AMD Radeon R9 380X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 380X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z 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 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 11% higher boost clock speed: 970 MHz vs 876 MHz
  • Around 97% lower typical power consumption: 190 Watt vs 375 Watt
  • 138.6x more memory clock speed: 970 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 666 vs 656
  • Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 9685 vs 8124
  • Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 9685 vs 8124
  • Around 54% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3717 vs 2413
  • Around 54% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3717 vs 2413
  • Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3361 vs 2226
  • Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3361 vs 2226
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 19 November 2015 vs 28 May 2014
Boost clock speed 970 MHz vs 876 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 190 Watt vs 375 Watt
Memory clock speed 970 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 666 vs 656
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 9685 vs 8124
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 9685 vs 8124
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 vs 2413
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 vs 2413
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3361 vs 2226
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3361 vs 2226

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z

  • 2.7x more texture fill rate: 338 billion / sec vs 124.2 GTexel / s
  • 2.8x more pipelines: 2x 2880 vs 2048
  • 2.5x better floating-point performance: 2x 5,046 gflops vs 3,973 gflops
  • 3x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 4 GB
  • Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8987 vs 6209
  • 5.6x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 17055 vs 3053
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 338 billion / sec vs 124.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2x 2880 vs 2048
Floating-point performance 2x 5,046 gflops vs 3,973 gflops
Maximum memory size 12 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 8987 vs 6209
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 17055 vs 3053

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
6209
8987
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
666
656
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9685
8124
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9685
8124
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
2413
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
2413
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3361
2226
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3361
2226
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
3053
17055
Name AMD Radeon R9 380X NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z
PassMark - G3D Mark 6209 8987
PassMark - G2D Mark 666 656
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 9685 8124
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 9685 8124
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 2413
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 2413
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3361 2226
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3361 2226
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3053 17055
Geekbench - OpenCL 22732
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 66.419
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1261.593
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 7.89
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 17.882
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 309.857

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R9 380X NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z

Essentials

Architecture GCN 3.0 Kepler
Code name Antigua GK110B
Design AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch date 19 November 2015 28 May 2014
Launch price (MSRP) $229 $2,999
Place in performance rating 313 395
Price now $528.44 $1,580
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 15.61 6.46

Technical info

Boost clock speed 970 MHz 876 MHz
Compute units 32
Floating-point performance 3,973 gflops 2x 5,046 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 2048 2x 2880
Stream Processors 2048
Texture fill rate 124.2 GTexel / s 338 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 190 Watt 375 Watt
Transistor count 5,000 million 7,080 million
Core clock speed 705 MHz
CUDA cores 5760

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
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
VGA
Audio input for HDMI Internal
G-SYNC support
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 Two 8-pin
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (11_1)
Mantle
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.4
Vulkan

Memory

High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 12 GB
Memory bandwidth 182.4 GB/s 672 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 bit 768-bit (384-bit per GPU)
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
3D Gaming
3D Vision
3D Vision Live
Adaptive VSync
Blu Ray 3D
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
TXAA