NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK vs ATI Radeon X1900 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK and ATI Radeon X1900 GT 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

ATI Radeon X1900 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 55% higher core clock speed: 889 MHz vs 575 MHz
30.9x more texture fill rate: 213 billion / sec vs 6.9 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
24x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 256 MB
62x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9050 vs 146
Around 46% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 597 vs 409

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 February 2014 vs 1 May 2006
Core clock speed	889 MHz vs 575 MHz
Texture fill rate	213 billion / sec vs 6.9 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9050 vs 146
PassMark - G2D Mark	597 vs 409

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1900 GT

3.3x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 250 Watt
171.4x more memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 250 Watt
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1900 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9050

146

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

597

409

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK	ATI Radeon X1900 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	9050	146
PassMark - G2D Mark	597	409
Geekbench - OpenCL	25674
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	72.677
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1293.474
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	7.988
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	22.384
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	290.861
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8721
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3679
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8721
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3679
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3095

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK	ATI Radeon X1900 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	R500
Code name	GK110B	R580
Launch date	18 February 2014	1 May 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$999
Place in performance rating	441	388
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	575 MHz
CUDA cores	2880
Floating-point performance	5,645 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	2880
Texture fill rate	213 billion / sec	6.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	7,080 million	384 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 S-Video
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	10.5" (26.7 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	One 8-pin and one 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.4	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	336 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	7.0 GB/s	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Gaming
3D Vision
3D Vision Live
Adaptive VSync
Blu Ray 3D
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
TXAA