NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X vs AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X and AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2 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 X
- Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
- Around 8% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 925 MHz
- 2x lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 500 Watt
- 2x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 2x 3 GB
Launch date | 17 March 2015 vs 31 August 2012 |
Core clock speed | 1000 MHz vs 925 MHz |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 250 Watt vs 500 Watt |
Maximum memory size | 12 GB vs 2x 3 GB |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2
- 11x more texture fill rate: 2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 192 billion / sec
- Around 33% higher pipelines: 2x 2048 vs 3072
- Around 13% better floating-point performance: 2x 3,789 gflops vs 6,691 gflops
- 785.7x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
- Around 45% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 17.707 vs 12.245
Specifications (specs) | |
Texture fill rate | 2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 192 billion / sec |
Pipelines | 2x 2048 vs 3072 |
Floating-point performance | 2x 3,789 gflops vs 6,691 gflops |
Memory clock speed | 5500 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s |
Benchmarks | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 17.707 vs 12.245 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X | AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 12929 | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 834 | |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 41155 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 157.231 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1722.566 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 12.245 | 17.707 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 38.225 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 518.554 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 9834 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3700 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3343 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 9834 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3700 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3343 | |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 5307 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X | AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 | GCN 1.0 |
Code name | GM200 | New Zealand |
Launch date | 17 March 2015 | 31 August 2012 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $999 | $899 |
Place in performance rating | 327 | 328 |
Price now | $1,999.99 | |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Value for money (0-100) | 7.38 | |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 1075 MHz | |
Core clock speed | 1000 MHz | 925 MHz |
CUDA cores | 3072 | |
Floating-point performance | 6,691 gflops | 2x 3,789 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
Pipelines | 3072 | 2x 2048 |
Texture fill rate | 192 billion / sec | 2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 250 Watt | 500 Watt |
Transistor count | 8,000 million | 4,313 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Audio input for HDMI | Internal | |
Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2 | 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort |
HDCP | ||
Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
Multi monitor support | ||
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) | 292 mm |
Recommended system power (PSU) | 600 Watt | |
SLI options | 4x | |
Supplementary power connectors | 6-pin + 8-pin | 3x 8-pin |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 12.0 (11_1) |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.5 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 12 GB | 2x 3 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 336.5 GB / s | 2x 264.0 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 2x 384 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 7.0 GB/s | 5500 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
Technologies |
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CUDA | ||
GameStream | ||
GameWorks | ||
GeForce ShadowPlay | ||
GPU Boost |