NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q vs AMD Radeon R9 295X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q and AMD Radeon R9 295X2 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, 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 Max-Q

AMD Radeon R9 295X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 44% higher boost clock speed: 1468 MHz vs 1018 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
3.3x lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 500 Watt
8x more memory clock speed: 10008 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 11533 vs 8639

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 June 2017 vs 29 April 2014
Boost clock speed	1468 MHz vs 1018 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 500 Watt
Memory clock speed	10008 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	11533 vs 8639

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 295X2

9.3x more texture fill rate: 2x 179.2 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 234.9 GTexel / s
2.2x more pipelines: 2x 2816 vs 2560
Around 53% better floating-point performance: 2x 5,733 gflops vs 7,516 gflops
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 764 vs 735

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	2x 179.2 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 234.9 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 2816 vs 2560
Floating-point performance	2x 5,733 gflops vs 7,516 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	764 vs 735

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 295X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

11533

8639

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

735

764

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q	AMD Radeon R9 295X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	11533	8639
PassMark - G2D Mark	735	764
Geekbench - OpenCL	45938
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	17105
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	5581
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	17105
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	5581
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3360
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	6008	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q	AMD Radeon R9 295X2
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 2.0
Code name	GP104	Vesuvius
Launch date	27 June 2017	29 April 2014
Place in performance rating	179	174
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,499
Price now		$1,099.99
Value for money (0-100)		11.14
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1468 MHz	1018 MHz
Core clock speed	1290 MHz
Floating-point performance	7,516 gflops	2x 5,733 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2560	2x 2816
Texture fill rate	234.9 GTexel / s	2x 179.2 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	500 Watt
Transistor count	7,200 million	6,200 million
Stream Processors		5632
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
G-SYNC support
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	2 x 8-pin
Bus support		PCIe 2.1 x16
Length		307 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	320.3 GB / s	640 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2x 512 Bit
Memory clock speed	10008 MHz	1250 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5X	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
VR Ready
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)