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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK

AMD Radeon R9 270X

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 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 613 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	613 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

613

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	613
Geekbench - OpenCL	27012
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)