AMD Radeon RX 580 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 580 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, 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), 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 580

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 78% higher core clock speed: 1257 MHz vs 705 MHz
  • Around 53% higher boost clock speed: 1340 MHz vs 876 MHz
  • 570.9x more texture fill rate: 192.96 GTexel/s vs 338 billion / sec
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2x lower typical power consumption: 185 Watt vs 375 Watt
  • 1142.9x more memory clock speed: 8000 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
  • Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 767 vs 639
  • Around 72% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 39028 vs 22732
  • Around 75% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 116.142 vs 66.419
  • Around 17% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 9.235 vs 7.89
  • 4.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 84.034 vs 17.882
  • Around 96% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 607.721 vs 309.857
  • Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11281 vs 8124
  • Around 53% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3695 vs 2413
  • Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3349 vs 2226
  • Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11281 vs 8124
  • Around 53% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3695 vs 2413
  • Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3349 vs 2226
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 April 2017 vs 28 May 2014
Core clock speed 1257 MHz vs 705 MHz
Boost clock speed 1340 MHz vs 876 MHz
Texture fill rate 192.96 GTexel/s vs 338 billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 185 Watt vs 375 Watt
Memory clock speed 8000 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 767 vs 639
Geekbench - OpenCL 39028 vs 22732
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 116.142 vs 66.419
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 9.235 vs 7.89
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 84.034 vs 17.882
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 607.721 vs 309.857
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11281 vs 8124
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3695 vs 2413
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3349 vs 2226
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11281 vs 8124
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3695 vs 2413
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3349 vs 2226

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z

  • 2.5x more pipelines: 2x 2880 vs 2304
  • 1627.7x better floating-point performance: 2x 5,046 gflops vs 6.2 TFLOPs
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8905 vs 8827
  • Around 23% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1261.593 vs 1022.932
  • 17x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 17055 vs 1005
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 2x 2880 vs 2304
Floating-point performance 2x 5,046 gflops vs 6.2 TFLOPs
Maximum memory size 12 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 8905 vs 8827
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1261.593 vs 1022.932
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 17055 vs 1005

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 580
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
8827
8905
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
767
639
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
39028
22732
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
116.142
66.419
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1022.932
1261.593
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9.235
7.89
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
84.034
17.882
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
607.721
309.857
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11281
8124
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3695
2413
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3349
2226
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11281
8124
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3695
2413
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3349
2226
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
1005
17055
Name AMD Radeon RX 580 NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z
PassMark - G3D Mark 8827 8905
PassMark - G2D Mark 767 639
Geekbench - OpenCL 39028 22732
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 116.142 66.419
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1022.932 1261.593
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 9.235 7.89
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 84.034 17.882
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 607.721 309.857
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11281 8124
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3695 2413
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3349 2226
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11281 8124
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3695 2413
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3349 2226
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1005 17055

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 580 NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 Kepler
Code name Polaris 20 GK110B
Design Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch date 18 April 2017 28 May 2014
Launch price (MSRP) $229 $2,999
Place in performance rating 341 336
Price now $169.99 $1,580
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 76.21 6.46

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1340 MHz 876 MHz
Compute units 36
Core clock speed 1257 MHz 705 MHz
Floating-point performance 6.2 TFLOPs 2x 5,046 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 2304 2x 2880
Pixel fill rate 42.88 GP/s
Render output units 32
Stream Processors 2304
Texture fill rate 192.96 GTexel/s 338 billion / sec
Texture Units 144
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 185 Watt 375 Watt
Transistor count 5,700 million 7,080 million
CUDA cores 5760

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x 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
HDMI
VGA
Audio input for HDMI Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bridgeless CrossFire
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 241 mm 10.5" (26.7 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin Two 8-pin
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)

API support

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

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 12 GB
Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s 672 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 bit 768-bit (384-bit per GPU)
Memory clock speed 8000 MHz 7.0 GB/s
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready
3D Gaming
3D Vision
3D Vision Live
Adaptive VSync
Blu Ray 3D
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
TXAA