NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop) vs AMD Radeon R9 290X2
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop) 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: 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 (Laptop)
- Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 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 | 15 August 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
- 7.7x more texture fill rate: 2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 283.4 GTexel / s
- 2.2x more pipelines: 2x 2816 vs 2560
- Around 24% better floating-point performance: 2x 5,632 gflops vs 9,068 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 283.4 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 2x 2816 vs 2560 |
| Floating-point performance | 2x 5,632 gflops vs 9,068 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 (Laptop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290X2
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) |
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop) | AMD Radeon R9 290X2 |
|---|---|---|
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 52523 | |
| 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) | 20151 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 4646 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 4195 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 20151 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 4646 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 4195 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 7216 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop) | AMD Radeon R9 290X2 | |
|---|---|---|
Essentials |
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| Architecture | Pascal | GCN 2.0 |
| Code name | GP104 | Hawaii |
| Launch date | 15 August 2016 | 24 June 2014 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $499.99 | $1,399 |
| Place in performance rating | 280 | 282 |
| Price now | $439.99 | |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 43.70 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1771 MHz | |
| Core clock speed | 1607 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 2560 | |
| Floating-point performance | 9,068 gflops | 2x 5,632 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 16 nm | 28 nm |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 94 °C | |
| Pipelines | 2560 | 2x 2816 |
| Texture fill rate | 283.4 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 |
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| Display Connectors | DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVI | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
| G-SYNC support | ||
| Multi monitor support | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bus support | PCIe 3.0 | |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Laptop size | large | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 4x 8-pin | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 12.0 (12_0) |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| Vulkan | ||
Memory |
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| 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 |
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| 3D Vision | ||
| Ansel | ||
| CUDA | ||
| GPU Boost | ||
| Multi Monitor | ||
| Multi-Projection | ||
| ShadowWorks | ||
| SLI | ||
| Virtual Reality | ||
| VR Ready | ||
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