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 |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Geekbench - OpenCL |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK | AMD Radeon R9 290 |
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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 | |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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HDMI | ||
Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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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 |
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DirectX | 12.0 (11_1) | 12 |
OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
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Memory |
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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 |
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3D Gaming | ||
3D Vision | ||
3D Vision Live | ||
Adaptive VSync | ||
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CUDA | ||
FXAA | ||
GPU Boost | ||
TXAA | ||
HD3D | ||
LiquidVR | ||
TressFX | ||
TrueAudio | ||
Unified Video Decoder (UVD) |