NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK vs AMD Radeon R9 290

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK and AMD Radeon R9 290 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 3 month(s) later
  • Around 41% higher texture fill rate: 213 billion / sec vs 151.5 GTexel / s
  • Around 13% higher pipelines: 2880 vs 2560
  • Around 16% better floating-point performance: 5,645 gflops vs 4,849 gflops
  • Around 10% lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 275 Watt
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
  • Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9050 vs 8315
  • Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8721 vs 6300
  • Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8721 vs 6300
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 February 2014 vs 5 November 2013
Texture fill rate 213 billion / sec vs 151.5 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2880 vs 2560
Floating-point performance 5,645 gflops vs 4,849 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt vs 275 Watt
Maximum memory size 6 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 9050 vs 8315
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8721 vs 6300
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8721 vs 6300

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290

  • Around 7% higher core clock speed: 947 MHz vs 889 MHz
  • 714.3x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
  • Around 30% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 774 vs 597
  • 4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 102277 vs 25477
  • Around 23% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 89.325 vs 72.677
  • Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1366.314 vs 1293.474
  • Around 26% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 10.034 vs 7.988
  • 4.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 98.765 vs 22.384
  • Around 86% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 540.645 vs 290.861
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3711 vs 3679
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3711 vs 3679
  • Around 19% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3684 vs 3095
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 947 MHz vs 889 MHz
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 774 vs 597
Geekbench - OpenCL 102277 vs 25477
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 89.325 vs 72.677
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1366.314 vs 1293.474
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 10.034 vs 7.988
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 98.765 vs 22.384
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 540.645 vs 290.861
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3711 vs 3679
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3354 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3711 vs 3679
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3354 vs 3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3684 vs 3095

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
9050
8315
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
597
774
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
25477
102277
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
72.677
89.325
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1293.474
1366.314
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7.988
10.034
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22.384
98.765
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
290.861
540.645
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8721
6300
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3679
3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8721
6300
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3679
3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
3354
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
3095
3684
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK AMD Radeon R9 290
PassMark - G3D Mark 9050 8315
PassMark - G2D Mark 597 774
Geekbench - OpenCL 25477 102277
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 72.677 89.325
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1293.474 1366.314
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 7.988 10.034
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 22.384 98.765
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 290.861 540.645
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8721 6300
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3679 3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8721 6300
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3679 3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 3354
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3095 3684

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK AMD Radeon R9 290

Essentials

Architecture Kepler GCN 2.0
Code name GK110B Hawaii
Launch date 18 February 2014 5 November 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $999 $399
Place in performance rating 442 349
Price now $999.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 10.82
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 980 MHz
Core clock speed 889 MHz 947 MHz
CUDA cores 2880
Floating-point performance 5,645 gflops 4,849 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 2880 2560
Texture fill rate 213 billion / sec 151.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt 275 Watt
Transistor count 7,080 million 6,200 million

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
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 10.5" (26.7 cm) 275 mm
Supplementary power connectors One 8-pin and one 6-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 12
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 336 GB / s 320.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 384 Bit 512 Bit
Memory clock speed 7.0 GB/s 5000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

3D Gaming
3D Vision
3D Vision Live
Adaptive VSync
Blu Ray 3D
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
TXAA
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)