NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) vs AMD Radeon R9 290X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) and AMD Radeon R9 290X2 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)

AMD Radeon R9 290X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 61% higher core clock speed: 1607 MHz vs 1000 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
3.2x lower typical power consumption: 180 Watt vs 580 Watt

Launch date	27 May 2016 vs 24 June 2014
Core clock speed	1607 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	180 Watt vs 580 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X2

7.8x more texture fill rate: 2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 277.3 GTexel / s
2.2x more pipelines: 2x 2816 vs 2560
Around 27% better floating-point performance: 2x 5,632 gflops vs 8,873 gflops
540x more memory clock speed: 5400 MHz vs 10 GB/s
Around 39% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 19.441 vs 14.035

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 277.3 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 2816 vs 2560
Floating-point performance	2x 5,632 gflops vs 8,873 gflops
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz vs 10 GB/s
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	19.441 vs 14.035

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290X2

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

14.035

19.441

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)	AMD Radeon R9 290X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	15549
PassMark - G2D Mark	887
Geekbench - OpenCL	55525
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	150.103
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2036.763
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	14.035	19.441
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	27.417
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	819.934
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3343
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3343
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	7537

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)	AMD Radeon R9 290X2
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 2.0
Code name	GP104	Hawaii
Launch date	27 May 2016	24 June 2014
Launch price (MSRP)	$599	$1,399
Place in performance rating	272	275
Price now	$439.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	43.72
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1733 MHz
Core clock speed	1607 MHz	1000 MHz
CUDA cores	2560
Floating-point performance	8,873 gflops	2x 5,632 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	94 °C
Pipelines	2560	2x 2816
Texture fill rate	277.3 GTexel / s	2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	180 Watt	580 Watt
Transistor count	7,200 million	6,200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVI, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
G-SYNC support
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	10.5" (26.7 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	8-pin	4x 8-pin
Width	2-slot
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2x 4 GB
Memory bandwidth	320 GB / s	2x 345.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2x 512 Bit
Memory clock speed	10 GB/s	5400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
GPU Boost
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
ShadowWorks
SLI
Virtual Reality
VR Ready