NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X vs AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X and AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM 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 8990 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 5% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 950 MHz
Around 8% higher boost clock speed: 1075 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 375 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 2x 3 GB
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13048 vs 5214
Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 847 vs 658
3.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 157.231 vs 44.481
Around 43% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 12.245 vs 8.536
Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 518.554 vs 470.237

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 March 2015 vs 24 April 2013
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 950 MHz
Boost clock speed	1075 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt vs 375 Watt
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 2x 3 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	13048 vs 5214
PassMark - G2D Mark	847 vs 658
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	157.231 vs 44.481
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	12.245 vs 8.536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	518.554 vs 470.237

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

11.1x more texture fill rate: 2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 192 billion / sec
Around 33% higher pipelines: 2x 2048 vs 3072
Around 22% better floating-point performance: 2x 4,096 gflops vs 6,691 gflops
857.1x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
Around 15% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1984.655 vs 1722.566
3.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 125.504 vs 38.225

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 192 billion / sec
Pipelines	2x 2048 vs 3072
Floating-point performance	2x 4,096 gflops vs 6,691 gflops
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1984.655 vs 1722.566
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	125.504 vs 38.225

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

13048

5214

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

847

658

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

157.231

44.481

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1722.566

1984.655

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

12.245

8.536

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

38.225

125.504

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

518.554

470.237

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X	AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	13048	5214
PassMark - G2D Mark	847	658
Geekbench - OpenCL	40196
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	157.231	44.481
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1722.566	1984.655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	12.245	8.536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	38.225	125.504
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	518.554	470.237
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	5228

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X	AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	GM200	Malta
Launch date	17 March 2015	24 April 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$999	$999
Place in performance rating	314	320
Price now	$1,999.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	7.38
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1075 MHz	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	950 MHz
CUDA cores	3072
Floating-point performance	6,691 gflops	2x 4,096 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	3072	2x 2048
Texture fill rate	192 billion / sec	2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	375 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)	307 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	600 Watt
SLI options	4x
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin + 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 288.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	2x 384 Bit
Memory clock speed	7.0 GB/s	6000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost