NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop) vs AMD Radeon R9 390X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop) and AMD Radeon R9 390X 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, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop)

AMD Radeon R9 390X

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 69% higher boost clock speed: 1771 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Around 53% higher texture fill rate: 283.4 GTexel / s vs 184.8 GTexel / s
Around 53% better floating-point performance: 9,068 gflops vs 5,914 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
Around 53% lower typical power consumption: 180 Watt vs 275 Watt
Around 31% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 150.103 vs 114.288
Around 28% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 14.035 vs 10.947
Around 20% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 819.934 vs 683.568
Around 73% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 20151 vs 11675
Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 4646 vs 3706
Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 4195 vs 3350
Around 73% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 20151 vs 11675
Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 4646 vs 3706
Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 4195 vs 3350
Around 70% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 7216 vs 4242

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 August 2016 vs 18 June 2015
Boost clock speed	1771 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Texture fill rate	283.4 GTexel / s vs 184.8 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	9,068 gflops vs 5,914 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	180 Watt vs 275 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	150.103 vs 114.288
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	14.035 vs 10.947
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	819.934 vs 683.568
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	20151 vs 11675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	4646 vs 3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	4195 vs 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	20151 vs 11675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	4646 vs 3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	4195 vs 3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	7216 vs 4242

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 390X

Around 10% higher pipelines: 2816 vs 2560
105x more memory clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 10 GB/s
Around 43% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2911.861 vs 2036.763
4.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 118.411 vs 27.417

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	2816 vs 2560
Memory clock speed	1050 MHz vs 10 GB/s
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2911.861 vs 2036.763
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	118.411 vs 27.417

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 390X

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

150.103

114.288

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2036.763

2911.861

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

14.035

10.947

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

27.417

118.411

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

819.934

683.568

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

20151

11675

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4646

3706

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4195

3350

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

20151

11675

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4646

3706

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4195

3350

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

7216

4242

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop)	AMD Radeon R9 390X
Geekbench - OpenCL	52523
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	150.103	114.288
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2036.763	2911.861
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	14.035	10.947
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	27.417	118.411
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	819.934	683.568
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	20151	11675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	4646	3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	4195	3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	20151	11675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	4646	3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	4195	3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	7216	4242
PassMark - G3D Mark		9443
PassMark - G2D Mark		819

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop)	AMD Radeon R9 390X
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 2.0
Code name	GP104	Grenada
Launch date	15 August 2016	18 June 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$499.99	$429
Place in performance rating	280	279
Price now	$439.99
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	43.70
Design		AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1771 MHz	1050 MHz
Core clock speed	1607 MHz
CUDA cores	2560
Floating-point performance	9,068 gflops	5,914 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	94 °C
Pipelines	2560	2816
Texture fill rate	283.4 GTexel / s	184.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	180 Watt	275 Watt
Transistor count	7,200 million	6,200 million
Compute units		44
Stream Processors		2816
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVI	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
G-SYNC support
Multi monitor support
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays		6
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Bridgeless CrossFire
Length		275 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1 x 6-pin, 1 x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Mantle
OpenCL		2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	320 GB / s	384 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	512 bit
Memory clock speed	10 GB/s	1050 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Technologies
3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
GPU Boost
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
ShadowWorks
SLI
Virtual Reality
VR Ready
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore