 2013 vs 19 February 2013
Boost clock speed 1050 MHz vs 876 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 180 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 63.87 vs 62.027
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1314.72 vs 1218.137
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 6.354 vs 5.835
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 85.21 vs 36.842
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 315.412 vs 215.546

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN

  • 2.2x more texture fill rate: 187.5 billion / sec vs 84 GTexel / s
  • 2.1x more pipelines: 2688 vs 1280
  • Around 75% better floating-point performance: 4,709 gflops vs 2,688 gflops
  • 3x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 68% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8190 vs 4889
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 630 vs 611
  • Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 10176 vs 8068
  • Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 10176 vs 8068
  • Around 64% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2901 vs 1771
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 187.5 billion / sec vs 84 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2688 vs 1280
Floating-point performance 4,709 gflops vs 2,688 gflops
Maximum memory size 6 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 8190 vs 4889
PassMark - G2D Mark 630 vs 611
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 10176 vs 8068
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3715 vs 3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 10176 vs 8068
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3715 vs 3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2901 vs 1771

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 270X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
4889
8190
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
611
630
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
63.87
62.027
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1314.72
1218.137
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6.354
5.835
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
85.21
36.842
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
315.412
215.546
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8068
10176
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3706
3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3350
3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8068
10176
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3706
3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3350
3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
1771
2901
Name AMD Radeon R9 270X NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN
PassMark - G3D Mark 4889 8190
PassMark - G2D Mark 611 630
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 63.87 62.027
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1314.72 1218.137
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 6.354 5.835
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 85.21 36.842
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 315.412 215.546
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8068 10176
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3706 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3350 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8068 10176
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3706 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3350 3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1771 2901
Geekbench - OpenCL 23870

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R9 270X NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Kepler
Code name Curacao GK110
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date 8 October 2013 19 February 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $199 $999
Place in performance rating 439 428
Price now $399 $2,054.59
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 16.05 5.09

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1050 MHz 876 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,688 gflops 4,709 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1280 2688
Stream Processors 1280
Texture fill rate 84 GTexel / s 187.5 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 180 Watt 250 Watt
Transistor count 2,800 million 7,080 million
Core clock speed 837 MHz
CUDA cores 2688

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort, One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI...
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Audio input for HDMI Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCI Express 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2 x 6-pin One 8-pin and one 6-pin
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length 10.5" (26.7 cm)

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 6 GB
Memory bandwidth 179.2 GB/s 288.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 384-bit GDDR5
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0
Memory clock speed 6.0 GB/s

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
3D Gaming
3D Vision
3D Vision Live
Adaptive VSync
Blu Ray 3D
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
TXAA