NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) vs AMD Radeon R9 290X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) and AMD Radeon R9 290X 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)

• Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
• Around 83% higher boost clock speed: 1733 MHz vs 947 MHz
• Around 58% higher texture fill rate: 277.3 GTexel / s vs 176.0 GTexel / s
• Around 58% better floating-point performance: 8,873 gflops vs 5,632 gflops
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
• Around 39% lower typical power consumption: 180 Watt vs 250 Watt
• 2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
• Around 82% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 15560 vs 8567
• Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 886 vs 757
• Around 28% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 55425 vs 43410
• Around 28% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 150.103 vs 117.322
• Around 26% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 14.035 vs 11.12
• Around 30% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 819.934 vs 628.757
• Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11173 vs 8729
• Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11173 vs 8729

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X

• Around 10% higher pipelines: 2816 vs 2560
• 125x more memory clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 10 GB/s
• Around 21% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2460.464 vs 2036.763
• 4.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 120.942 vs 27.417
• Around 91% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 7055 vs 3690
• Around 91% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 7055 vs 3690
• 2.5x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3932 vs 1557

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290X

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	15560 8567
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	886 757
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	55425 43410
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	150.103 117.322
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2036.763 2460.464
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	14.035 11.12
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	27.417 120.942
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	819.934 628.757
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	11173 8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3690 7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3343 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	11173 8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3690 7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3343 3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	1557 3932

Compare specifications (specs)