AMD Radeon R9 380X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 380X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 380X

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
  • Around 32% lower typical power consumption: 190 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • 138.6x more memory clock speed: 970 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3361 vs 3343
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3361 vs 3343
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 19 November 2015 vs 17 March 2015
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 190 Watt vs 250 Watt
Memory clock speed 970 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 vs 3700
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 vs 3700
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3361 vs 3343
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3361 vs 3343

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X

  • Around 11% higher boost clock speed: 1075 MHz vs 970 MHz
  • Around 55% higher texture fill rate: 192 billion / sec vs 124.2 GTexel / s
  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 3072 vs 2048
  • Around 68% better floating-point performance: 6,691 gflops vs 3,973 gflops
  • 3x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 4 GB
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13048 vs 6224
  • Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 847 vs 667
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 9834 vs 9685
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 9834 vs 9685
  • Around 71% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 5228 vs 3053
Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed 1075 MHz vs 970 MHz
Texture fill rate 192 billion / sec vs 124.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 3072 vs 2048
Floating-point performance 6,691 gflops vs 3,973 gflops
Maximum memory size 12 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 13048 vs 6224
PassMark - G2D Mark 847 vs 667
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 9834 vs 9685
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 9834 vs 9685
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 5228 vs 3053

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 380X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
6224
13048
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
667
847
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9685
9834
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9685
9834
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3700
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3700
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3361
3343
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3361
3343
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
3053
5228
Name AMD Radeon R9 380X NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X
PassMark - G3D Mark 6224 13048
PassMark - G2D Mark 667 847
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 9685 9834
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 9685 9834
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 3700
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 3700
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3361 3343
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3361 3343
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3053 5228
Geekbench - OpenCL 40196
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 157.231
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1722.566
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 12.245
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 38.225
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 518.554

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R9 380X NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X

Essentials

Architecture GCN 3.0 Maxwell 2.0
Code name Antigua GM200
Design AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch date 19 November 2015 17 March 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $229 $999
Place in performance rating 313 314
Price now $528.44 $1,999.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 15.61 7.38

Technical info

Boost clock speed 970 MHz 1075 MHz
Compute units 32
Floating-point performance 3,973 gflops 6,691 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 2048 3072
Stream Processors 2048
Texture fill rate 124.2 GTexel / s 192 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 190 Watt 250 Watt
Transistor count 5,000 million 8,000 million
Core clock speed 1000 MHz
CUDA cores 3072

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
VGA
Audio input for HDMI Internal
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCI Express 3.0
Form factor Full Height / Full Length
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 221 mm 10.5" (26.7 cm)
Supplementary power connectors ​2 x 6-pin 6-pin + 8-pin
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 600 Watt
SLI options 4x

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (12_1)
Mantle
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 12 GB
Memory bandwidth 182.4 GB/s 336.5 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 970 MHz 7.0 GB/s
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
FRTC
HD3D
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost