NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 vs ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 and ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition 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 X1950 CrossFire Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 33% higher core clock speed: 863 MHz vs 650 MHz
15.4x more texture fill rate: 160.5 billion / sec vs 10.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
6x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 512 MB
3x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 2000 MHz
53.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8012 vs 151
Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 591 vs 466

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 May 2013 vs 10 September 2006
Core clock speed	863 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate	160.5 billion / sec vs 10.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8012 vs 151
PassMark - G2D Mark	591 vs 466

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8012

151

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

591

466

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780	ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark	8012	151
PassMark - G2D Mark	591	466
Geekbench - OpenCL	24047
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 X1950 CrossFire Edition
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	R500
Code name	GK110	R580+
Launch date	23 May 2013	10 September 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$649
Place in performance rating	454	328
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	650 MHz
CUDA cores	2304
Floating-point performance	4,156 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	95 °C
Pipelines	2304
Texture fill rate	160.5 billion / sec	10.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt
Transistor count	7,080 million	384 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)
Minimum recommended system power	600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	One 8-pin and one 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	288.4 GB / s	64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR4
Technologies
3D Gaming
3D Vision
3D Vision Live
Adaptive VSync
Blu Ray 3D
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
PhysX
TXAA