NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK vs AMD Radeon R9 270X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK and AMD Radeon R9 270X 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
  • 2.5x more texture fill rate: 213 billion / sec vs 84 GTexel / s
  • 2.3x more pipelines: 2880 vs 1280
  • 2.1x better floating-point performance: 5,645 gflops vs 2,688 gflops
  • 3x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 84% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8972 vs 4870
  • Around 14% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 72.677 vs 63.87
  • Around 26% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 7.988 vs 6.354
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8721 vs 8068
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8721 vs 8068
  • Around 75% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3095 vs 1772
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 February 2014 vs 8 October 2013
Texture fill rate 213 billion / sec vs 84 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2880 vs 1280
Floating-point performance 5,645 gflops vs 2,688 gflops
Maximum memory size 6 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 8972 vs 4870
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 72.677 vs 63.87
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 7.988 vs 6.354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8721 vs 8068
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 vs 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8721 vs 8068
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 vs 3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3095 vs 1772

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270X

  • Around 7% higher boost clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 980 MHz
  • Around 39% lower typical power consumption: 180 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 612 vs 592
  • Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1314.72 vs 1293.474
  • 3.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 85.21 vs 22.384
  • Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 315.412 vs 290.861
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3706 vs 3679
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3706 vs 3679
Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed 1050 MHz vs 980 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 180 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 612 vs 592
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1314.72 vs 1293.474
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 85.21 vs 22.384
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 315.412 vs 290.861
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3706 vs 3679
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3706 vs 3679

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 270X

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
8972
4870
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
592
612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
72.677
63.87
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1293.474
1314.72
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7.988
6.354
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22.384
85.21
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
290.861
315.412
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8721
8068
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3679
3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8721
8068
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3679
3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
3095
1772
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK AMD Radeon R9 270X
PassMark - G3D Mark 8972 4870
PassMark - G2D Mark 592 612
Geekbench - OpenCL 27036
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 72.677 63.87
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1293.474 1314.72
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 7.988 6.354
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 22.384 85.21
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 290.861 315.412
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8721 8068
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3679 3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8721 8068
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3679 3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3095 1772

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK AMD Radeon R9 270X

Essentials

Architecture Kepler GCN 1.0
Code name GK110B Curacao
Launch date 18 February 2014 8 October 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $999 $199
Place in performance rating 452 453
Price now $999.99 $399
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 10.82 16.05
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 980 MHz 1050 MHz
Core clock speed 889 MHz
CUDA cores 2880
Floating-point performance 5,645 gflops 2,688 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 2880 1280
Texture fill rate 213 billion / sec 84 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt 180 Watt
Transistor count 7,080 million 2,800 million
Stream Processors 1280

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI Internal
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort, One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI... 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0 PCIe 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 10.5" (26.7 cm)
Supplementary power connectors One 8-pin and one 6-pin 2 x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 12
OpenGL 4.4 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 336 GB / s 179.2 GB/s
Memory bus width 384 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 7.0 GB/s
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Gaming
3D Vision
3D Vision Live
Adaptive VSync
Blu Ray 3D
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
TXAA
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)