NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK vs AMD Radeon Sky 500

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK and AMD Radeon Sky 500 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 10 month(s) later
  • 2.8x more texture fill rate: 213 billion / sec vs 76 GTexel / s
  • 2.3x more pipelines: 2880 vs 1280
  • 2.3x better floating-point performance: 5,645 gflops vs 2,432 gflops
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
  • Around 90% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9050 vs 4764
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 597 vs 551
  • Around 33% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 72.677 vs 54.669
  • Around 18% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1293.474 vs 1096.68
  • Around 49% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 7.988 vs 5.352
  • Around 17% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 290.861 vs 247.642
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8721 vs 3585
  • Around 74% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3679 vs 2116
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8721 vs 3585
  • Around 74% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3679 vs 2116
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 February 2014 vs 27 March 2013
Texture fill rate 213 billion / sec vs 76 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2880 vs 1280
Floating-point performance 5,645 gflops vs 2,432 gflops
Maximum memory size 6 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 9050 vs 4764
PassMark - G2D Mark 597 vs 551
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 72.677 vs 54.669
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1293.474 vs 1096.68
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 7.988 vs 5.352
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 290.861 vs 247.642
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8721 vs 3585
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3679 vs 2116
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8721 vs 3585
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3679 vs 2116

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Sky 500

  • Around 7% higher core clock speed: 950 MHz vs 889 MHz
  • Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • 685.7x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
  • 2.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 74902 vs 25674
  • 4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 89.633 vs 22.384
  • Around 53% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 5116 vs 3353
  • Around 53% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 5116 vs 3353
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 950 MHz vs 889 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt vs 250 Watt
Memory clock speed 4800 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 74902 vs 25674
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 89.633 vs 22.384
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 5116 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 5116 vs 3353

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Sky 500

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
9050
4764
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
597
551
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
25674
74902
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
72.677
54.669
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1293.474
1096.68
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7.988
5.352
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22.384
89.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
290.861
247.642
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8721
3585
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3679
2116
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
5116
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8721
3585
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3679
2116
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
5116
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK AMD Radeon Sky 500
PassMark - G3D Mark 9050 4764
PassMark - G2D Mark 597 551
Geekbench - OpenCL 25674 74902
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 72.677 54.669
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1293.474 1096.68
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 7.988 5.352
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 22.384 89.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 290.861 247.642
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8721 3585
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3679 2116
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 5116
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8721 3585
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3679 2116
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 5116
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3095

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK AMD Radeon Sky 500

Essentials

Architecture Kepler GCN 1.0
Code name GK110B Pitcairn
Launch date 18 February 2014 27 March 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $999
Place in performance rating 440 510
Price now $999.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 10.82

Technical info

Boost clock speed 980 MHz
Core clock speed 889 MHz 950 MHz
CUDA cores 2880
Floating-point performance 5,645 gflops 2,432 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 2880 1280
Texture fill rate 213 billion / sec 76 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 7,080 million 2,800 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... 1x DisplayPort
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support
DisplayPort count 1
Dual-link DVI support

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) 242 mm
Supplementary power connectors One 8-pin and one 6-pin 1x 6-pin
Form factor Full Height / Full Length

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.4 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 336 GB / s 154 GB / s
Memory bus width 384 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 7.0 GB/s 4800 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

3D Gaming
3D Vision
3D Vision Live
Adaptive VSync
Blu Ray 3D
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
TXAA