NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Xp vs AMD Radeon R9 290X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Xp and AMD Radeon R9 290X 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: 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), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Xp

AMD Radeon R9 290X

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Xp

Around 67% higher boost clock speed: 1582 MHz vs 947 MHz
3x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 4 GB
2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 255.521 vs 114.883
Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2621.94 vs 2460.464
Around 91% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 21.26 vs 11.12
2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1376.357 vs 628.757
Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 10550 vs 8729
Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 10550 vs 8729

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	1582 MHz vs 947 MHz
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	255.521 vs 114.883
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2621.94 vs 2460.464
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	21.26 vs 11.12
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1376.357 vs 628.757
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	10550 vs 8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	10550 vs 8729

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X

3.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 120.942 vs 34.491
Around 91% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 7055 vs 3698
Around 91% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 7055 vs 3698

Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	120.942 vs 34.491
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	7055 vs 3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353 vs 3343
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	7055 vs 3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353 vs 3343

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Xp
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290X

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

255.521

114.883

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

2621.94

2460.464

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

21.26

11.12

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

34.491

120.942

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1376.357

628.757

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

10550

8729

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3698

7055

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3343

3353

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

10550

8729

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3698

7055

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3343

3353

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Xp	AMD Radeon R9 290X
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	255.521	114.883
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2621.94	2460.464
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	21.26	11.12
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	34.491	120.942
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1376.357	628.757
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	10550	8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3698	7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3343	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	10550	8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3698	7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3343	3353
PassMark - G3D Mark		8644
PassMark - G2D Mark		770
Geekbench - OpenCL		42508
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		3949

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Xp	AMD Radeon R9 290X
Essentials
Place in performance rating	318	287
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Architecture		GCN 2.0
Code name		Hawaii
Design		AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date		24 October 2013
Launch price (MSRP)		$549
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1582 MHz	947 MHz
CUDA cores	3840
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	250 Watt
Floating-point performance		5,632 gflops
Manufacturing process technology		28 nm
Pipelines		2816
Stream Processors		2560
Texture fill rate		176.0 GTexel / s
Transistor count		6,200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	DisplayPort, HDMI	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Height	4.4 in
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	10.5 in	275 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin + 8-pin	1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
API support
DirectX	12.1	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	547.7 GB/s	320 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 bit	512 Bit
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Memory clock speed		1250 MHz
Shared memory		0
Technologies
GameStream
GPU Boost
SLI
VR Ready
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)