NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z vs ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z and ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition 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 Z

ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 13% higher core clock speed: 705 MHz vs 625 MHz
33.8x more texture fill rate: 338 billion / sec vs 10 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: 12 GB vs 512 MB
65.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8987 vs 137
Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 656 vs 507

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 May 2014 vs 24 January 2006
Core clock speed	705 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	338 billion / sec vs 10 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8987 vs 137
PassMark - G2D Mark	656 vs 507

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

3.8x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 375 Watt
207.1x more memory clock speed: 1450 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 375 Watt
Memory clock speed	1450 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8987

137

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

656

507

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z	ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark	8987	137
PassMark - G2D Mark	656	507
Geekbench - OpenCL	22732
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	66.419
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1261.593
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	7.89
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	17.882
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	309.857
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8124
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2413
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2226
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8124
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2413
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2226
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	17055

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z	ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	R500
Code name	GK110B	R580
Launch date	28 May 2014	24 January 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,999
Place in performance rating	395	293
Price now	$1,580
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	6.46
Technical info
Boost clock speed	876 MHz
Core clock speed	705 MHz	625 MHz
CUDA cores	5760
Floating-point performance	2x 5,046 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	2x 2880
Texture fill rate	338 billion / sec	10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	375 Watt	100 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	Two 8-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.4	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	672 GB / s	46.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	768-bit (384-bit per GPU)	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	7.0 GB/s	1450 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Gaming
3D Vision
3D Vision Live
Adaptive VSync
Blu Ray 3D
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
TXAA