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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X

AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

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)

GPU 1

GPU 2

12.245

17.707

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X	AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	12925
PassMark - G2D Mark	835
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
Essentials
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
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
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
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
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
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
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost