NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 vs ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 and ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT 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 780

ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 16% higher core clock speed: 863 MHz vs 743 MHz
13.5x more texture fill rate: 160.5 billion / sec vs 11.89 GTexel / s
7.2x more pipelines: 2304 vs 320
8.7x better floating-point performance: 4,156 gflops vs 475.5 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
6x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 512 MB
3.6x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 1656 MHz
12.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8012 vs 660
Around 49% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 591 vs 397

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 May 2013 vs 14 May 2007
Core clock speed	863 MHz vs 743 MHz
Texture fill rate	160.5 billion / sec vs 11.89 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2304 vs 320
Floating-point performance	4,156 gflops vs 475.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 1656 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8012 vs 660
PassMark - G2D Mark	591 vs 397

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

Around 16% lower typical power consumption: 215 Watt vs 250 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	215 Watt vs 250 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8012

660

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

591

397

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780	ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	8012	660
PassMark - G2D Mark	591	397
Geekbench - OpenCL	24052
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	57.735
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1269.688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	37.407
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	174.323
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9064
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9064
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2784

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780	ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	TeraScale
Code name	GK110	R600
Launch date	23 May 2013	14 May 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$649	$399
Place in performance rating	457	377
Price now	$740.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	12.94
Technical info
Boost clock speed	900 MHz
Core clock speed	863 MHz	743 MHz
CUDA cores	2304
Floating-point performance	4,156 gflops	475.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	95 °C
Pipelines	2304	320
Texture fill rate	160.5 billion / sec	11.89 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	215 Watt
Transistor count	7,080 million	720 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI..., 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	10.5" (26.7 cm)	241 mm
Minimum recommended system power	600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	One 8-pin and one 6-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	288.4 GB / s	106.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	1656 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Gaming
3D Vision
3D Vision Live
Adaptive VSync
Blu Ray 3D
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
PhysX
TXAA